I always love your videos! So informative and you've really used and tested the products. I didn't want to ask you about the color science tone up, what do you think about that product?
I love flex and use it as a foundation. My 16 year old daughter uses another brand (Paula’s choice tinted mineral) because it is very light. She is extremely fair and porcelain. When she runs out I will get her the fair flex to try. She does not use foundation. She uses tinted sunscreen and a bit of concealer and powders it to set. She is protecting her skin early and still getting coverage. I wish I would have done that at 16 ❤ Thank you for the video! I always enjoy watching your channel.
What do you think about the idea that sunscreen is only effective at 55% of what it can protect without some kind of Vitamin c underneath? I heard that the other day it got me curious as to what the idea is behind that. Thanks so much I love your videos!
Thanks for reviewing Dr. Ania Marie! I like some of the Colorscience sunscreens, especially the matte one. I just received their 2 in 1 eye sunscreen and can't wait to try it. Have a wonderful day! 🥰❤️
100% agree with you! I’ve been using the Colorescience Flex in Fair since it was released & LOVE it!!! 🥰 I hardly ever use the original face shield classic anymore.
I'm very fair and I find the Flex in fair still a little too dark for me. However, I can get a perfect match by mixing it with a little bit of the Face Shield in Glow. This replaces foundation for me several days a week. Otherwise I use the Classic face shield under foundation.
Love the flex sunscreen and eye sunscreen! I don’t wear foundation or eye concealers anymore just events, also love the alastin skin tint too ❤❤❤great reviews on all thebrands❤
I use Flex in fair for work days and it is very lovely foundation like product. The reapplication is nice as long as it is not heavy application. I no longer like the powder because it makes my skin look cakey. I love the body cream. It dries down to velvet feeling on the skin and doesn’t rub off on the handles of your purse or the back of your knees rubbing off at the edge of a chair or car seat.
Love the Flex. I have both the Fair and Medium and I mix them. Wish they had a Light shade which would be perfect. This is my all in one sunscreen and foundation in one! Also have the under eye. Great products! I love all your Pros and Cons videos! Would love for you to try the MDAire line and give us your feedback. MDAire Vs. Alastin!
Can you use the powered sunscreen on top of the Flex. Love the Flex but only put on once a day and have read that should be reapplying every two hours.
definitely should reapply. Yes the powder is good or the skinbetter science compacts because you just press the sunscreen in with an antibacterial sponge.
i am so sorry but most dermatologists don’t recommend medical grade skincare, because it’s not a real term. medical grade skincare is a marketing scam, and most dermatologist on youtube have broken it down and revealed that it isn’t true. skincare items are cosmetics, meaning that they are all made of the same raw ingredients, and there’s nothing in them that cannot be and aren’t in drugstore skincare. none of the studies performed have actual certifiable clinical tests that are completely neutral and don’t benefit the company. in fact, most drugstore companies run MORE clinical testing because they’re more popular and have more money. i am so sorry and i don’t know if you are actively trying to scam people to buy products through you, but i’m sorry if you aren’t.
@@J.E.C. girl i’m an esthetician, i’m pretty sure i know more than you, and plus i’m friends with many a cosmetic chemist, but i’m sure you know more than i do
I agree with most of what you said. Medical grade does not have to mean anything and can be a marketing scam. Basically because of all the reasons you listed, I have been very selective about the skincare that I use, talk about and recommend. I see what makes a difference to my patients and since you know skin as well, you know there are better and worse brands out there. Many dermatologists focus on skin/nail/hair disease and treatment and not on skincare formulations. They have to seek that knowledge out if they are interested. I know of many well respected dermatologists that only recommend a select few "medical grade" brands. The brands I recommend are ones that, in my opinion stand out from the rest. For example the last trial Alastin did on the new A-Luminate was a blinded multi center study using HQ as the benchmark on human subjects (not in vitro). It was led by world famous and Ivy League dermatologists and the results speak for themselves. You are right, all raw ingredients are the same, therefore formulations are the key. I disagree with you on emphasizing ingredients as the key feature of a product. There are countless brands out there, both expensive and cheap, selling ascorbic acid serums with a pH greater than 5, but you'd need to test the ph yourself to see if you're getting a legit product and most people won't know to do that. Formulations and delivery systems are critical and that's what costs money. Quality packaging is also expensive; vacuum pump chambers maintain integrity of the products. Skinbetter Science lines pump chambers with a nitrogen coating to preserve the seal and all packaging is resistant to light. So evaluating products exclusively on ingredients is like saying rasins, grapes and wine are the same thing, just buy what's cheaper. Colorescience for example, has a sophisticated encapsulation technique to eliminate white cast without degrading the zinc to nano particles. Most drugstore mineral sunscreens leave a white cast. They also don't have a PA ++++ rating and don't have multiple iron oxides to protect from blue light.
