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Hi! On my sunscreen video on the French brand SVR I reviewed several sunscreen including my go to body sunscreen (there is only that one I like and use). I explained quickly on that video that I very rarely use a body sunscreen. As a Black women skin cancer due to sun exposure (skin cancer not due to sun exposure do target Black people too but self skin examination or examination done by a Dermatologist is the best prevention...) is not a concern of mine. I only use body sunscreen when I have a risk of sunburn. I only get a risk of sunburn or sun damage when I get sun exposure for many hours non stop at a very high temperature. I may only get this type of exposure on vacations if I go to the beach or the river in the summer for many hours during the pick hours of the day (which I avoid as much as possible. I got one sunburn in my life around 20 years old and that time was enough to learn a life lesson !!!). Although that day in Paris was crazy hot I knew It was not enough to worry, plus I also spent some time in the shade. I grew up in South Of France and I also go to Congo on vacations so I have good knowledge on how my skin respond to the sun when in comes to sun damage or sunburn. Also as a Black women with dark skin I also need some proper exposure to get enough vit D. I don't want to rely on supplements in the summer too ( as per my annual blood tests I certainly need supplements in the winter ) Thanks for the question. I actually plan on making a video soon about this topic on where, how, why and when exactly I wear sunscreen as I get those type of questions a lot. You reminded me that I should seriously work on that video!

@@HereDiianas yes you are low risk for cancer and sun burn but that accumulative unprotected sun exposure can age your skin and make it look crepey!

​@jam6web84 I live in Paris where the sun is out most of the year... Have you been to any African countries? Have you looked at people's skin there... I guess not but I have. I am from Congo which is in Central Africa, on the equator line. It is the reguon in the world with the highest UV index all year around and guess what... Congolese people on average look much more younger than most white people I have ever met although in Congo none wear sunscreens. So why should I be worried when I live in France, in Paris. For work I used to work in South India in Chennai many years ago (you can see that on old videos) where this Asian population is more dark skinned and they also look much younger than caucasians although the weather is also crazy hot there and most again do not wear sunscreens. The only reason I wear sunscreens on my face is to manage hyperpimentation due to my acne not because of skin aging and that is something I often repeat in my videos to not misinformed people on my reasons. Looking at my dad, my mum, my oldest sisters, aunts, oldest cousins etc who for the most never worn sunscreens and for the most have spend their life in Congo.... Trust me I am not worried about early creepy skin at all. And if I do get creepy skin at 90 years old I'll be fine with that, at 90 I'll have more important worries than wrinkles. Between my parents, great uncles...the ages range between 65 t0 84 and I still have not seen creepy skin although they've spent most of their life under Congolese'sun. So yeah maybe at 90 the creepy skin will appear. You should look up Dr Lim's video who is a Dermatologist in Australia. He made a video years ago on RUclips explaining some of the known reasons on why Black people's skin ages much slower. You'll learn something. There is a reason behind the term "Black don't crack" When it comes to Black people unless you got extremely unlucky with your genetic lottery, your skin will age slower like the very vast majority of Black people. Now, lifestyle, illness, stress, diet, smoking, drugs, alcohol will affect anyone's skin. So my most important skin aging and health tools is to focus on my lifestyle. I don't drink, I don't smoke, I eat healthy, I work out often, I am healthy thankfully, I am surrounded by great people which makes it easy to manage my stress if I have to face it, and so far in my life I have always adapted this lifestyle. Some use suncreens to protect their skin from sunburn, cancer and skin aging because they are at high risk with their low amount of melanin and some do not share those risks and can never get enough vitD in winter because of how much melanin they have and use summer to get it naturally because vitD is very important for health. A one size fits all approach does not always work when it comes to medecine especially in Dermatology which is why they had to implement the Fitzpatrick system. Sometimes you have to look at the individual to understand what benefit them and what work against them. And the answer is not always the same for different individuals.

I hope it will work for you. Don't hesitate to keep me updated. I like to know how products work for others :-)

Hi ! Depending on where you live you can find some at a superdrug (like Aveeno in Canada, US, or in the UK) or at the French Pharmacy (like Eucerin for France), or at any Sephora like The Ordinary, Kiehl's or Drunk Elephant or on the brand website only like DRMTLGY and Dr Sam's. But if you do a Google search search, you'll see that they can all be ordered online.

