I still remember standing in the drugstore aisle, holding a bottle of “usual tint” sunscreen against my wrist, watching it flip my skin an ashy gray shade that looked nothing like regular whatever. That became in all likelihood my tenth try at finding a tinted SPF that surely worked with my deep brown skin tone … Read more
I still remember that one July morning like it was yesterday — the day I finally quit plain sunscreen for good. It was blazing hot out, I put on my usual SPF before running out for coffee, and by the time my drink was ready, my face had turned ghost white. Like, full white-cast situation. … Read more
Okay, real talk — I remember exactly when I quit regular sunscreen for good. Sticky July morning, I’d put my usual SPF on under makeup like always, and by 10am I looked like a ghost caught in the rain. White cast, patchy, somehow greasy and dry at the same time. A coworker literally asked if … Read more