Weekend Open Thread: Mattifying Sunscreen
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Whoa… I didn't realize mattifying sunscreen is a genre, but I love it (and this one from Clinique is on sale today!).
I randomly lucked my way into another sunscreen that has mattifying properties — it's almost like a powdery finish — but it's a foreign brand that's hard to get without a special order through a site like Stylevana. So I'm excited to see that Clinique has a similar mattifying sunscreen — and it's got 500+ great reviews.
Sample reviews: “Works so well,” “great daily sunscreen,” “love the way it went on,” “leaves a beautiful glow on my skin, no whitecast.” There is one 1-star review, and I think someone was confused, because this is the text:
I have never found a sunscreen that I will actually wear daily. I have always been allergic to sunscreens, So I never got in to the habit of wearing them. But I was sent this sunscreen to try, and I actually enjoyed it. It didn't break me out, I didnt hives or any type of rash, and did not have any issues with my skin after using it multiple days. To say I was impressed is an understatement.
Yep, sounds like a 1-star review to me.
ANYWAY: the sunscreen is normally $39, but today it's 25% off ($39) as part of the NAS Daily Beauty Deals. (The NAS sale ends on Sunday, for what that's worth — you can check out all of our picks here.) Interestingly, Clinique has a whole line of UV solutions, all with SPF 50 — hydrating, brightening + tinted, and mattifying.
Readers, what are your favorite sunscreens this summer?
Sales of note for 8/7:
- Nordstrom – The Anniversary Sale ends August 9! Here's our big roundup of the best workwear, as well as everything we've selected thus far. Don't forget to check to see if their daily beauty deal is a good one for you.
- Ann Mashburn – Seasonal sale, up to 50% off – we just included them in our updated Top 10 Brands for Comfortable Heels!
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase, $99 dresses, and extra 60% off clearance — readers love this blouse and I always love the variety of colors/textures for this jacket (it's a great separate)
- Anthropologie – Extra 40% off sale!
- Bare Minerals – Free shipping over $50! Love their Love thir OG Mineral Veil setting powder
- The Fold – Up to 50% off, further markdowns (new lines added)
- J.Crew – Up to 30% off
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off sitewide
- J.McLaughlin – Summer sale, up to 50% off
- Lilysilk – Anniversary sale, save up to 70%
- Madewell – Up to 30% off
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 60% off (new lines just added, exclusively online)
- M.M.LaFleur – End of season sale! (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Clearance, new markdowns up to 75% off! Nice selection of Vince, Veronica Beard, Reiss and Rag & Bone, a ton of affordable work dresses from Calvin Klein, Maggy London, Eliza J, and Donna Morgan
- Saks Fifth Avenue – Up to $500 off your purchase! Great selection of Veronica Beard, L'Agence, Vince, and more.
- Talbots – Semi-annual red door sale, 50-60% off all markdowns, and free shipping on 150+.
- Theory – End of season sale is on! Love all the colors their best-selling sweater tee comes in, and some colors are on sale.
if you dermaplane how often do you do it? i tend to only do every 6 weeks but then i worry i’ve got stubble or something.
Probably every few months. I also worry about stubble, but it doesn’t really show on me.
I don’t dermaplane but I thread my eyebrows/lip/chin and I go every 5 weeks. Thanks PCOS!
About every 6 weeks.
This is one of the reasons I only did it once. This shit is a feminist issue…we have enough maintenance as it is, thank you!
do you think trump could be forced to pay restitution/or to repay monies he’s taken without going through the proper channels? setting aside whether it will/might happen, COULD it?
This is a historical question for me (during the Biden administration, was it not desirable or not possible?).
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It’s a bigger question about the Biden administration to be sure.
What monies are we talking about here? Like the money he spent on the reflecting pool without Congress having appropriated it for that?
the reflecting pool article today in the NYT is what prompted me to ask the Q but all the other crap he’s done without approval. the ballroom. the entire war. etc.