India, Sept. 2 -- Nobody really thinks about sunscreen finish until it's too late. You buy something with a good SPF number, wear it once, and by 1pm your face either looks like a mirror or feels like paper. That's the finish talking, not the sun protection. Someone reaching for a spf 50 sunscreen for the first time is usually chasing the number on the label. Someone else picking up a vitamin c sunscreen is chasing the brightening claim. Both miss the part that decides whether they'll actually enjoy wearing it again tomorrow.

Your skin type has opinions here, whether you ask it or not. Oily and combination skin generally gets along better with a sunscreen for oily skin built on a mattifying base. Dry skin usually prefers a sunscreen for ...