Ravissa Uv White Protector Spf50+ Pa++++
- UPDATED amongst the company's response at the cease of this weblog post.
This is belike the firstly fourth dimension always that I've been terrified of a product. Not just terrified to usage it, but terrified inwards general. You know the feeling... When you lot are nearly to bungee throttle in addition to you lot are standing on the railing of the span in addition to maintain wondering if the bungee cable is properly attached in addition to you're going to hold upwards OK instead of smashing your caput on the rocks below.
I used to bungee throttle a lot when I was younger. Smashed my mitt during ane jump, therefore I know the risks. And I know that the fearfulness is non baseless.
This is how I experience nearly this Ravissa UV White Protector SPF 50+ PA++++ made yesteryear Alen International inwards Mie prefecture (yep, that's nevertheless Japan).
But let's start at the beginning...
I possess got heard nearly Ravissa sometime terminal year. My friend gave me a sample of... serum... I guess... I don't genuinely retrieve now. It felt prissy plenty on my peel that I wanted to know to a greater extent than nearly the brand.
After a fighting of googling I learned that this was a spa-only trouble sold at beauty salons in addition to such. I said "whatever" in addition to forgot all nearly it.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few weeks agone I was inwards Tokyo getting a haircut (yes, I genuinely pass unopen to three hours on the train, ane way, just to acquire a haircut). I got out of the subway at Omotesando in addition to proceeded to the exit. While I was busy proceeding, I noticed a modest cosmetics store (I think it was MS Style), nevertheless within the ticket gate area. And of course of pedagogy I went inwards to depository fiscal establishment check it out.
There, occupying really prominent shelf infinite was none other than Ravissa.
I saw the prices in addition to promptly saw myself out. But non earlier testing the sunblock.
I went to acquire my haircut, had lunch, in addition to and therefore when I was going dorsum to grab the Ginza Line, I saw that shop. Damn... I went inside.
And similar a practiced Pavlov's domestic dog that I am, I bought that damn sunscreen.
I brought it home, read the element listing in addition to scratched my head.
Then I read it again. And scratched my caput therefore difficult I was afraid it was going to start bleeding.
I went to the company's website - Alen.co.jp (yes, Alen amongst just ane "L"), read everything at that topographic point was to read at that topographic point and, if anything, felt fifty-fifty to a greater extent than confused than before.
Huh??? Say, what?
Here's a sunblock amongst practically no Sun blocking or Sun absorbing ingredients? And you lot desire me to set it on my face?
But, of course, I was curious, therefore I did set it on my face.
I started slow. At home. In the evening. On my arm.
My arm felt good, in addition to I proceeded to set Ravissa UV White Protector SPF50+ PA++++ on my face.
At home. In the evening. Just to meet how it felt.
My human face upwards did non explode.
In fact, Ravissa was an fantabulous makeup base.
It felt amazing going onto the skin. When dispensed from the airless tube, it has the consistency of mousse.
Then it sinks inwards in addition to your human face upwards starts feeling similar it's covered inwards bulletproof film. It's non an unpleasant feeling, actually. Just strange. And nearly an lx minutes afterwards it feels similar you lot possess got a exceptional effects latex mask on your face. You run to the mirror to accept a look, but you lot nevertheless await fine. Completely natural. There is no latex mask at all. Your makeup stays on similar a champ. There is no pilling, no patching, no dryness, no white cast. You peel feels perfectly natural to the touch.
Just that nagging feeling that at that topographic point is SOMETHING on your face. You can't meet it. You can't comport upon it. And after a spell you lot start to uncertainty whether you've perchance imagined that initial feeling of SOMETHING.
Make no mistake, this is ane heavy duty makeup base. It blurs, it smoothes, it just makes your peel await great. If non for that nagging feeling of SOMETHING, it would hold upwards ane of the best makeup bases I've always tried.
But, but...
What nearly them UV protecting???
Well, here's where it gets funky.
Take a await at the ingredients.
Ravissa UV White Protector SPF50+ PA++++ ingredients:
See what I mean?
No? Ok, here, I plugged them into CosDNA for you lot - link.
Can you lot meet it now?
Ravissa UV White Protector, despite having SPF50+ in addition to PA++++ rating, has only draw amounts of UV blockers. Not plenty to hold upwards effective equally Sun protection at all.
If the amount of oxides is insufficient to protect from the sun, in addition to therefore what the hell is "protecting" inwards this sunblock?
The company's website does non offering whatsoever answers. It just says this:
I highlighted the UV protector business office inwards the screenshot above.
But that's non enough, therefore I started to do my ain research.
I did honour a brace of papers nearly plant-based photograph protectants, in addition to yes, ane of them was apple-based. But is this what nosotros possess got here? No idea...
I emailed the fellowship cry for for details and, of course, haven't heard back.
In the meantime, I've been reading all the PR blurbs nearly Ravissa that I could find.
Here are some inwards English:
This is from the Tokyo Cosme Expo PR materials.
Reduction hydrogen water? Yep. Apparently, it's a thing. And apparently, it's practiced for us.
Here's a research newspaper published inwards Trends inwards Food Science in addition to Technology dorsum inwards 2012 - link.
And this is what nosotros possess got on Alen's website:
So far, therefore good. We possess got the trifecta of dryness, spots in addition to anti-ageing. Standard run-of-the-mill skincare claims.
Apples! I told you lot at that topographic point were apples inwards it.
Stem cells? Do they usage stalk cells equally UV blockers? I'm confused.
Or is it that vitamin C derivative that's doing the blocking?
