The products: Lise Watier Sun Destination collection (part one)
Every summer, Lise Watier releases a summer bronzing collection, available only for a few months. I’m a little late with this one (the products are technically only supposed to be around until the end of July), but as far as I know you can still get all of these products — and some of them, on sale!
Here are two of this summer’s Lise Watier bronzing products, on shelves and online now. (Their summer Sensationnelle Dry Oil & Sun Bronzing Powder will be on theNotice shortly!)
Lise Watier Illuminating Bronzing Gel
Illuminating Bronzing Gel, $30 $18
Described as a “lightweight, sheer illuminating gel that delivers a youthful, radiant finish,” the Illuminating Bronzing Gel is — well, kind of a stunner, really. Neither too orange nor too brown, it gives a great neutral-brown glow to the skin, sheer and sparsely shimmery.
I’d recommend this one to people with fair to medium skin who want to create a natural, softly bronzed glow. It can be worn with or without makeup, and I think (at $18 CAD) that it would be gorgeous on the décolleté, shoulders, and arms & legs, too.
Aqua, Cyclopentasiloxane, Zinc Oxide, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Squalane, Cetyl Peg/Ppg-10/1 Dimethicone, Sorbitol, Octyldodecanol, Isononyl Isononanoate, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Steareth-21, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Sodium Chloride, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Talc, Phenoxyethanol, Erythritol, Benzyl Alcohol, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Xanthan Gum, Tocopheryl Acetate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Hydrogen Dimethicone, Disodium Edta, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Nymphaea Coerulea Flower Extrat, Homarine HCL, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sorbic Acid, Fragrance, Mica, Titanium Dioxide, CI 77491, CI 77492, Iron Oxides.
Lise Watier Illuminating Bronzing Gel, swatched heavily/sheerly
Lise Watier Illuminating Bronzing Gel, swatched heavily/sheerly
Sun Smart Tinted Universal UV Shield SPF 30, $30 $23
I’m a lot less smitten with the colour of the SunSmart Tinted Universal UV Shield, but it does tout a shimmer-free matte finish and an SPF of 30, which may appeal to some.
Designed to give both chemical-free (physical) sun protection and a velvety, bronzed finish, this is a bronze version of Lise Watier’s Universal UV Shield (available year-round). It’s too orange, in my opinion, when you consider how much sunscreen you really need to be using to get proper coverage — about a teaspoon, for your face.
Lise Waiter Sun Smart Tinted Universal UV Shield
With all of Lise Watier’s other great bronzing products, I’d skip this one. Try layering their un-tinted UV shield with the Illuminating Bronzing Gel above, or with their gorgeous Sun Bronzing Powder (on the blog tomorrow), instead!
Active ingredients: Titanium Dioxide 4.55 %, Zinc Oxide 3.5 %.
Inactive ingredients: Cyclopentasiloxane, Isododecane, Polysilicone-11, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Hexyl Laurate, Peg-10 Dimethicone, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Stearic Acid, Cetyl Peg/Ppg-10/1 Dimethicone, Alumina, Triethoxycaprylylsilane,
+/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide, CI 77491, CI 77492, Iron Oxides.
Lise Waiter Sun Smart Tinted Universal UV Shield, swatched heavily/lightly
Lise Waiter Sun Smart Tinted Universal UV Shield
