Sisley makes it into Moneybags Monday again, this time with its Fluid Sun Cream for the body. Offering a sun protection factor of 30, it has a double UVA/UVB filtration system as well as the ‘powerful botanical moisturisers’ shea butter and cucmber. Shea butter and cucumber! Where are Sisley shopping for their ingredients? The Angel Gabriel’s holy pantry? Are the cucumbers gilded with gold?
Enough of the joking, because I happen to adore Sisley and just about all of their products. They are quality with a capital Q. The more I ask around, the more I nose about into the bathroom cabinets of friends (and even people I don’t know that well – I have a good root about when I use their bathrooms!) the more I see Sisley popping up. Granted, these are people with a bit of disposable cash – they’re not worrying too hard about the gas bill arriving. They work tremendously hard and treat themselves to tremendously luxurious things, which is fair play. Some luxurious things seem to be a bit of a waste of money (I’m thinking: first class seats on the Heathrow Express (why?), table water that costs £6.80 a litre) but Sisley, if you can afford it, is worth every penny.
I’m going to bore you with a little anecdote about the Sisley Fluid Sun Cream. Do try to stay awake – matchsticks to prop eyelids with are on the little ledge next to the door. Nobody may leave the room.
Here I am almost exactly eight years ago, standing on a sandbank in the Maldives. Literally a sandbank in the middle of the ocean. No tree, no rock, no shelter. It’s about two in the afternoon and I am on the sandbank (the boat has dropped us off and left us) with a photographer, an assistant, Justin the hairstylist, a stylist and a stylist’s assistant. Oh, and a male model. I forgot about him. Davide. The sun is beating down and we are trying to do a fashion story for Esquire magazine, but it is literally about seventy-five-thousand degrees. What am I wearing on my skin? SISLEY SUN CREAM! I went brown as a nut! No burning, no redness – and my skin was as soft as it had ever been. I nearly fell off the (very expensive) bar stool that night when I was told how much the sun cream actually cost, but that’s not the point.
I have been in weaker sun wearing higher SPF than this and fried to a crisp, so I have no doubt that advertised SPFs vary greatly in their actual performance. But I would actually use this fluid as a body cream without going in the sun if it wasn’t such a waste – it’s so smoothing and moisturising!
Let’s come crashing back to earth and the fact that this spray-on sun fluid costs £80 for 200ml – expensive by any standards. A bottle does last more than a week’s hols – I have had two bottles of this so far, and both did pretty well even with twice-daily all-over use. If you, like me, have completely spasmodic fits of retail frenzy at airports then this might be well up your street. It’s the Hermès of sun creams – just don’t leave it lying out on the sunlounger!
Sisley’s Fluid Body Sun Cream (SPF 30) is £80 from Harrods – for more details, click HERE!
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Oh noooooo… I shouldn’t have read this! I’m too weak when it comes to budgeting on products. It sounds so good! D’oh!
My trip to Marbella is already bankrupting me but this is calling my name…I may purchase and pretend it was £8 instead….dangerous ground if I start taking that attitude with everything…
Hahaha…. it’s a bit cheaper in duty-free, but still! EEEK!
I have loved every Sisley product I’ve tried and this is no exception. I am the palest person I know, my nickname is Casper and I burn whatever I’m using! This however (when I can afford it) actually makes my freckles browner (the rest of my skin doesn’t tan!) I also don’t get any redness so definite love from me, except the price but I find it on eBay so often it’s not a huge deal!
Ooooh, how much on eBay? Pray do tell! x
I’ve paid between £40 and £50 on eBay for it which I think is pretty awesome. I have the eBay app for iPhone so I just search Sisley products maybe once a week as if it’s on there I do tend to buy it. Definitely worth keeping a look out!
Wow! Cheap!! Are they genuine products? Just unboxed or damaged or something? I’m always very wary of buying beauty goods from unauthorised stockists!
Well I’ve purchased from the counter also and can’t see any difference, generally the box is crumpled in the corners, some miner damage etc so it doesn’t bother me. I’ve only ever bought it from small sellers that generally have just been persuaded by an assistant to purchase. Shops for some reason I trust less (logic there I’m sure) but I’ve never had a problem with it but I guess you can’t ever be 100% sure when shopping with eBay.
Sounds good! God, you’d be gutted wouldn’t you if you’d spent £80 on a sun cream and then had to sell it for half the price. I think I’d just keep it! x
Spasmodic fits of retail frenzy at airports sounds so familiar (One very expensive fit including two Sisley masks.. ) Will have to add this to the list! Great post, made me laugh out loud! x
Oh wow this stuff sounds good – I think my budget is in more of the Clarins region though, so that’s what I’ll be trying out this summer…
This is on my radar now though, damn!
Oh jeesh it’s a shame it’s so pricey as it sounds like a brilliant product. I guess I’ll just have to stick to my Hawaiian Tropic tanning oil then hehe! Also you look stunning in the picture plus you got to go to the Maldives – wow that must have been lush x
My gran bought me this ages ago from Dubai but never wanted to use it until now thanks to your video’s and reviews!
@Jeyda uh, hello, how cool is your gran? Supergran!
Hey Ruth, i’m a skincare expert, and although I don’t work for Sisley I’m lucky enough to work for a concession just opposite sisley and get to use some of their products. As I’m in the early months of my pregnancy my skin has gone bazurk with hormones and I felt dreadful as a skin expert with spotty skin. I tried the sisley cleansing milk with sage for combination/ oily skin and the topical resins complex as an oil-free moisturiser for oily skin. My skin has been really comforted, and it really helps to clear up my skin. I had to whisper sisley when the girls at work commented on my glow as it’s not the company I work for. I’d love to know what you think of these 2 products maybe as one of your moneybags postings in your oilier week of the month. I’ve never tried products specific to oily skin in such a high price range before. I’d love to know how you’d find them.
@Natalie never tried these actually, but I shall most definitely add them to my list!! xxxx
Hi Ruth
Great blog by the way, I’m a forty year old male with a keen interest in keeping my skin looking good, I have been recently tempted to buy Sisley skincare products butas you mentioned it’s really expensive, in your opinion is it worth it or not? Really appreciate your comments
Thanks
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@D yes, I don’t know many people who don’t adore every Sisley product they’ve bought, but it’s one of those things – if you CAN afford it, do it, if you can’t then don’t go missing your mortgage payments for it, no beauty product is worth bankruptcy! Or is it?….
Haha Davide hahaha