La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk Sunscreen SPF 60 vs Honest Amish Classic Beard Oil 2 oz
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk Sunscreen SPF 60 is ₹591 dearer.
La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk Sunscreen SPF 60 vs Honest Amish Classic Beard Oil 2 oz
La Roche-Posay
La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk Sunscreen SPF 60
₹2,490
SPF does not scale the way people read it: SPF 30 blocks about 97 percent of UVB and SPF 60 about 98, so doubling the number buys one percentage point.
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Honest Amish
Honest Amish Classic Beard Oil 2 oz
₹1,899
Jojoba is the interesting ingredient because it is not really an oil at all -- it is a wax ester, closer in structure to human sebum than any other plant extract, which is why it absorbs instead of sitting on the surface.
Full details →Who the La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk Sunscreen SPF 60 is for
Buy it if: Anyone who will apply a proper quarter teaspoon and reapply every two hours.
Avoid it if: Anyone applying a thin layer once a day and expecting SPF 60 protection.
Who the Honest Amish Classic Beard Oil 2 oz is for
Buy it if: Anyone with a beard whose underlying skin gets dry or flaky.
Avoid it if: Anyone with a tree nut allergy, and anyone breaking out under the beard -- avocado oil is moderately comedogenic.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk Sunscreen SPF 60 | Honest Amish Classic Beard Oil 2 oz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹2,490 | ₹1,899 |
| Fragrance | Fragranced | From the botanical oils themselves, not added synthetic fragrance |
| Key actives | Avobenzone 3 percent, homosalate 10 percent, octisalate 5 percent, octocrylene 10 percent | Argan, avocado, pumpkin seed, kukui and golden jojoba oils |
| Volume | 90 ml | 59 ml, 2 oz |
| Mains voltage | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Period after opening | 12 months after opening | 12 months after opening |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Application | not published | To damp skin under the beard, not to the hair |
| Comedogenic ratings | not published | Argan and jojoba are low. Avocado oil is moderately comedogenic and can cause breakouts on the skin under the beard |
| Finish | Milky, absorbs without a white cast | not published |
| How SPF scales | Not linearly. SPF 30 blocks about 97 percent of UVB and SPF 60 about 98 percent. Doubling the number buys roughly one percentage point | not published |
| Jojoba | not published | Chemically a wax ester rather than a true oil, and closer to human sebum than any other plant oil, which is why it absorbs rather than sitting on top |
| Nut allergy | not published | Contains kukui, a tree nut oil |
| Quantity | not published | 3 to 5 drops for a short beard. Excess is the commonest cause of the greasy look people blame on the product |
| Reapplication | Every 2 hours in sun, and after swimming or heavy sweating | not published |
| UVA | SPF measures UVB only. UVA causes most ageing and tanning and is rated by the PA system, which US-labelled sunscreens do not carry | not published |
| Water resistance | 80 minutes, which is a tested claim rather than a marketing one | not published |
| What actually matters | Quantity. SPF is measured at 2 mg per square centimetre, about a quarter teaspoon for a face, and almost nobody applies that much. Applying half gives far less than half the rated protection | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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