Hi, there are many things "said" to be cancerous when it comes to cosmetics. If it was proven to be cancerous it would not be allowed on the market. I know that some brands love to call themselves "clean" and others "toxic" as a marketing strategy in their favour. I know that some websites use AI technology to tell if this or that product is "cancerous" /"toxic" or not although their AI don't do real analysis but gather general information based on "some" studies....and it also ignores the fact that the concentration of the ingredients also matters plus they don't even know that information. Just like the sun is cancerous does not mean that any level of sun is cancerous. I also do my own research and I am not concerned about the products I share on my channel. With that being said I also I understand that some may have their own concerns. Personally when it comes to health, cancer etc... I don't worry about cosmetic much, I mainly focus on my lifestyle choices and diet because there are way more clear evidence there. You can now found the brand Altruist on multiple French website: www.pharmacyclub.net/fr/luxury-beauty/solaire/protection-solaire-visage/altruist-dermatologist-sunscreen-spf50-100ml-24?srsltid=AfmBOooL-nbTAvf5jn-TEfrRIYcMvdTiDbSHbRG0zK9MnIUBERUtNqDW www.maquibeauty.fr/altruist-creme-solaire-dermatologist-sunscreen-spf-50-100ml-p-68714.html www.beautytheshop.com/fr/solaire/protection-solaire-visage/altruist-dermatologist-sunscreen-spf50-100ml-24?srsltid=AfmBOoqUhn-2Ukx4Ru4dzC0qCLBUv3KoTxA75Vs3Rd-QZo05yfZTKfH9

@@HereDiianas ahh, I understand better now. Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I really appreciate it. 🤗🙇🏼‍♀️ After some researches, i found something worth sharing. Ae you aware in Altruism SFP50, there is octocrylene which is transformed and degraded within the bottles themselves into benzophenone, a compound suspected of being a carcinogenic endocrine disruptor? In 2023, the French National Health and Safety Agency asked the French government to ban the use of octocrylene in sunscreens because of the health and environmental risks associated with this chemical substance. Some scientific publications had warned of its carcinogenic potential. In 2021, researchers from the Microbial Biodiversity and Biotechnology Laboratory at the Banyuls-sur-Mer Oceanological Observatory (Sorbonne University/CNRS) and their American colleagues carried out a study on the ageing of 15 sunscreens and anti-ageing products sold in France and the United States. Published in 2021 in the journal of the American Chemical Society Chemical Research in Toxicology, the results of this study point to another undesirable effect of octocrylene. Over time, octocrylene transforms and degrades within the bottles themselves into benzophenone, a compound suspected of being a carcinogenic endocrine disruptor and a major environmental pollutant, particularly for coral. Just food for thought. And like you said , everyone has different interpretations of their own safety.

Sorry I was so much in a rush that I forgot. But I wore the same outfit with the same shoes (different bag bought years ago in a random small boutique in South India) last year and shared pictures on Instagram. They are actually my last pictures on IG : instagram.com/p/CxztCa7Ia0K/?igsh=cm51dnR5anZ4enNq

Thank you so much. The dress is old it's from the French brand Caroll. I bought the bag on sale 40% off that is till ongoing. I left the link in the description box.

Sorry it did not work for you either ...

Sorry to hear that :-(

Definitely yes !

Thank you so much. That's so nice !!!

Oh waaaw I am very sorry to hear that...

. Hi, non-comedogenic is not a regulated term. Any brand can use it if they want to. There is no test to show that a product is comedogenic or not. The only thing that Dermatologists do not recommend to people with oily/acne prone skin is to prevent using pure oil on the face or moisturizer with a high level of oil in it. There are plenty of products that I have used that broke me out although they're made for acne-prone skin or supposed to be non-comedogenic, or perfect for sensitive skin..... But those same products may work wonders on others. So those terms can't be used as a reference. All you can do is to prevent products with ingredients that cause your skin to break out if you know them.... Otherwise the only way to find out is to test a product and hope for the best.

@@HereDiianas thank you very much, you helped me a lot 🙏

I am so sorry it did not work for you either :-(

Hi and thank you for sharing your story. I hope this sunscreen will work for you otherwise I have a playlist where I have reviewed many other sunscreens. Hope it helps !

