Claims: Ultra-lightweight, protects not only from UVB and UVA rays but also from pollution, blue rays from devices (computer, phone and tablet), and infrared radiation, engineered with a physical structure that inhibits the adhesion of toxins to skin.
Ingredients (Good): Argan Oil, Vitamin E, Oat seed extract, Retinyl, Vitamin C, Jojoba Oil, Urea, Amino Acids, Taurine, Betaine and Glycerin.
Ratings: SPF 50+ PA++++
Cost/Value: $65 (1.7 fl oz) / quite expensive
It is a 100% Physical Sunscreen. Its active ingredients are 2.7% Titanium Dioxide and 10% Zinc Oxide.
It did NOT smell.
It did NOT sting my eyes.
It DOES leave a slight white cast on skin. This is actually the first tinted high SPF sunscreen I have ever encountered that actually is wearable for me by itself, shade-wise. It is not a substitute for make-up. It has absolutely no coverage, it does not cover any flaws or blemishes. It has less coverage than the lightest coverage tinted moisturizer you have.
It DOES gather in my under eye wrinkles.
It did NOT dry down in 20 minutes or less. It sets in 30 minutes and maintains a sticky tacky finish after.
It did NOT look good under make up. It moves very easily and you can tell it is mixing with the make-up and you are destroying the sunscreen film as you apply your foundation, even with the lightest touch or softest brush. It also has really strange quality where it soaks up a lot of make-up. Applying liquid foundation over this, I applied easily five or six times the amount of foundation I would typically apply if I were going out in the evening and just wearing it over moisturiser.
It DOES wear well throughout the day, but keeps that sticky feeling and also transfers off skin very easily.
The only skin type it wouldn't be appropriate for is very dry skin. It already cracks and creases within the first hour of wear, and clings to and highlights dry patches and flakes. It already doesn’t look great by itself, it looks worse under make-up and I think it will look especially bad on somebody with a lot of dry patches or peeling.
It has a thin and runny texture, and a very light peach colour which works on pale skin. 35 minutes post application, it had dried a bit but was still light peach, patchy, shiny and almost still wet, and transfers off easily. Once this sunscreen is set quite a while later, when you make facial expressions it creases and flakes off, and you end up with visible cracks in your sunscreen film. The other thing this does is sort of patch up and separate slowly over the course of the day.
Final thought: I am torn! As I said, it is the only tinted sunscreen I have ever encountered that I can wear that it is not completely wrong colour for me. It's got some great ingredients in it, I love that it has a PA rating. However, for $65 for this tiny bottle, I want it to substitute for a tinted moisturiser or foundation, to have that level of coverage and finish. Or at the very least, I'd like it to look great under make up.
If budget isn't a concern for you, you are quite pale and your have been looking for 100% physical sunscreen that you can wear outside, exercising or to the gym or outdoor activities, maybe this is right for you.