Or perhaps, something else entirely?
Peptides? I love peptides!
But I'm non a cosmetic chemist, therefore the balance is lost on me...
This I'm familiar with. Yeast extract sounds positively pedestrian adjacent to stalk cells in addition to peptides.
And instead of what's inwards this skincare, hither you lot possess got what's NOT inwards it:
The fearfulness mongering in addition to claims that these ingredients are "irritants" is to a greater extent than than just a picayune off-putting. But hey, it's their brand. They tin dismiss say whatever they want, right?
And we're dorsum to the magical water, which inwards the element listing is listed just equally "water".
In summary, after reading all this, I nevertheless possess got no clue what is doing the UV protecting inwards this sunblock.
The TEST!
There was only ane means to meet if this sunblock genuinely works. To genuinely examination it inwards the sun.
I had an lx minutes to kill today, in addition to thought, hey, why not. Beats doing the laundry, right?
This is how I prepped my arm:
The painting is self explanatory. The summit fighting of exposed peel was covered amongst HABA UV Cut Milk SPF50+ PA++++, a non-chemical non-alcohol sunblock which is nearly bulletproof. One of my favorites.
The adjacent fighting of naked peel was covered amongst Ravissa UV White Protector SPF50+ PA++++ in addition to left exposed inwards the Sun for lx minutes.
We possess got Ravissa ane to a greater extent than time, this ane was exposed for only xxx minutes.
And for command purposes, nosotros possess got peel that was left unprotected.
The peel on the sides of the testing expanse was covered amongst Evermere UV Gel SPF50+ PA++++ (one of my favorites).
I know that HABA in addition to Evermere work. I trust them. I was curious whether Ravissa volition work.
I set on a hat, got a majority in addition to sat on the balcony.
This is after xxx minutes:
The covered acre is where Ravissa after xxx minutes was. You tin dismiss meet the unprotected peel getting pinkish inwards the higher upwards photo.
And this is after ane hour.
Are you lot ready?
I increased the contrast, therefore you lot tin dismiss meet the results better.
Yep. Unprotected peel is clearly sunburned.
But that damn Ravissa UV White Protector somehow worked.
How? Don't inquire me. I don't know.
I am genuinely hoping that the fellowship emails me dorsum in addition to explains what they usage equally UV blockers.
So yeah.
We possess got 35 grams of something inwards a shiny airless pump, which is supposed to protect our precious faces from the sun, which, surprisingly, it does.
It too claims to hold upwards anti-everything (wrinkles, spots, aging, dryness...).
In add-on Ravissa UV White Protector SPF50+ PA++++ is:
- mineral crude free
- artificial fragrance free
- synthetic colouring free
- UV absorber free
- paraben free
- phenoxyethanol free
and
- alcohol free.
It's an fantabulous makeup base, but at 5184 yen (tax included) it should be.
I'm just terrified to usage it equally an actual sunblock. Even after today's test, I am nevertheless scared...
So that's Ravissa UV White Protector SPF50+ PA++++ for you.
Now, if you lot excuse me, I possess got to pack. Going to Karuizawa tomorrow. And yes, I am taking a unlike sunblock amongst me (Evermere UV Gel).
UPDATE equally of Apr 5, 2017
After dorsum in addition to forth amongst Alen International via electronic mail regarding this Ravissa UV White Protector SPF50+ PA++++, I nevertheless don't know anything.
First of all, honey Alen International, if you lot possess got an English linguistic communication language version of your website, it is only natural that you lot would respond to emails written inwards English. I mean, that is mutual sense, or therefore I thought. Apparently Alen's version of mutual sense does non stand upwards for mine, because my electronic mail inwards English linguistic communication went without answer.
I wrote ane time to a greater extent than inwards Japanese, where I genuinely pointed out that this was my 2nd fourth dimension contacting them, equally my enquiry inwards English linguistic communication had been ignored. The fellowship didn't fifty-fifty bother to apologize inwards their response.
In their response to me they just quoted the criterion PR spiel nearly non including inwards their products "ingredients that burden the skin". Dear Alen, I am non illiterate, I read that the firstly fourth dimension roughly on your website. In both languages.
The query equally to what provides the SPF50+ in addition to PA++++ marker of UV blocking inwards Ravissa UV White Protector was non addressed. It was just stated that it contains sunblocking ingredients.
I pressed harder. I wanted to know what these ingredients were. I asked nearly Titanium Dioxide in addition to Zinc Oxide in addition to wanted to know the concentration of both. I explained that inwards non-chemical sunscreen products if these 2 oxides are the only UV blockers, they are ordinarily within the summit 10 ingredients on the list. I wanted to know how tin dismiss they offering SPF50+ PA++++ if inwards Ravissa UV White Protector they appear after the (+/-) sign inwards the element listing.
The fellowship response was really blunt, devoid of whatsoever pleasantries in addition to went similar this (translation):
The proper blending of all the ingredients is responsible for the consequence of the product. iI doesn't hateful that whatsoever ingredients are specifically for UV blocking. Please hold upwards assured that the production contains plenty sunscreen. If you lot usage it inwards the appropriate way, you lot volition hold upwards satisfied. Thank you lot really much.
Well, excuse me for beingness stupid, but if you lot are maxim at that topographic point is plenty sunscreen, in addition to therefore tell me what that sunscreen is. Otherwise fuck off.
Final verdict:
Use Ravissa UV White Protector SPF50+ PA++++ at your ain risk.
I'm tossing mine inwards the garbage.
And currently possess got precisely nada involvement inwards trying other products from their lineup.
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