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ride skincare sunscreen and recovery moisturiser

ride skincare

i would begin by saying you could scarcely make it up, but in reality, not only could you probably make it up, the result would be perfectly believable. it's surely not that unusual to think, as summer becomes more proximitous, the weather, even in the hebrides, would be likely to improve, allowing the velocipedinally inclined to cultivate those sharpened tan lines. unless you're me and constantly wearing armwarmers; the legs however, are doing just nicely thanks, though there's every bit as much chance it's rust as opposed to a tan. the scarcely conceivable part began with the arrival of two sample products from the nice folks at ride skincare.

ride skincare sunscreen

these products are to be necesarily used in sequence; prior to the morning départ, the sunscreen ought best to be liberally applied to those honed calf muscles and exposed kneecaps. this part of the system i studiously took care of before releasing the specialized roubaix from the bike shed, fervently hoping that the patches of blue sky would coagulate into a greater covering and my pre-ride preparations would keep those legs from suffering in the expected heat.

the believable bit, which most of you will have seen coming from afar, was the almost inevitable downpour that had me scrabbling for my rainjacket and trying vainly to swish away the water accumulating on my garmin. (i should intimate that this point that none of which follows is on strava). you'd think this hardly the ideal backdrop for a concerted review of ride skincare's spf 25 sunscreen, but though you'd be partially correct, things weren't quite as hopeless as they might at first appear.

one of the promised features of this particular skincare product is its waterproofing properties, as elucidated in the accompanying literature: "...to protect your skin against the sun. wind and rain. [...] it also contains candelila wax to give great water resistance." i confess i'm somewhat confused as to why my legs or arms are in need of protection against the rain, but nonetheless, heavy islay rain failed to make any inroads in removing the lotion from my legs. even in the shower, a tad more graft than usual was required to have both limbs scraped back to bare skin.

ride skincare moisturiser

this first outing would normally have been followed by application of ride skincare moisturiser as directed, but i couldn't quite fathom what would be the point of rehydrating legs that were still suffering from rain dripping from a pair of soaking bibshorts.

fast forward to this past weekend, when sunday morning dawned with blue skies and sunshine, the likes of which has scarcely been seen in the hebrides this past month. once more, armwarmers obscured the need to slather those forearms in sunscreen, but my legs remained fair game and over the course of a morning the onset of sunburn was farthest from my mind. once again, i'd to put a smidgeon of effort into scrubbing in the shower, but this time i followed up with application of the recover moisturiser to a pair of legs tired from slogging into a mildly oppressive near-galeforce headwind.

it's possible that a comprehensive review would entail several weeks of karate kid wipe-on/wipe-off, but while i have every faith in the sunscreen's ability to carry out its principal purpose, i'd be happy to endure the soothing abilities of the moisturiser, application of which approaches the outer edges of self-massage. and i'm all in favour of that.

ride skincare's spf 25 sunscreen arrives in a travel friendly 50ml bottle at a cost of £11.99. the recover moisturiser, which appears to be of similar size, retails at a mere £8.99. and as an added bonus, ride skincare are currently offering free shipping on orders over £15.

ride skincare

monday 26 june 2017

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