SALT & STONE Natural Deodorant - Black Rose & Oud | Extra Strength Natural Deodorant for Women & Men | Aluminum Free with Seaweed Extracts, Shea Butter & Probiotics | Free From Parabens & Sulfates

This set was amazing value when I bought it - way cheaper than buying the items individually. I bought it for the solid spf50 sick and it's the only version of zinc oxide sun screen stick I've found to have a tint (it doesn't give any colour but prevents the product looking white or cast-y on the skin). Very easy to swipe on and blend with fingers. Both the cream and stick are water resistant and consequently feel a bit heavy and sticky when used on your face, so I save them for walks or sports on hot days when I'll get sweaty and beach type outings. The first swipe can sometimes feel a bit gritty as the product warms up, but is usually nice and smooth after that. Occasionally you'll come across a blob of tint which hasn't been blended in so you end up with a tiny coloured streak on your skin but this disappears easily with a finger blend. The cream/lotion is less cast-y than I expected, but is not completely invisible - I have decanted some into a pot and mixed mine with some iron oxide mineral pigments to give it some colour similar to my skin tone. Both are tenacious on the skin so you'll need to do a proper double cleanse to remove.

The media could not be loaded. Was initially unsure about the spf 50 cream as it says spf 50 on the front but spf 30 on the back and there are some typos. Reached out to salt and stone on Instagram and they assured me it was just typos a while back. Tried it and actually very impressed by the lack of white cast. It’s also very moisturising so I can skip moisturiser. It is hard to squeeze out of the tube as it’s like a paste but as soon as you smooth it on it’s not thick anymore, feels just like a very rich moisturiser. It helped disguise my Retinoid flaky skin perfectly, I’m really impressed as most things break me out but this hasn’t and no burning of my sensitive irritated skin whatsoever. But I haven’t tested if it’s actually good for sun protection because I use a powder spf on top of it. It’s perfect for me right now, apart from the very slight rancid smell as I discovered the expiration date is 3 months away, so that explains the cheap bundle. However, the lip balm actually expired 9 months ago (08/2021) so also has a rancid smell and feels drying too. The Face stick is also expired, although it’s the one with the least smell and it applies very nicely, however, the same as the cream, I think you have to put powder on top to keep it in place because it doesn’t dry and remains sticky on the surface. They are good products I believe, but the expired products really shouldn’t be sold and there should be a warning for the near expiry ones. I won’t be using the expired products as I’m unsure of their protective capability!

It feels cheap, the cream is like a thick paste that was difficult to squeeze out of the tube it was almost solidified! Does not feel nice on the skin. The sun stick is slightly better in that it applies easier. It is tinted but only very slightly. It is gritty but the gritty bits once ribbed in go away and blend in. Both of the creams feel heavy on your face. Not nice.

The SPF 50+ product is NOT WATER-RESISTANT as described and is therefore unfit for use. It is described as being reef-friendly, but such items have limited value (except for protecting reefs when greywater is processed before being released back into the sea) since most people who choose water-resistant, reef-safe sunscreens intend to use them while swimming, diving or snorkelling.Please be aware of this before considering using it before entering the water for any length of time at any time of day. I would certainly not apply it to a child and hope for the promised level of sun protection & water-resistance.My skin has been described by my dermatologist as ‘tans easily, burns rarely’ and I cannot remember the scale number, but, when left without sunlight for several months, appears as a Mediterranean-style skin. Nevertheless, I am careful to let a tan build gradually to allow my melanin to enhance any additional sun protection.The trust I placed in this product (having read the label and also applied my extensive knowledge & experience of sunscreens, their limitations, as well as how to use them to its use, having grown up in a region where sunburn and sun-related skin cancer are both common) has utterly ruined a very expensive and much-needed dive/swim/snorkel/relax holiday.Before snorkelling at about 10am, I applied the lotion generously to dry skin, ensuring that the first layer was as ‘rubbed in’ as possible and the second layer was thick enough to ‘ghost’ & rubbed on firmly. I wore fins, a mask, my snorkel, my swimsuit, a long-sleeved wetsuit top (for which I am most thankful), a flesh-coloured zinc-based face sunscreen from a different brand (as the above brand’s face stick is difficult to apply thickly enough), and a thick layer of sunscreen on my legs, enough to make them ‘ghost,’ as described.I snorkelled for about an hour and a half. I am so unused to being sunburnt (because I take such care, as well as because of my skin type) that I did not, at first, realise why my legs were so uncomfortable when I went to take a quick rest & read before lunch. I assumed the pain was due perhaps to the tropical rash that had begun on my hands and feet. I assumed the rash was simply spreading and the initial discomfort was related. For the remainder of the day, I did not sunbathe or snorkel at all, wore an ankle-length kaftan to lunch (a short, largely shaded walk from my room) and took an after-lunch nap inside.I woke up in roaring pain.I took a cool bath and painkillers upon realising the problem. I didn’t use any lotions because I have never needed an after-sunburn lotion before.I kept waking up during the night, in pain.I woke up in the morning, still in pain, cancelled my morning dive plans, ran another cool bath (wearing a wetsuit top so the rest of me wouldn’t freeze) and got in.I am writing this review from my cool bath, furious that my holiday plans have been ruined.I estimate the cost of my experience to be around £6,000, based on the loss in the point and value of my holiday, making this the most expensive sunscreen I have ever bought.Buy something else.

I love the lip balm and stick. But the sun cream has ingredients I usually avoid. On the Salt and Stone website, the ingredients lists I found looked fine, but this cream is not the same.Ingredients:Zinc Oxide, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Polyglycerl-3 Polyricinoleate, Isostearic Acid, Caprillic/capric triglyceride, Dimethicone, Octyl Palmitate, Butylene Glycol, PEG-30 Dipolyhydroxystearate, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Glycerol, Polyethylene, Rosa Canina (Rosehip) Seed Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Hyaluronic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Glyceryl Oleate, Xanthan gum.

The media could not be loaded. Like betor other people mention this items are expired and suncream have on front writing spf 50 and on back spf 30

The lip and face cream might last, but the 200ml tube is almost empty after a week of use. It takes very long to soak up and leaves a white residue everywhere, although I am very fair!