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Makeup + SPF 02 Jul 2025 WWD's 2025 Tinted-Moisturizer Test: When an SPF 30 Tint Is (and Isn't) Enough Two dermatologists give the real-world verdict: a tinted SPF moisturizer can carry a low-exposure day, but it's no beach-day sunscreen. Read article →
Makeup + SPF 07 Jun 2025 CHOICE Tested 20 Sunscreens - 16 Failed, Including a Viral Tinted Skinscreen If beauty-adjacent SPF that doubles as makeup can miss its label this badly, treat label SPF as a ceiling, not a guarantee. Read article →
Makeup + SPF 31 May 2025 Why the Tint in Your SPF Fights Melasma Better Than Clear Sunscreen The pigment in tinted sunscreen isn't just for cosmetic color matching - it blocks the visible light that drives melasma and hyperpigmentation. Read article →
Makeup + SPF 20 May 2025 EWG's 2025 Guide: Only 1 in 5 of ~2,800 SPF Products - Including SPF Makeup - Made the Cut EWG's 20th annual guide screened nearly 2,800 SPF products - including tinted moisturizers and SPF makeup - and only about 1 in 5 cleared its bar. Read article →
Makeup + SPF 29 Apr 2025 On Your Makeup, 'Broad Spectrum' Beats the SPF Number Your foundation's SPF number only tells half the story — 'broad spectrum' is the label term that decides whether it fights aging UVA at all. Read article →
Makeup + SPF 18 Apr 2025 Your SPF Moisturizer Is Missing Your Eyelids, a Study Shows UV imaging caught what your mirror can't: SPF moisturizers leave a surprising amount of your eyelid area — a high-risk skin cancer zone — unprotected. Read article →
Makeup + SPF 09 Apr 2025 Merit's The Uniform SPF 45 Expands to 20 Shades in 2025 Pigment-dispersion tech is letting zinc oxide work across deeper skin — and Merit's 2025 shade jump shows where tinted mineral SPF is headed. Read article →
Makeup + SPF 08 Apr 2025 MERIT 'The Uniform' Tinted Mineral SPF 45 Hits 20 Shades (April 2025) Shade range has long been the weak spot for tinted mineral SPF — MERIT's April 2025 expansion to 20 shades takes aim at exactly that. Read article →
Makeup + SPF 29 Mar 2025 How Much SPF Foundation Would You Really Need for the Number on the Label? SPF is tested at 2 mg/cm² of product, but most people apply only a fraction of that in makeup — so your SPF 30 foundation isn't delivering SPF 30. Read article →
Makeup + SPF 18 Mar 2025 The Correct Order: Exactly Where Sunscreen Goes in Your Routine Sunscreen goes after your skincare but always before makeup — here's the derm-backed layering sequence that settles the primer debate for good. Read article →
Makeup + SPF 25 Feb 2025 How to Reapply Sunscreen Over Makeup Without Wrecking It You don't have to strip off your makeup at noon to stay protected — here's how dermatologists do the midday top-up. Read article →
Makeup + SPF 15 Feb 2025 Does SPF Stack? Why SPF 30 + SPF 30 Isn't SPF 60 Layering an SPF 30 moisturizer under an SPF 30 foundation feels like SPF 60 protection, but the math doesn't work that way. Read article →
Makeup + SPF 31 Jan 2025 Is the SPF in Your Makeup Actually Enough Sun Protection? Your tinted moisturizer says SPF 30, but here's why dermatologists still want a real sunscreen underneath it. Read article →
Makeup + SPF 12 Jan 2025 'Sunscreen Contouring': The 2025 Trend That Tans Your Face on Purpose Contouring with sun damage instead of bronzer? Dermatologists warn this viral hack courts blotchy, permanent pigmentation — use makeup, not melanoma. Read article →