Of course!!

Thank you and I am glad you enjoyed the video !

It's so good!

If they were easy to make I would make way more of it...

I am not the only one who does not put all of their products on a pedestal then... But I must say that their sunscreens are way better than most European or American brands.

@@HereDiianas I am going to try their sunscreens

​@@butterfly9274 Check out my sunscreens playlist. I reviewed many of them. The Japanese ones I tried are also good. It's also on the playlist.

@@HereDiianasI want to try Korean sunscreens, too.

​@HarrisPilton789 You should give it a try!

You're welcome. Hope you're doing well !!!

Sorry to hear that. If your skin is dehydrated you should watch the video I am posting later today because you may find something for that you'll like.

I absolutely love it. It has become one of my staple. You can easily adjust the level of moisture depending on the quantity of products you apply which is not the case with every moisturizer. For the summer my oily skin needs something lighter but I will buy it again in next fall/winter/spring. They often have discounts which makes it worth it when you look at the ration price/quantity. I think that dry skin could also enjoy it in the summer and normal skin types can enjoy it all year around. It's one of my best discovery this year.

Thank you for your feedback and for the compliment ! I am glad you like it too. It is sold in a small and big packagings but in France the fragrance-free version can only be found in the big packaging !

Hi, I have heard that www.pharmashopdiscount.com/ and www.pharmashopi.com/ do ship French skincare to the USA but I have not tried it myself. I only tried the spritz / oil base body sunscreen called "eau solaire hydratante" the translation would be close to moisturizing sunny water; the one that comes in a transparent bottle. I liked it too. I just prefer the crackling milk better. Hope it helps and if you buy from those websites please let me know how it is so I can advise other American based viewers better. Thanks !

Maybe.... I don't have any French, American, Japanese brandS that work perfectly for me. Some works and some don't. I have reviewed several K beauty products that I love and work great for me. This product and others did not. Rarely can everything from one brand, let alone all brands from one country work for anyone.

I have hit or miss success with different products. So, for me, it's not an all or nothing thing for me.

Fingers crossed for you !

Hi and thank you for sharing information. I did not know the "what's in my jar" website so I looked it up, but for the sunscreen you mentioned... I am confused. Avène is a French brand. French brands do not disclose the concentration of each sunscreen ingredient because they don't have to, unlike US brands that must do it under FDA US law. This website disclosed very specific concentrations of the sunscreen ingredients which has never been communicated by the brand... 1.7% or 2.4%... They say that the UV filters are in very low concentration but do not say what would be the right concentration for each filter , for those specific filters and for those specific 4 filters altogether in this specific formula. That is 3 very different things. Avobenzone (an old chemical filter) and ethylhexyl triazone ( a recent chemical filter) for instance are different chemical/organic filters. The concentration required for each individual filter is going to differ but they just slumped all chemical filters together and make the same assessment for all. Plus from what I see this is an American website and those filters have not been used or studied the same in the US yet since they are still not allowed by the FDA. So what is truly their knowledge of those specific filters? What I see is only generalizations and approximations. For instance they say chemical sunscreen rarely give a "white cast". Is it a review about this sunscreen or general information about chemical sunscreens.... If it's general information why do they associate it with a specific product. I checked and saw that this website use an AI algorithm for its "reviews". I also see that there is no cosmetic chemist in their teams who could adjust or analyse the results given by the AI. Yes there is a Dermatologist in their team but Dermatologist are not cosmetic chemists they don't have the degree the expertise the experience and the network of other cosmetic chemists to get even more knowledge. They are not the one creating products in the lab of following cosmetic legislations and chemist rules in the creation of those products. I am actually very surprised that a Physician would agree to be associated to this website when Dr are usually all about personalization, being specific, and accurate... To be honest I trust the brand Avène more than this website. Avène has been around in France for many years and to my knowledge they never faced a scandal and seem to have a solid team of cosmetic chemists. There was a sunscreen scandal in France many years ago (lower SPF than what's advertised) I remember, but Avène to my knowledge was not part of it. Also their suncreens are used a lot here in the seummer and so far I did not hear about consumers complaints... So unless a proper lab, check this sunscreen and find a lower SPF that what is advertised like it happened with Purito and many other Korean brands I would trust them. But yes when it comes to sunscreens and what the brand tells us you can only trust the brand and hope they did their job which is why when I review sunscreens I do not spend that much time analysing such or such sunscreen ingredients nor I do I repeat what the brand says as facts since I don't know. Nobody know... They say this filter is better, this filter fight blue light but they do their own study to do so.... So we won't know until large independent studies are done. And those studies would only be done on each filter not entire products. Complicated...That's why I prefer to say what the brand tells us..... Because only a proper lab analysis could tell us the truth. Otherwise I just try to know more about brands to see if they are trustworthy or not... that's the best I can do.

