The version of Skin Aqua on the left (batch Aug 2022) was the best sunscreen I’d ever used, I loved the finish and how easily it absorbed into a matte finish- but then when I got a replacement, the bottle on the right (reformulated I assume, Dec 2023) was nowhere near the same, it makes me so so so greasy that I sometimes dread using sunscreen altogether. Could someone tell me what’s going on here? Has it been reformulated? Because I want to get new sunscreen- is there some sunscreen out there that’ll perform exactly the same as the one on the left. I’ve tried the kose suncut and it made me breakout 🙁 does anyone know if the other versions of skin Aqua will be any less greasy or work better
by 97redballoons
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I went ahead and tried to find the two products to compare the ingredients on incidecoder. It does seem like they’re two different products. The right one is supposed to be more protective against pollutants and has a much longer list of ingredients. I don’t know much about ingredients to explain back to you so you can check it yourself here: https://incidecoder.com/compare-products/rohto-mentholatum-skin-aqua-uv-super-moisture-gel-spf-50-pa/rohto-mentholatum-skin-aqua-super-moisture-uv-gel-spf-50-pa-194
It was reformulated in 2023. The blue one is the repackaging of 2023 formal in 2024 iirc.
Maybe they had to reformulate it to comply with the two star water-resistance claims?
Maybe look for a formula with one star (so lower) water-resistance or no water-resistance at all, if that’s OK in your case?
In 2023 they *reformulated*—the product got greasier and looked shiny for longer
In 2024 they *repackaged*—the bottle changed from the plain white body and gold cap combo to the blue/white gradient. The product, however, stayed the same
(Or so i’ve heard, regarding the repackage. I haven’t used the blue/white gradient yet)
last year they reformulated all products in their skin aqua line so that they’d be more water resistant (the essence was the only one they added a filter, tinosorb M, if I’m not mistaken). as for this year, they only did repackaging
I really like the pink and gold bottle in essence. It’s not greasy at all.
Ahh, it’s the same for me, I still love skin aqua, but it’s not the same, the old formula was waaay better in terms of looks, the new formula is better with water resistance and filters, but maan it’s way more shiny and feels greasy all the time:(((
Oh nooooo this is my HG for light UV days and my bottle just ran out. Thanks for the heads up! I have combo skin so the old formula was a perfect balance of moisturizing without being greasy.
If you see new one has 2 starts on it. Which means that new formulation is water resistant upto 2 hours.
Yeah, it was reformulated in 2023, as others said. It’s still my go to, but I don’t like it as much anymore.
If you’re willing to use a PA+++ sunscreen, check out Nivea Super Water Gel SPF 50 sunscreen, which also comes in the pump bottle. It’s better than the Skin Aqua ever was imo, the tradeoff being that it’s PA+++ instead of PA++++. I have never burned while wearing it, however.
I have the white version, but unfortunately, it doesn’t work for me. I’d be more than happy to send it your way if you could cover the postage cost!
the blue one is definitely looks more attractive to a consumer’s eye. 🙂
i have both!!