spf and powder products

I was wondering how effective powder SPF products are, so did some searches.

According to this link, you'd have to use a lot of powder to get the stated SPF!

When scientists test facial powders to determine SPF (as mandated by the FDA), they typically assume that 2mg of product will be used per cm2 of skin. The average face is about 600cm2 (although that varies from person to person, of course), meaning that a person needs to apply about 1.2g of facial powder to get the SPF stated on the product's label

It's funny how unclear the details of SPF are.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunscreen#Sun_protection_factor

http://www.fda.gov/cder/offices/OTC/understanding_spf_sunscreen.htm

http://www.slate.com/id/2171789/
http://health.howstuffworks.com/spf.htm/printable
The above two articles have interesting similarities...

Japanese post: new vocab

新しい単語を最近よく聞くけど、覚えるまでは別の問題だね。

如才ない じょさいない (adj-i) tactful; shrewd; adroit

如才ない知り合いがいる。

ibuprofen in Japan

If you're looking for Ibuprofen in Japan, you can find it sold as "Eve." There are probably other brands under which it is marketed, but that's the first one I've found.

materialism: maquillage colored mascara and eyeliner duos

Maquillage's summer collection includes a pretty series of colored waterproof mascara and eyeliner duos called Full Vision Gloss Coat Mascara (2100yen).

The eyeliner was quite easy to use and the mascara was pretty nice, so I am quite tempted to buy it. Waterproof too, so if it doesn't smudge, it'll be perfect for the summer (and year round).

wow

Cheney has been pretty vocal lately:

On Sunday, he said he would pick Rush Limbaugh over former secretary of state Colin L. Powell as a model for the Republican Party and virtually wrote his onetime colleague out of the GOP.

- As Cheney Seizes Spotlight, Many Republicans Wince

Wow.

That says so many things.

1) Cheney's crazy.
- and he is completely incapable of evaluating Powell and Limbaugh's skills as politicians.

2) He has no idea what regular Republicans want to hear (I hope!).
- nor does he know what the general population wants to hear.

3) He's so right-wing. No surprise there.

forgot to say:
4) He's pretty cold. I think Powell got pretty burned by the Bush Administration to begin with, and Cheney's just stepping in open wounds.

An amusing addendum:

Jesse Ventura's say:

"You look at Dick Cheney who ran and hid [from the Vietnam war draft]," Ventura said. "I have no respect for Dick Cheney. I have tremendous respect for General Powell."

Waterboarding, Ventura said, "is torture... It's drowning... I'll put it to you this way, you give me a water board, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders".

the true difference between the British and the Americans

"We get a lot of inquiries from Americans who are interested in selling the bras," Tsuchiya reported. "But the British are different — they tend to be shocked by what we're doing."

- Japan Times, "Office workers out in front in demand for men's bras"

dawn robinson

I really like her singing.

Hear her in Lucy Pearl "I can't stand your mother".