HOW DOES THE SKIN1004 HYALU-CICA WATER-FIT SUN SERUM PERFORM
• Protection:
SPF50+ PA++++
• Texture and finish:
TIP: When you try a suncreen for the first time, I would recommend to use it on its own after cleansing your face. In this way you’ll be able to see the finish, how it sits on the skin, how moisturizing it is and then adjust what skincare you can use before it.
The texture feels like lotion and spreads easily. Although it’s moisturizing it feels neither greasy nor sticky. At first, looks very dewy, but sets very quickly into a satin finish. The sheen it leaves on the skin looks beautiful and makes the complexion look healthy and radiant. Also, it’s velvety smooth to the touch.
This will feel very comfortable on the skin for both dry and dehydrated skin types because it is hydrating and emollient at the same time. Depending on how dry your skin feels and the climate you live in, you may or may not need a moisturizer beneath the sunscreen.
Oily and combination skin types can skip moisturizer completely in winter. But, if you have oily skin and live somewhere hot and humid this may look too shiny for you or it won’t be as easy to re-apply.
• Does it contain alcohol?
No. It doesn’t contain any drying alcohols.
• Fragrance/Scent?
No. There is no added fragrance or essential oils.
• Is it drying?
This is a moisturizing sunscreen and doesn’t dry out the skin at the end of the day.
• Does it leave a white cast?
As it happens with a couple of other Korean sunscreens, it leaves a slight whitecast only as you are applying it because of the hybrid filter Tinosorb M, but it disappears completely within a few minutes.
It doesn’t irritate my skin and no breakouts occurred while using it.
• How does it work with makeup?
Due to its beautiful silky-smooth finish, it works great as a primer for makeup. If sunscreen wasn’t as expensive as we need to apply a lot of it each time, I’d use it as a makeup primer in the evening too. I think how makeup stays on depends a great deal on how you prep your skin.
And this does a wonderful job at smoothing out the texture (especially over the pores), flaky skin, and plumping out those fine lines so your base will go on flawlessly and not set in the creases.