Did not work for my skin

I have very fair skin and can be sunburned in as little as 15 minutes of sun exposure. I go through a lot of sunscreen. I've always just used popular, grocery store brands, but last summer my skin started to get bumpy after sunscreen application. I thought maybe it was from the chemicals, that my skin was sort of trying to reject the toxins it was soaking up from the cream. I've never had any other skin reactions to any kind of detergents, fabrics, perfumes, or any kind of substance, so I wouldn't describe my skin as particularly sensitive. Last month I was going to Italy on a dream vacation and needed to take sunscreen along, so I decided to try Goddess Garden to avoid all those chemicals in regular sunscreen. I also liked that it was eco/reef friendly. Unfortunately, while I did not get sunburned, it wreaked havoc on my skin. After applying it on two consecutive days, my skin became rough feeling and itchy, and my face was super puffy. I went a few days trying to stay out of direct sunlight with no sunscreen and the puffiness went down, but my skin was still feeling pretty rough. On day five, we were going out on a boat, so I couldn't avoid sunscreen. The puffiness returned and the roughness remained. So I went to a pharmacy and bought different sunscreen which I used daily for the next two weeks. The puffiness never returned and after about a week and lots of gentle exfoliating, I shed the rough patches of skin except for on my neck where it took about another week to fully clear up. My best guess is the minerals were just to harsh for my skin as I do not have eczema and have never had any skin allergies.

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