@@HereDiianas Thank you for your answer! Initially, as i have noted, i would love to keep my clearance sunscreen, as it felt really comfortable on my face, but i couldn't, since it turned out extremely shiny on my oily skin. And since i absolutely love Avene, and saw that on your skin, the ultra fluid sunscreen looks similar to the way that Eucerin Oil control dry touch looks on my skin, i am even more tempted to try the ultra fluid! It is an opportunity to rule out the alcohol of Eucerin (also with the Eucerin one, in extreme heat, i feel that it kind of melts with the sweat on my skin, ending in white streaks, that are not so flatering). So, i might give the Avene one a try and see how it keeps with the extremely hot, and sometimes humid, Greek summer! One thing i don't understand is why Avene recomments applying only one finger of sunscreen for the face and neck, since the correct amount is 1/4 of a teaspoon (that is approximately two fingers of product). Ps: and yes, you are abolutely correct! There is not such a thing as a truly matte sunscreen, for oily skin! 😉

Thank you so much, that's so nice. I am wearing Lisa Eldridge Luxuriously Lucent lipstick "Love of my life" paired with Charlotte Tilbury lip pencil "Pillow talk intense". I have a video about my favourite makeup products and this lipstick and lip pencil are in it. My foundation here is also from Lisa Eldridge and I have a full review on it on this channel also. Just check my "makeup playlist" if you want to know more....

Hi and yes all Avène sunscreens from this line "the orange line" all contain TriAsorB which is said to protect against blue light=visible light.

Glad it was helpful!

You're welcome, I am glad it was helpful.

Glad it was helpful!

Hi and sorry to hear that.... Seems that how dark or light your skin is matters but also the undertone could be a problem with this sunscreen. And I know that olive skin tones are not often considered.... So thank you for leaving your feedback. You should check out my sunscreens playlist. I have reviewed many sunscreens and many are great especially Asian ones which are often 100% invisible unless you prefer to focus on European ones...

Hi and thank you for the information. I did not even know that they have a fragrance-free tinted version. They have one tint only and I am used to see their one tint in the French pharmacies. That's not a tint for any Black person, so I won't be able to test it myself.... Sorry... For the label 50 or 50+ honnestly I am fine with both. They are both high protection and enough if you apply the sunscreen properly.

@@HereDiianas i saw a comment of a black lady on fb who loved the tinted version 😅

​@jam6web84 Interesting, I wonder about her skin tone... Because they only have one tint and that is a French brand so obviously the tint should at least match a range of "white" skin tones and even one tint can't cover all white skin tones... I am gone wait to see a video review myself. I am intrigued now...

@@HereDiianas actually there are video reviews here in yt featuring this product, most of them are from spain and south america. The pigment appears deeper in color which i think would be more appropriate for medium to deep skin tone than light skin.

Sorry it did not work for you either :-(

Hi! If only I had seen your message earlier. I have an American friend in the US right now but she is coming back to France in 2 days only... and the brand mainly sell in the US. The deep shade is only available on their US website right now and they don't ship outside the US...I did not even know that they had launched a deep tint. You taught me something... I would definitely review it when I can get a hold of it. Thanks for sharing this information.

@@HereDiianas thank you for your reply!

Update: I got the Elta MD hybrid sunscreen. It gets a pass in the world of mineral sunscreens that work for melanated skin, but as far as I’m concerned Cotz Flawless Richly Tinted SPF 50 and Olay Mineral Sensitive SPF 30 are still the mineral sunscreens to beat in terms of not leaving a cast, even though Cotz is shiny. I just found the Elta MD one a little streaky, and it also pilled a lot for me with reapplication. (I am NW45 shade for reference.)

