Benefit Dream Screen

The reports have come out and everyone's on about sunscreen.  To be perfectly honest, when I go out on the weekends, I don't even use moisturiser.  Doesn't help that I enjoy going to the pool or to the beach.  Now that I'm older, I should at least pretend to be a little bit wiser.  I've decided that I will wear sunscreen when I go out, regardless of the weather or activity.

When I use make up, the sunscreen that I use is You Rebel Lite, my previous post was about that.  That has worked out pretty well thus far.  I did realise that my beauty box lacked sunscreen for when I'm not wearing makeup.  Therefore... I purchased Dream Screen from Benefit.  It has SPF 45 which is pretty good coverage.  But that was not the selling point for me.  What got me to click "Buy Me!' was that it claimed to have an invisible silky-matte finish.

If you're like me and have sensitive skin/ oily skin/ problem skin... the list goes on, you would have tried almost every item out there.  Anything that says matte or oil control, just buy!  I've become apprehensive about the matte finish but my main focus was the SPF. 

When I tipped the bottle to use it, I was slightly taken aback because it came out like looking like milk, consistency (not the smell).  Smell was like sunscreen, nothing special.  I don't know why but I had expected it to be more creamy instead of liquid.  Never mind that... I slap it on anyways.  To my delight, when it dried, it WAS silky-matte.  Just like it said.  It didn't feel oily like how sunscreen usually feels.  It was comfortable for the rest of the day that I was out so I would totally recommend it.

Dream Screen by Benefit for US$32 online, I'd say it's one of my new favourite essentials in my beauty box.

For the benefit of those who haven't seen it, this video shows you what happens to your skin when you use sunscreen.  It's amazing how glorious the sun is and yet can do so much damage. Watch the video here

There's even a song about sunscreen, I've included this for your listening pleasure. Watch the video of the sunscreen song here

OPI You Don't Know Jacques

Sunday I went to a fun fair and was "encouraged" to buy some nail polish.  There were many colours to choose from, unfortunately many were much too garish for my liking.  Then I saw an interesting colour that was Matte, it looked muddy and I wasn't sure what it would turn out to be.  But I'd never bought a matte polish before and thought it was one of the best choices out of what was offered.  OPI called this one You Don't Know Jacques, originally released as one of OPI's Fall 2008 La Collection De France.  The name of this colour is a play on the phrase "you don't know jack" meaning you know nothing.  Jacques obviously being the french version.  OPI always comes up with really cute names for their polish.

Last night I decided to try this colour out and at first I was like ewww... then the more I looked at it, the more I grew to like it.  First of all, the matte finish looks pretty neat and it dries in seconds.  The colour is a gun metal grey, and infused in the background is like a dark mushroom brown.  This shade is modern and edgy, unlike the usual black and reds we commonly come across.  There's only 1 downside to this... is that to maintain the matte look, I didn't apply any top coat.  Which means that it's half a day in and it's already chipped.

On the whole, I do like it and I'd recommend it!  I got it at SGD$8 for a full size bottle.  Gotta love fun fairs :) Don't forget you can also buy this online.