Clinique City Block discontinued??

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I was told by a friend that Clinique are discontinuing City Block? Does anyone know if this is true? It's out of stock on their website and boots which scares me.

It's the only thing I buy from Clinique and I love it.

Any ideas for a replacement?

Oh no! I hope not, I wear this every day

I have just been trying to call them to ask about this as it's showing as out of stock online and everywhere. :(
I've used it for over 20 years.
Mortified.

In the meantime I've bought Bare Minerals prep lotion which is spf 50. it's quite nice but although it's a primer supposedly, you don't need moisturiser under it as it's quite oily- not in a bad way, but I get too much slip if I use both. I'm thinking of trying one of their other primers that also has a high spf.

Clinique have got a new product- Even Better Defence spf 50- which I wondered if it was the replacement for City Block. it's £25.

The thing is I like to use my own moisturiser under spf because I don't think you get enough spf when it's mixed with a moisturiser.

Ooh, no. It used to be the only thing I used. Recently though I used a friends Max Factor Primer (SPF 20) and found this really good. Though I prefer the City Block, of course.

What is it with brands pissing about with the products that people actually buy and use?!

The uk Clinique website says temporarily out of stock - so fingers crossed it will be continued!

I hope not.

I bought online from Boots recently.

I'm never sure if I'm supposed to wear it on it's own, or under/on top moisturiser?

Temporarily seems to be their default setting even if discontinued. Over the years I've seen 'temporarily' for all kinds of stuff ( foundation shades mainly) that were discontinued.
I'm going to call them later.

No! I love this stuff!

No! I do hope not. I only got my City Block SPF40 last week in Boots and they didn't say anything.

Tweet them. I was worried about my usual face cream a while back that was OOS everywhere. They answered my tweet pretty quickly.

MazDazzle I wear mine over my moisturiser. I have dry skin so don't think it would be moisturizing enough for me on its own

I used to use city block for the spf factor, but I switched to a MAC product as the formula is less greasy and it offers higher spf.

MAC's face protect lotion spf 50 is great and I swear by it. It has no colour though, so if you like city block because of the tint, then the MAC product maybe isn't for you.

It is available on strawberrynet.com. I like it, wouldn't be a daily staple but I always seem to have a tube on the go for days when I need a bit of a tint without much effort.

Is the Mac one zinc oxide or chemicals? i stuck with City Block 25 because it's zinc oxide. Read something the other day in a national news supplement about how chemical sun screens can be ageing (even though they block out the sun.) That's why I've gone with Bare Minerals as it's zinc oxide spf.

I don't like deeply tinted spf because they tend to be darker than my foundation and change the colour of it but c ity blocki s just about ok.

The MAC product contains a chemical sunscreen. I think for such a high spf, physical sunscreens on their own (like zinc oxide) start to make the product really thick. I have an spf 60 suncream with zinc oxide for my body and its like rubbing in toothpaste! I don't mind so much on my arms and legs etc., but it's horrible on the face.

City block also contains a chemical sunscreen (octinoxate), together with the physical ones (Zn and Ti dioxides). The MAC product is exclusively chemical sunscreen however (oxybenzone).

I started using the Biore Aqua rich SPF50 instead and I really like it. I get in via Amazon.

LRP Anthelios xl ultra light fluid has zinc oxide and is excellent. It's spf 50, no tint but they do a tinted version too.