Not sure about shops in Chinatown, but the HMart by 69th St has a skin care section upstairs.

not sure what you mean by asian sunscreen as asian is a broad term. japanese sunscreens can be found at s-mart. korean sunscreens can be found at the korean beauty store across from s-mart.

i used asian since i’m open to trying different brands, but i mainly use japanese. thank you for the recommendation!

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Check out S. Mart Life in Chinatown! It’s next to the S. Mart snack store. They have a ton of nice Japanese sunscreens.

Serious question: What's the difference between Asian sunscreen and "regular" sunscreen?

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"Shop smart; shop S-mart."

I looked it up, they're less regulated in at least Korea because they're considered cosmetic and not drugs so they don't have to go through the much higher rigorous testing that the US FDA does.

That is to not to say they aren't safe, it just means that the US FDA considers it the same level as aspirin or some other OTC, whereas the Korean FDA considers them the same level as like food or something. So in Korea, the newer, more innovative products can get out quicker because the testing is not as extensive. Figure as long as you're using something that's been on the market for a while, you're good as any crazy hives warnings would've popped up already

They feel lighter and are often more gel-based as opposed to cream based. In my experience they are also much cheaper

I think you’re missing a “not”. (Not trying to be pedantic, just want your explanation to make perfect sense cuz it’s a good one.)

An interesting article on the topic. Basically the FDA is lazy about approving new sunscreen chemicals so we're stuck with mediocre stuff compared to Europe and Asia.

tl;dr fda overregulates and doesn't bother approving new sunscreen stuff so the asian sunscreens are ""newer""

Maybe they meant this?

They have the Japanese branded Biore UV Sunscreen at S Mart on 10th and Spring St in Chinatown. It's a good one.

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Edit: Specifically at S-Mart's neighboring store, S-Mart Life

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yesss that’s the one i use!!! thank you :-)

blerp, fixed