Thursday, 22 September 2011

Sunblock for men who have the oily skin type

Summer is pretty much over here in the UK, It is always a good idea to use sunblock to protect your skin from harmful rays. The issue with sun blocker is that it feels awful on the skin, particularly on men with oily skin.

I remember from when I was younger that the feel of the oily and heavy sun blocker was really uncomfortable on my skin. Little did I know, there are some superb alternatives to the normal, rich and creamy style sunscreen available that work much better on the oily skin type. You can find these kind of sunblocks in different forms and I'll go on to describe them in this article.

What you need to do, is search for the same type of labeling that you search for on a good moisturizer. Things like "free of oil" or "not greasy" is what you should be looking for.

Typically, these kinds of sunblocks come in the form of a bottle of spray, and a number of of them are sold as "sport" sunblocks. It doesn't matter if you are doing a sport or not, these sunblocks are significantly lighter on the skin, some of them last longer and they are just as reliable as other sunblocks.

Here are a couple of examples of the type of sunblock you should be looking for if you want to dump the creamy sunblocks and still protect your skin from the dangerous rays:

Bull From Surfer Gel Sunblock only costs about $8 which is a very reasonable price. It does contain some unwanted ingredients for example, alcohol however it feels a lot better on the skin than most sunblocks and it does a good job.

PreSun Ultra Gel 30 costs a touch more than what you could get at approximately $10-15. This has great reviews from people with oily skin and is definitely worth a try.