Review: Blue Lizard Australian Suncream SPF30 sensitive skin
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free skin care · Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:31 pm

I bought this in the sensitive skin formulation which has pure physical sunscreens of 10% zinc oxide and 5% titanium dioxide. I searched far and wide for a product like this, as it's so hard to find a purely physical sunscreen for the body. even though there's a huge debate over chemical versus physical or a hybrid of both offering better protection, i still prefer physical as i don't like the notion of chemicals sinking into my skin. and this product is made for the body only i think (they sell a separate sunscreen for the face which isn't a pure physical sunscreen).

This was also reasonably priced at $9.99 for 5 fl.oz. of spf 30. I also bought the baby formula which was $12 for 9 oz. bottle. the ingredients on both were identical, so i think the baby formula would be a better deal. (i will write a separate review on that one later).

ok, this isn't called a suncream for nothing. it's pretty thick, and i use it only for my arms and shoulders which are pretty tanned compared to my face (i think this would break out my chest). with a little effort, the cream rubs into my skin and leaves a faint white cast. it's not sticky or greasy, but actually matte and i don't detect a fragrance at all.

i have to comment on the packaging, it's so cool! the bottle is white but turns blue when it's near uv light. so i put it on my bookcase which is about 7 feet from my bedroom window and the side of the bottle facing the window turned a light blue! so i guess i should be wearing sunscreen even when i am at home. i usually neglect my arms and only apply to my face, but i am slowly changing. my legs are very white so i don't worry much about them.

all in all, blue lizard seems like a reliable brand. i haven't been out to the beach or anything, but i think this product would give good protection there also.

free skin care · Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:43 pm

OMG, I love this stuff!! The sunblock itself is pretty thick like you said, so I save it for times when I will be outside all day like going to the beach, the zoo, etc. But what I REALLY love is the bottle! It says "turns blue in UV light" and I thought, yeh right! But just for fun I took it with me in the car and it turned blue in SECONDS!!! It was a great reminder that I always need to wear some kind of protection.

free skin care · Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:22 pm

the bottle facinates me to no end! the baby bottle turns pink in uv light.

i tested the bottle in fluorescent lighting, and wow, the bottle turned light blue too, though faint. i put the bottle directly under yellow light, and nothing! good thing my desk lamp is yellow then.

Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:01 am

I discovered this suncream several months ago. I really love it. I can use it on my face and body with no problems at all. It lives up to the Australian standards for a sunscreen which is more stringent than the FDA standards. It is indeed thick and creamy in consistency, but is readily absorbed into the skin.

free skin care · Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:28 pm

this is by far the best and my most favorite body sunscreen. Wore it in the Grand Canyon for 8 hours (was on the river...NO SHADE) and I even jumped in the Colorodo (at a chilling 40 degrees!) and STILL did not get burned. Yes, I was a bad girl and only applied it once, in the morning (the whole trip was 12 hours).

LOVE IT!!! Exclamation

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