Review: Fancl Sunguard SPF30/PA+++

Fancl Sunguard SPF30/PA+++

From www.fancl.com:
New Sunguard 30 is gentle on the skin and powerful against the sun. It is absolutely UV absorbent free, and the active ingredients, Titanium dioxide and zinc oxide are coated with skincare essence to retain moisture on the skin for long hours. It spreads better on skin than ever leaving no streaks on your skin. Powerfully resistant to water and sebum, it is recommended to use indoor & outdoor. Use on your face and body, and under makeup.

Free of preservatives, sterilizers, petroleum surfactants, fragrances, mineral oil, and UV absorbent, and date of manufacture printed.

My Skin Type:
Actually very oily, but surpressed with BHA exfoliator. Results in generally ranging from very dry to normal/combo skin. Generally dehydrated, very sensitive, and acne prone.

Packaging:
Sturdy and secure with its plastic screw top packaging. It has small opening which is very appropriate for the product.

Texture:
Typical Japanese sunscreen. White, milky lotion. However, the milk is especially filmy.

Sun Protection Level:
Fancl uses all mineral filters. The percentage of Zinc Oxide is pretty good, and with its PA+++, it should provide PPD of more than 8. As usual with Zinc Oxide though, there’s a probability that it doesn’t cover the longest of UVA.

Fancl Sunguard SPF30/PA+++ Protection Spectrum

I’ve read in MUA that the Ciba sunscreen emulator estimates this to have PPD of 11.2. Not bad!

Generally speaking the protection is as low as I’m willing to go for occasional indoor uses. I often use this for weekends at home though, when I’m staying behind thick walls and curtain plus UV filtering film.

My General Review:
This is Dear Maria a.k.a pink^koala favorite sunscreen, and she was kind enough to gave me a sample to try. Thanks babe!

At that time, my skin was dry dry dry, and this sunscreen seemed to suck the moisture out of my skin slightly. But due to curiosity I CPed the full size bottle anyway Currently my skin is more Normal, and it works well. Not oily, but not drying.

However, I have to admit that I’m kinda baffled with the texture. It’s fluid, yes, but filmy. So the finish is slightly stickier compared to Sunkiller Baby SPF38/PA+++. Plus, it needs quite some time to sink in to my skin. Yes, a couple minutes after you spread it to your face, it already sinks some….but it needs another 5 minutes or so to completely absorb. In the workdays morning I generally don’t want to wait that long. Even my heavy duty La Roche Posay Anthelios Lotion SPF50 PPD31 sinks much faster than Fancl And oh, Fancl does leave white cast. Not a huge problem for my fair skin, but if you have deep skin tone you may want to consider it first.

Generally speaking I love Sunkiller Baby SPF38/PA+++ better. The milk is runnier, it absorbs much faster, is less sticky, offers slightly higher protection, and cheaper. Both utilizes mineral filters. Both are silicone-based. Both are alcohol-free, fragrance-free and preservatives-free, paraben-free. Same white cast.

So where is the advantage of Fancl?

The fact that is doesn’t control oil as much as Sunkiller So it’s a better if you have Normal/Dry or Dry skin. Plus, Fancl gives out information on the percentage of its UV filters. Even though Sunkiller rates its SPF to be higher…I feel safer if I know the exact percentage of its filter; partially because I highly prefer to have more than 10% of Zinc Oxide in my mineral sunscreens.

In the end I can’t really rate it lower than Sunkiller. I have both, and I use both; alternating with my high protection sunscreen. I use Sunkiller on workdays when I don’t have much time in the morning, I use Fancl comfortably on weekends. Both seems to be quality sunscreen

What Else You Need To Know:
Like Sunkiller, it does contain anti-bacterial and/or wound healing ingredient It includes Centella Asiatica and Panthenol for this purposes. Not sure if they’re in there in huge amount or not though, as they are listed in the middle-down of the ingredient list.

Availability:
Fancl is not available in Indonesia. None of the sunscreen that I like is available locally I CPed this from Singapore. It also available in Ebay.

Price:
It’s listed at US$33 for 60ml in its official website. I don’t really remember it but I think I CPed this for around S$45

Ingredients:

Active Ingredients: Zinc Oxide 12%, Titanium Dioxide 6%.

Cyclopentasiloxane, Water, Zinc Oxide, Diphenylsiloxy Phenyl Trimethicone, Titanium Dioxide, Isostearyl Neopantanoate, PEG-9 Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Acrylates Crosspolymer, Glycerin, Dimethicone, PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Aluminium Hydroxide, Sorbitan Sesquiisostearate, Alanyl Glutamine, Centella Asiatica Extract, Aspalathus Linearis Extract, Panthenol, Silica, Hydroxypatite, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Cellulose Gum, Dimethicone/Methicone Copolymer, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Triethoxysilylethyl Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Hexyl Dimethicone, Sodium Chloride, Tocopherol.

Overall Rating:
5 out of 5. At the moment I personally prefer Sunkiller Baby SPF38/PA+++ because of the texture and higher SPF, but Fancl is a better choice if you have drier skin.

*This review will be cross posted in www.makeupalley.com under username Crescent_Shadow.

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