Did you correctly identify the vintage sunlamp tanning goggles?
I’ve always felt faintly uneasy advocating for expensive sun care, because for sunscreen to work you need to apply it liberally and often. But we tend to be somewhat miserly with expensive creams unless we are JLo, who made her rep as a beauty product libertine who coats herself head-to-toe in Crème de La Mer.
Nowadays, mineral sunscreens are increasingly the first choice of people who don’t want, or react poorly to chemical screens (they can sting sensitive faces) or prefer a cream that does its work at the skin’s surface, bouncing the UV rays off like a disco ball (chemical sunscreens absorb the harmful rays and convert them to harmless heat.) But some mineral screens come loaded with good intentions, but not necessarily the nicest formulas, so they sit thickly on skin, all whitish and heavy.
If you want a highly effective, broad spectrum mineral sunscreen that disappears into skin with no white cast, after only the most cursory rubbing, Alumier MD Clear Shield Broad Spectrum SPF 42 ($48), Dermalogica Invisible Physical Defense SPF 30 ($77) and REN Clean Screen Mineral SPF 30 ($48) might cost a bit more, but they will make you disproportionately happy.