I’m a skin pro & you need to reapply sunscreen during the day – here’s how to do it without ruining your make-up
A SKINCARE whizz has shared the best way women can reapply sunscreen over their make-up during the day.
Katherine, from Australia, often uses her social media account to share her top tips around keeping skin clear.
She covers everything from how to use salicylic acid to reviewing popular products, including CeraVe and La Roche Posey.
In one clip, she couldn’t help but call people out for failing to reapply sunscreen throughout the day.
Dressed in a black and white striped jumper with her brunette mane tied back in a ponytail, she shared: “You know you do this…
“You apply your SPF in the morning, you load up your skin with full, good, proper coverage and you think you’re good all day long.”
However, she informed people that SPF lasts just two hours, which means you need to apply it again during the day.
On the day where you’re not wearing make-up, this is quite an easy thing to do.
But when you’ve put all your foundation, concealer, blush and bronzer on, it becomes a little trickier.
She said: “It’s not that easy, you don’t want to just take it all off and put it back on again. This is inefficient and we’re not about that!”
TikTok user @skinmadeclear then looked into the options already available, with the first one being that you can reapply the liquid SPF on top of your make-up.
She said you should only really do this if you’re wearing liquid make-up and not powders, otherwise you’re “in for a really messy face”.
Katherine continued: “How to do this as flawlessly as possible is to reapply your SPF over your foundation with a beauty blender.”
The skincare pro said this will give you more coverage, but “perhaps a less of a flawless reapplications process”.
She went on: “Now another option you may have come across is the mist…”
But she was critical of these, as they “may say SPF 50 on the bottle but you are not going to be applying enough mist to fully benefit from that coverage of protection.
“Mist is literally a mist. It’s light-blowing, it’s in the wind, you’re gonna lose some of it.
“It’s a feel good product designed to make you feel like you’re doing the right thing by your skin and it’s so effortless and it’s easy and it doesn’t disrupt your make-up.”
She explained that while it seems like the most convenient way to reapply sunscreen, you won’t be getting the coverage that you need to protect your skin.
Katherine then said there are additional ways to help your skin out, including wearing a hat and using an umbrella.
“You can get UV umbrellas that provide SPF 50 protection anywhere you go,” she added,
People flocked to the comments as one person wrote: “I use the Bondi sands face mist and apply 3 layers, waiting about 20 seconds between each layer. Still not enough protection??”
She replied: “I think it’s better than none, and a great technique! But I don’t think you’ll reach a full 50 SPF layer of protection with misting”.
A second said: “Uhh yes for umbrellas but also sun sticks! Especially Korean ones I’ve used don’t move my makeup at all and go over each spot 3-4 times”
While a third added: “Umbrella? girl just use a stick sunscreen to protect your skin from sun damage! + getting tan is already cool”.
According to the Skin Cancer UK website, even if you’re indoors, you should reapply your sunscreen every two hours.
“Even if you’re inside all day, wearing sunscreen on any exposed skin is still important,” expert Elisabeth G. Richard, MD, wrote. “Most ultraviolet (UV) rays can penetrate glass, so if you’re working or relaxing near a window, you’re receiving sun exposure.”