The Opera Populaire

I've been using sunscreen for my face for a few years now. But I admit that I haven't been taking as much care when it comes to my body. I hated that greasy feel of moisturiser on my body. Especially when I tend to be allergic around the joints. However, with the stinging sunray this summer (although singapore is generally sunny all year round, we do have some months where it is sunnier than usual!), I have finally embarked on a mission to save my skin from photo aging!

One of my terrible demands is that, my skincare products must smell pleasant, or at least, have no odour. This is a difficult issue whn it comes to sunblock. Anyone who has slathered on some before going swimming will attest that most sunblocks in the market smell no different from the chlorine in the pool. But that will not do for everyday use, at least for moi.

I toyed around with some Korean brands, which I bought from those budget toiletry shops in People's Park. I had positive responses for Mazarin and Honey Flower, from Korea. Unfortunately, they always stop carrying these brands the moment I wish to buy my second tube. Why, oh why? Is my taste that unconventional? Anyway, I tried Opus, also from Korea. But I was annoyed to find that it turned brown upon contacting my clothes. So I gather that it must be for face and not the body, as the saleslady claimed.

Anyway, enter Avene, from France! http://www.aveneusa.com/sun-care/

I've been using some products from Avene for some time now and they are very good for sensitive skin. The sunblock fulfil my requirements of being non-greasy, non-staining and great-smelling. They apparently also have tinted version for the face. I bought the Emulsion version, with SPF 50. Just so that I don't have to keep re-applying throughout the day heh.

This brand is available in Guardian Pharmacy and other retail outlets such as John Little.

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