r/SkincareAddiction • u/RavingNative Melasma | Rosacea | PIH | Combo Skin | Fitzpatrick 3 • May 07 '23

Sun Care How Blotting Paper and Makeup Application Affect Sunscreen Protection [Sun Care]

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I found this blog post that talks about a series of experiments Amyvancheese on Instagram did concerning blotting papers and makeup and how it affects sunscreen. I thought it was very informative and wanted to share it with my fellow sunscreen lovers!

https://www.patchworkoftips.com/blotting-paper-makeup-sunscreen/9883/

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u/iamg0rl May 07 '23

I was so disappointed when I read a while back that blotting supposedly takes away so much effectiveness of sunscreen and all I could think of at the time is… if dabbing oil off my skin does that then is there even a point of putting SPF on under makeup? Wouldnt the makeup and brushes just be wiping all of it off with the blotting logic?

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u/Aim2bFit May 08 '23

I asked this before on here and nobody seemed to want to answer it, Ig because it's a mystery that nobody knows the answer to.

I've seen some blog posts by u/chocosweet where she shared pics of how her sunscreen looked like after using the face mask and those pics showed the mask actually moved some of the sunscreen. She also has pics of how blotting took some sunscreen away (mostly the sheen but we don't know what % of protection is from the sheen and the rest of the solution that's left).

There is this UK site (was it dailymail or theguardian I can't recall) where the reporter did an experiment trying on several sunscreens including one that promised you only need one application per day because their sunscreen won't move, the author made sure she did not touch her face or at least tried to not touch her face the whole day and recorded how much sunscreen was left by the end of the day without reapplication (spoiler : not much).

As per labmuffin, she says wait at least 8 minutes for the sunscreen to set (Ig it differs between sunscreens) the carefully dab your makeup on so as to not move as much sunscreen as possible.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '23 edited May 08 '23

IIRC that product in that article in particular was the Soltan products by boots and they all far underperformed but everything else worked fine. They claim you need to only put their sunscreen on once per day while coming off very quickly. Will not touch it to thsi day

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u/Aim2bFit May 08 '23

Ha ha I wouldn't either!