I have used this product for 2 months now and mostly for golfing and bicycling. Both activities exposes a person to plenty of sunshine especially in Southern California.This product is almost identifical to the SPF 55 version. The SPF 55 version has 10% HOMOSALATE (which is not Helioplex) and the SPF 70 version has 15% HOMOSALATE. That seems to be the only difference according to the "active ingrediants". The Helioplex (AVOBENZONE) remains exactly the same at 3%.
My subjective tests failed to reveal SPF 70 is significantly better than SPF 55. The good news is that the SPF 55 version is an excellent sunscreen, and quite possibly the best in the market. The SPF 70 protects the person just as well, but not by 20%-25% margin as one would reasonably expect with 15 SPF increase.
Few other things of note:
1)There is no such thing as perfect sun protection except for staying out of sunshine all together. Your skin will become noticeably darker even after ample application of this sunscreen, but not by much.
2)You should put on ample amount of sunscreen to get any reasonably good sun protection. Please do not use skimpy amounts unless you want to get a good tan without sunburns.
3)DO NOT APPLY OVER THE EYES AND THE FOREHEAD (put on a cap). If you have been stung in the eyes with sunscreen before you know you would rather avoid the experience.
4)This product is water resistent and does not wear off easily. So I highly recommend this for swimmers and beach bums.
5)The SPF 70 version leaves noticeably more residue than the SPF 55 version. So if you want less residue with almost as good sun protection, I recommend the SPF 55 version. The overall residue is very much acceptable and is not readily visible to the eye.
I have been using the Neutrogena sunscreen products for over 4 years and have been very pleased with them. I think the sunscreen in the spray can is the best spray out there. However, I got this small tube of 70 spf sunscreen with two of the spray cans at Costco and it caused me to have a severe allergic reaction on my face. As I write this my face is so swollen that I can barely see. The nurses at my doctor's office told me that the SPF 70 is too strong and I have not been the only one to come in with this problem. I have used the SPF 45/55 have find it to be a much better product.
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I've probably used every sunblock out there and this is the best!It really does provide day-long protection and it doesn't have the greasy, makeup-melting effect of most of them.Some "dry" gels peel off when I put an incompatible makeup on top.This doesn't.It absorbs quickly, feels great, and lets me get on with my routine.
Definitely the best sunscreen I've used. Took it to Burning Man, in serious sun for a week, and came back almost as lilly-white as I left. I have skin cancer in my family, so I don't mess around with the sun.I have oily skin.Almost all sunscreens I've tried are greasy (even the ones that are supposed to be "oil-free").Neutrogena Dry Touch is not greasy at all, feels great on the skin.It has a very faint scent, good for me because I don't like strong fragrances.As far as the sun protection from the Helioplex ingredient, I don't think it's as good as Mexoryl, which I get in L'Oreal Anthelios Fluide Extreme SPF 50 (also a non-greasy product).But this formulation of Anthelios is expensive and hard to obtain in the U.S. (our FDA has only approved Anthelios in the SPF 15 greasy cream), so I use Neutrogena with Helioplex as an alternate product sometimes.
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