Shiseido Ultimate Sun Protection Lotion SPF 60
Wearing
The best thing about Honolulu is styling as a beach bum on an international island that caters to Japanese tourists.
Only in Waikiki could I meet a woman more excited than me about Shiseido Ultimate Sun Protection Lotion’s new formulation. I ran into Nordstrom when I ran out of Shiseido Ultimate Sun Protection, and a saleslady shared the news: we’ve bumped up from SPF 55 to 60. I’ll cover myself toes to forehead in sunscreen on cloudy days indoors — so you can imagine what a stronger formula of Shiseido Ultimate Sun Protection Lotion meant while bumming in a bikini on a burning beach in Honolulu.
Yes. “Bumming.” Beach bums wear Shiseido sunscreen. And semi-permanent eyelash extensions. And hundred-dollar straw hats. And sunnies built by the designer of Aristotle and Jackie O’s glasses. And a pair of Givenchy rubber cowboy boots, if I’d really wanted to celebrate my Japanese heritage while under the sun.
But I abstained.
I sported some four-inch Stella McCartney espadrilles the sales chicks at Hermès loved…
17.Apr.2010, 05:48 pm
How do you find the new formula? I just ran out of the SPF 55 version and bought this instead, and I feel like it doesn’t even absorb fully anymore, let alone make my skin matte like the old one did. :T