Supergoop Pop-Up - SPF Master Class NYC

[Cyncynn]

I was one of the lucky BIC members to be given a chance to attend the SuperGoop pop-up event in NYC and I am here to share my experience. I learned a lot at the event and had so much fun with fellow BIC community members @MlleCC and @michelleshops  ❤️

This was Supergoop’s first standalone pop-up event and it focused on SPF education (as you can see by the pictures we literally went back to school!), skin cancer awareness and mythbusting.

We were told to arrive early and we met Alexis, she works for Supergoop and warmly welcomed us into the space. She knew all about BIC and seemed very excited to have us there. We talked about our personal SPF preferences, Supergoop products and their new Shimmershade eyeshadows. These were super creamy and buildable. My favorite was the rose gold one, but the brown shade could easily be blended to leave a beautiful and soft smoky look. 5-10% of skin cancers are found around the eye area and this eyeshadow formula contains SPF 30. 

Shimmershades!

Sunset(brown), Daydream(rose gold), First light (light gold)Golden Hour (gold)

Holly Thaggard, the brand founder herself, came to meet us and walked us through the pop up, explaining her vision for the event. Prior to founding Supergoop! she was a teacher and the pop-up was a marriage between two of her passions: education and SPF. She talked about how the brand came about, the variety of products the brand offers and their focus on innovation. We had a really nice chat and she was genuinely nice and down to earth.

At 11:00 other guests started to arrive and sit down for the panel. They saved us seats in the from row - I felt very VIP lol !

Panel: SUN 101 & Mythbusting Class 

I am no stranger to SPF and take it very seriously. My mother had skin cancer when I was 8 years old (I’m 32 now) and I recall her having surgery to remove the lesion and part of the bone and having a metal plate placed on her nose.  Since then, she had 2 other lesions removed, one of them being on her scalp (Supergoop has a powder product called Poof Part that protects the scalp and doubles as a dry shampoo that I really want to try!). 

Given my personal experience with skin cancer, I have to say I was surprised at how much I learned from this panel. I will summarize in bullet points my main takes from it and some other things that I find important to share:

• 90% of the signs of aging are caused by the sun
• Chemical SPF is great for everyday and the best choice for when you are doing a physical activity or breaking a sweat as it allows your skin to breath and cool. It protects you from the sun by absorbing UV light.
• Mineral SPF is great for sensitive skin (they have a line for babies too!). It protects the skin by bouncing UV rays away from your skin.
• UVA rays are aging and UVB rays are burning. Their SPF will protect you from both and also from blue light and IRA
• SPF needs to be reapplied every two hours or more frequently if you are swimming/sweating. They have their mist and powder that allows you to reapply SPF without messing with your make-up.
• Unlike other personal care and beauty products (with expiration dates from when you first open the product), SPF is a drug and the expiration date is stamped on the bottle and box. I never realized that, but I will definitely be checking SPF boxes before making a purchase to ensure I have a fresh batch!
• SPF 30 to SPF 50 is the sweet spot of SPF protection. SPF 30 offers 97%  protection and  SPF 50 protects offers 98% protection. Anything higher than that doesn’t really provide a higher protection (I think it was an extra 0.3% or something small like that), gives you a false sense of security and may include harmful ingredients.
• They have a "no compromise" philosophy and are always investing on formula updates. I think even before the recent Hawaii legislation, they already had a lot of octinoxate-free formulas and have made the commitment to have all formulas octinoxate-free by 2020.

At the end of the event we received a Supergoop! re-usable tote that included a “Wear Sunscreen” t-shirt (available for sale on their website) and 2 of their best selling products - Unseen and Glow stick !

Thank you so much Sephora and Supergoop for offering this opportunity for us community members - I am very grateful for this wonderful experience with the brand. ❤️

(I went to high school in Brazil and never had a locker. I saw plenty of these in every american HS teenage movie, so I could not resist and strike a (few) pose(s).

[faeriegirl]

What a great event @Cyncynn! Thank you for sharing!

[missjeanie]

@Cyncynn What a wonderful event to attend!  My mother had Skin Cancer as well and I'm a huge advocate of SPF just like you.  I love that you included so many great points about the sun rays and how to protect ourselves!  BTW -- You look adorable with the lockers!

[Cyncynn]

@missjeanie thank you so much - I love that they were able to make SPF fun! 

[RebeccaBT]

Hi @Cyncynn,

How fun! This event looks so cool! Thank you so much for sharing all of your amazing photos 🙂

Best,
Rebecca

[Cyncynn]

@RebeccaBT Thank you guys for the opportunity ❤️