Reddit mentions of Banana Boat Natural Reflect Kids Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50, 4 Fluid Ounce

Your skin sounds somewhat similar to mine, actually.


Aren't the eyelid patches the worst?! I kept getting eyebrow/eyelid psoriasis patches (which I thought were eczema until the derm indicated otherwise) and when I finally started using Vaseline more frequently they were kept at bay. Same goes for eczema--your barrier function is all messed up so the skin rapidly loses water which contributes to the flaking/scales.

Vaseline (if you're not opposed to it) really is the best barrier to help get the brunt of it down. After that I bet something like unrefined shea butter (which has some occlusive properties) would be fine to use as maintenance. I've also heard that hemp oil is really helpful for those with eczema--one of the compounds in there is anti-inflammatory.

1. A cleanser alone generally doesn't suffice to remove all makeup. Honestly, using an oil (or a cleansing oil) first with a cotton pad helps the most. Then follow with whatever favorite cleanser you have on hand to wash off all the grime. Baby oil is dirt cheap and super effective. You can find unfragranced mineral oil off amazon as "snow river wood oil" or off iherb. If you're uninterested in mineral oil, test patch some EVOO on your face. This can be helpful in the meantime. I personally find it a bit too thick for makeup removal, but use it in a pinch. My personal runner up to baby oil is safflower oil--since it's fairly light in texture. Passion fruit, watermelod seed, hazelnut, meadowfoam (i love this, smells like grass or crisp green vegetables), argan, jojoba are also some good ones.
   
   As for a cleanser, I wonder if a micellar water would work for you? /u/ptichandwood has a dupe of the Bioderma one that's under $15, but I can't remember the name of it for the life of me. VIchy I think has one too, and LRP might as well.
   
   MUAC Green Tea/Pomegrante is an awesome gentle cleanser, it does contain sulfates but it's one of the only sudsing cleansers that doesn't make my skin feel like crepe paper. MUAC does samples, if you ever feel inclined to test it.
   
   I recently got a sample of Missha flower bouquet cleansing oil, and I really liked it. I'm thinking about getting a full bottle actually. Non-drying. light pleasant fragrance, and it adequately removes the leftover oil/makeup residue on my face.Thos is what it looks like, the one of the left. Link is just to show you the product, I'm going to have to hunt it down for myself haha.
   
   
   
   
   leaving now to go get dinner and break into my car because I left the keys in it, but I will be back in a couple hours to continue
   
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   OK, back, with my belly full of sushi.
   
   
   
2. I've been loving this for my dry skin. It contains one paraben, at the dead bottom of the list. It's really only in trace amounts. This is one of the most hydrating sunscreens I've ever used. I wouldn't use it for a day at the beach, because it would use it up too fast, but this bottle has lasted me a LONG time for applying it every day.
   
   EltaMD Clear is also well loved and well formulated. My boyf has the SPF45 one and he wears it everyday to work and applies it multiple times a day. It isn't super hydrating but it isn't super mattifying. It's exceptionally effective.
   
   Banana Boat Looks like they have an interesting paraben-free physical sunscreen. Haven't used this before, so I can't comment on any white-cast issues. But SPF50 and 80min water resistant can't be that bad!!
   
   
3. Expression lines do suck. Wearing sunscreen daily is a good first step as not to exacerbate anything further. Also, it'll be hard, but try not to be so expressive--I've been working on it myself and failing horribly, but figured I'd throw it out there. You could look into starting daily chemical exfoliation with an AHA (Alpha Hydrox oil free gel formula is 10% GA--don't know if they have parabens, but it's really helpful) and then work up to doing weekly lactic peels. Lactic has no actual peeling or downtime. I've found that after a couple years of peels/daily chemical exfoliation, and lots of moisturizing, that my forehead lines have softened up a bit. It's best to get your skin used to using a daily chemical exfoliator first, because if not, you can end up burning your skin accidentally. (Speaking partly from experience since I didn't use a daily AHA long enough before I got impatient and tried a low strength peel, ended up with an awesome painful hot spot that took a few days to get rid of).
   
   /u/red_wine_and_orchids loves this from GoW. It's 10% GA at a pH of 3.2. I'm not sure how your eczema-prone skin would do with the peppermint hydrosol though, since peppermint can be irritating/drying for some. Red_wine says that you can't even tell it's in there. YMMV though. Another GoW one that looks interesting to me is this. But it;s not something to go start using off the bat since the pH is so low and it's 15% GA. You could also talk to your doc about a RX retinoid (like Adapalaene or tretinoin), but that's up to you if you want to go that route off the bat.
   
   
   
   

Banana Boat Natural Reflect Kids is a physical sunscreen that many seem to like, though a user told me it's better for dry skin because it is quite heavy and greasy. He or she said it wouldn't work well under makeup.

Neutrogena Sensitive Skin is a physical sunscreen too.

I haven't tried either of these, but I've seen people recommend them.

• Nivea Creme (my current moisturizer is alright, but I'd like to try something new)
  
• Banana Boat Natural Reflect Kids SPF 50
  
• Benzac AC 5 (only available BP gel being sold in drugstores near me)
  
• Makeup from Elf and maybe Revlon (good makeup in general is fucking expensive in this country, but I found an Elf stand in a mall near where I live and the prices weren't so bad!)

I know how much the sunscreen struggle can suck and it is usually the most expensive part of someone's routine, but honestly in the long run you might as well not being using trentinoin cause most of the problems that it helps are made worse by the sun and faster and more severe than normal skin cause of the drug. You won't see it right away but its happening.

Are you in the US?


Edit: If you are in the US I see Banana Boat Natural Reflect being recommended a lot. It's cheap, comes in a large tube, is a physical sunscreen so good for sensitive skin, and actually the zinc oxide for a lot of people calms redness. Also here's the cosdna and it doesn't have very comedogenic ingredients so there's at least a decent chance that you won't break out. I've heard it can be a bit shiny but if you're powdering anyways that's not an issue.