Hi ! I checked this serum and at least they do not claim "1 ingredient only" and I see the exact same ingredients list of this serum everywhere. So you don't have 5 different ingredients list on the Internet for the same product which would be confusing. What I don't like is that again they don't share the full ingredient list. Preservatives are not listed (at least not on their website. I don't know about their packaging...). From what SKIN1004 explains, in Korea the ingredient "centella asiatica extract" is a liquid solution of centella+ingredientS/solvantS that help to extract the Centella.... so yes 95% is possible since the main solvant could well be 99%water or 97% water+glycerin or 98%water+butylen glycol..... So the 95% does not represent centella itself but centella+solvants which is too confusing for me. And we don't know what part of centella (the roots, the leaves, the water....). Many people just tend to trust brands which is fine but I don't, and the experience with skin1004 made me even less trustful when it comes to product using centella. For me this type of formula is too confusing and does not help me make a good conclusion on a product before buying it. So that's not a product I could buy myself (which does not say anything about its quality, that's just how I feel). Because of that I personally don't look for specific centella....products anymore but if I come across a face moisturizer or brightening serum that aslo contains centella I am not opposed to it but I would only care if I see specific centella components listed which is more specific and not just "centella asiatica extract" which is a vague information and can be many different things (leaf extracts, roots extracts, water extracts.....+ water+butylen glycol +........). At least the components are listed as individual ingredient in the INCI ingredients list in the right order of concentration in the product if you know what I mean... There are many beneficial components of centella asiatica. Centella Asiatica has many components: Asiaticoside, Centelloside,Madecassoside,Moside, Thankuniside,Sceffoleoside,Centellose,Asiatic acid, Centellic acid,Madecassic acid, Terminolic acid. So I would prefer to look for products with some of those ingredients. The day I'll come across such a product I'll definitely share it. Sorry I could not help you more !

@@HereDiianas isn’t Glycereth-26 it’s solvent? I think it is the most concentrated centella serum I’ve seen so far, just look at their serum liquid color compared to other centella serums

Hi and sorry for responding only now. RUclips does not always warn me about new comments. Glycereth-26 doe many things. It is an emollient, a moisturizing ingredient, a thickener and can also be a solvent just like glycerin. It could not give this product its watery/like liquid texture by itself since one of its properties is to make a liquid solution thicker.

@@HereDiianas and what do you think about the revox one?

I agree that when it comes to activesThe Ordinary is the most open regarding the concentration of important ingredients. Before the huge success of that brand, it was very rare for a brand to share such information.

Hi, and I am glad you found you own way on finding out what may break you out. The comedogenic list that circulates online does not help me at all unfortunately. My skin is fine with many ingredients liste as highly comedogenic so I just have to rely on how my skin reacts to things. But I know from experience that using plain oils on my face, no matter the oil (rosehip oil, jojoba oil and others....) always break me out. So I avoid face cream with a high concentration of oil. But weirdly my skin seems fine with shea butter as long as it's not 100% of course but diluted in a cream. I have used a cream with 10% shea butter and my skin was fine. Also most exfoliating acids in leave-one forms like glycolic acid creams or salycilic acid toners, lactic acid serums are a big NO NO for me. But every year I add new ingredients on my NOT FOR ME list lol

Thanks for the comment and I agree that the price of the Paula's Choice toner is ridiculous . Unfortunately since this brand has been bought out by a big group they keep on increasing the price to ridiculous level even on her simple formulation which is very unfortunate...

Sorry to hear that, It's always annoying when you have hope for a product but it does not deliver. It just feels like throwing money out the window...

Hi and thank you for your comment, I don't know where you get this list but that list can't be the right inci list. First the inci name of centella asiatica is not centella asiatica but centella asiatica extract and brands can't just put any name on the ingredient list since there is a standard that must be followed. Also per what the brand said and from common sense in chemistry if you need a solvant that contain water to get a plant extract for your formulation then the extract itself obviously can't be the first ingredient. The inci list must list the right inci name of the ingredients, but also, they must be listed in the right order of concentration. At 06:14 in the video I shared the ingredient list that the brand itself shared on their Instagram and it does not match the list you are giving. That's also a problem I shared in the video. There are several list going around and none of them make sense. If one day that brand gets big enough to be sold in big stores that must be careful with cosmetic legislation to not get sued with the risk of loosing a lot of money like Sephora then we'll probably finally get the proper inci ingredient list.

