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Use any non-sticky sun cream this summer?

Damojo

Now that the summer is coming to an end, did anyone discover any brand of sun cream over the past few months that is actually non-sticky and actually non-greasy? They all claim to be and they all feel horrible! As soon as I'm back indoors I have to wash them off or I'll be unable to focus on anything else.

I don't swim in the sun. "Water resistant" is just a code for "sticky". Is there any cream not specifically for spending all day in water? I remember Boots Soltan "Dry Touch Kids" about a decade ago that was actually comfortable, but they don't sell it any more.

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  • I can't stand sunscreen. I have spent years wearing long sleeved clothing as much as possible, sometimes to the point of heat exhaustion and on one occasion heat stroke. Alternatively, sunburn, which as I can't use moisturiser because evil texture then takes even longer to recover from. I also study in a field that mandates field work so I had to find something.

    My best option thus far is 'Nivea Sun Dry Touch'. It is bad for the first 3 minutes as you put it on, but is afterwards more tolerable. It is a little greasy on the palms, but I can usually carefully wipe that bit off without my palms burning, I just have to be careful about the back of my hands. And I can touch it without having a meltdown which is genuinely the problem for many sunscreen.

    In my experience the trick is to look for something that does not say it is moisturising. Moisturiser is the devil.

    TLDR: Nivea Sun Dry Touch SPF 50

  • in reply to Fibonacci Squid
    Fibonacci Squid said:
    Nivea Sun Dry Touch SPF 50

    Thanks, , but unfortunately I used it last year and hated it. It was so horrible I think it inspired this thread! Why would they call it that when it feels like I'm smothered in old kitchen grease? All I could think of after applying it was, "Get it off me! Get it off me!" I stuck it out for a few hours, but broke out the soap and water as soon as I got back indoors.

    The search continues.

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