China Celebrity Fan Bingbing wears sunsceen even when sitting in front of computer
You know Fan Bingbing, the Chinese actress who will play Blink in the upcoming X-men movie? Yep, she’s the one they ranked first on the “50 Most Beautiful People in China” at one time. I’ve seen some of her movies and must admit that she is gorgeous. But I had no idea nor interest on how she maintains her skin until I read her interview with CNNgo.
When asked about her perfect complexion, the actress said, “I carry an umbrella when I am outdoors and always wear sunscreen, even when I am sitting in front of a computer screen!” Wow. While many actresses are already dispensing advice about wearing sunscreen, Fan Bingbing up the ante by taking sun protection to the extreme! So should we be following suit to wear our sunscreen even in the night when we’re surfing the web on our computers or laptops?
No UV light
Unfortunately, it doesn’t help when we have reports of youngsters who spent 7 – 8 hours on their computers daily and developing skin pigmentation disorder as a result (source: Indian Express). However, I’ve also mentioned that based on my research and even discussions with my husband who is well versed with monitor displays, most of the flat-panel, or LCD monitors on our desktop computers or laptops have not been found to emit any UV light (source).
Anti-glare
This is nothing to lose sleep over unless you’re still using those large, box-shaped monitors known as CRT monitors that emit low levels of UV light. You don’t have to whip out your sunscreen as an anti-glare computer screen is standard on most LCD monitors these days. However, that does not mean you should be spending long hours in front of your computer or laptop or iPad as doing so can aggravate dark eye circles and cause crow’s feet due to the stress to your eyes.
Pore clogging
Is Fan Bingbing’s beauty ritual redundant then? Well, no. I actually like the idea as more protection is always better but it’s impractical especially if we’re talking about wearing sunscreen even at night as you’ll need to wash it off prior to heading to bed. Why? I wouldn’t recommend wearing a sunscreen to bed unless you’re certain yours does not clog your pores.
Other beauty rituals
Anyway, besides using an umbrella and sunscreen, Fan Bingbing claims that she never touches coffee or other caffeinated drinks. In addition, she uses facial masks diligently. “I use at least two a day—one for moisturizing and one for whitening. I think I go through at least 600 sheets of facial masks every year (source). This lady is truly “fierce” when it comes to caring for her skin!
So are you inspired by Fan Bingbing’s beauty secret? Would you wear your sunscreen even at night just to surf the web?
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600 a year? Wow! I do always follow up with hydrating mask after using deep cleansing clay mask but 600 sheets!!
She uses 2 masks a day!
Ridiculous! She looks like a total phoney. Live life. Things will be changing. No sunscreens or umbrellas will allow you to hide away from this.
Does she look that fake? Hmm…
She’s really a beauty. I recognized her in Shaolin. Thanks to Andy Lau, it was because of him that I watched the movie. Anyway, I am pretty shocked. Is that okay to wear facial mask twice a day? I’ve never received any better suggestion than wearing it twice a week. Give me an enlightenment, please…
She’s beautiful! But her regimen seems excessive. I’m also a bit shocked to hear she uses a whitening mask every day…. I’m hoping it’s more for any unevenness and not to actually lighten her complexion? Now I’m curious as to what are the best DIY or store-bought hydrating masks?
Using daily is not a problem if the mask does not cause any breakout. The reason is because the mask is soaked in serum and that’s okay for the skin. I would however say it’s excessive and also expensive. I would recommend daily for dry skin for a week or two and then revert to twice or thrice a week.
I have no idea actually because I hardly use mask sheets. But I’ve tried using yogurt oat mask daily for a period of time and it was okay for my skin.
i read somewhere that taiwanese model lin chi lin also uses two facial masks a day; i suppose it’s excessive if you live in Singapore since it’s so humid but if you live in a drier climate and need to keep an irregular and hectic social/work calendar, the masks could help to perk you up
i believe in giving the skin some break from all skincare products once a week at least!
You’ve raised a good point about the climate. But definitely give a break, like you said.