Thank you for your comment and I agree with you. I have many other sunscreen reviews and Japanese and Korean brands are the most invisible but not the best under makeup for oily skin. Check my sunscreens playlist... The Dr Sam's sunscreens are still my favourite to use under makeup and I think that they reformulate the mineral one because it does not peel on me anymore. I also agree that people with dark skin Black or Asians.... when it comes to skin exposure can get away with simple mindful and smart exposure to the sun without the need of sunscreen. But if you suffer from hyperpigmentation, albinism or use certain medications, like acne medication or even just cosmetics to fight acne like I do then in those cases sunscreen is also important. I wear sunscreen mainly to fight hyperpigmentation on my face. For my body I rarely use sunscreen even in the summer unless I am in a group that wants to spend the afternoon at the beach in July (usually my white friends lol) . But if it's just me and my black and asian friends we would go to the beach early in the morning or very late in the afternoon without sunscreen on my body (still sunscreen on my face) and my skin is completely fine.

My pleasure!

Sorry to hear that :-(

Yes I saw that they have even more options now although the regular tint was already the best mineral sunscreen option on dark skin. So I am glad they still expanded the color range to match even the deepest of dark skin.

Bonjour et merci beaucoup. Honnêtement pour mes dents je ne fais rien de spécial. J'ai toujours eu les dents blanches naturellement. Mais aussi je ne fume pas, je ne bois ni alcool, café ni thé et que très rarement des sodas et jus. Je mange aussi assez équilibré en général et je pense que cela aide beaucoup.

Hi and sorry to only see your comments now... If I had bought this product in Korea I would have not done this video. Each country has its own rule. But when a brand chooses to sell abroad they have to follow the legislation of that country otherwise it's not a fair competition anymore. My issue is simply with any brands that do not follow the regulations of the country where they sell their products. In this case of this brand they doubled down with a very misleading marketing on their webisite and with international sponsorships ( not just Koreans). I have a video about sunscreens I will never buy for different reasons and on that video I talked about 2 UK brands which are also very misleading in their marketing and who are clearly lying when it comes to their ingredient list. They don't follow the legislation of their own country. There is not enough control and unfortunately some companies profit from it. Regarding this product, if I had been more careful I would have just not bought it .I usually notice those things beforehand. But for this product like many I just followed the movement without thinking twice. I understand that most people don't even look at the ingredient list, don't care about it and buy their skincare solely based on the marketing and/or reviews but that's not my case. Transparency is how I choose to try and buy one product over another and since I have extremely sensitive skin that also allows me to minimize buying products that may not work for me. When I break out from a product I check the ingredient list to see if there is a new ingredient I had never tried before or an ingredient I already suspected. In my case all ingredients matter not just the main active. That's what it is to have true hypersensitive skin. That's not an exact science but I have been doing for years and that helps me a lot creating my own list of ingredient my skin does not like. When brands don't do it then I can't even start to investigate if I don't even have the full information. Many people are scared of parabens now. Not me. But that is a choice for each customer to choose to use it or not. Parabens are preservatives that are still used despite its bad reputation. But for those who wishes to avoid it... How can they do it when preservatives are not shown. Others have sensitivity with the now commun paraben phenoxyetanol.... Those information are important for those consumers. It's like people who have allergies with food. They have to check every single ingredients when others just grab a pack of chips without thinking. Different customers different problems, issue, expectations. But the legislation has been made in order to have full transparency in Europe + North America. Beyond that I also don't have unlimited money so since I have to make choices I'd rather focus on brands who at least follow the legislation. There are way enough brands to choose from. Hope that help you understand my stand on this a little bit more.

@@HereDiianas I understand. thank you for your update. im not a skincare expert and I had a playlist of multiple videos talking about this product to guage if it was a good fit for me. I can understand not wanting to waste time or money on a brand that doesn't follow different countries regulations especially if something made you react. take care