Browsing: Sunscreens

The best chemical sunscreens have come a long way from the greasy, sting-your-eyes formulas many of us grew up with. Today’s versions are airy, elegant, and often so comfortable to wear that you’ll forget you even have SPF on—a major win, considering sunscreen is one of the most important steps in any skin-care routine. “Unlike…

Our ultimate skin-care tip will always be daily sunscreen application, regardless of your age, skin type, or season. The best sunscreens for mature skin, however, offer more than just sun protection (with broad-spectrum SPF 30 or higher, as always), thanks to nourishing ingredients—like niacinamide, ceramides, and hyaluronic acid—that help hydrate skin, support a weakening barrier,…

Found: the most soothing SPFs on the market. When your skin is easily irritated by what can feel like everything under the sun, the best sunscreens for sensitive skin may be your saving grace. Even the most beloved sunscreen formulas might not be a good match for reactive skin, since certain chemical UV filters can…

If you’re familiar with the sunscreen world—and you should be, considering we should all be wearing SPF every single day—you know that America is way behind in sunscreen innovation. This is in part because in the US, sunscreen is regulated as a drug rather than a cosmetic, which means it has to undergo robust testing…