EltaMD UV Skin Recovery Face Sunscreen with Zinc Oxide, All Mineral, Safe for Sensitive Skin SPF 50

At 37 years old, it has become apparent how important a good skincare routine is. It used to be so easy to put any foundation or bb cream, on and just go, let’s just say we cannot do that anymore!I have very dry fair, cool toned skin with redness. So covering that while still hydrating my skin is extremely hard, even with bb and cc creams or tinted moisturizers. I have found the majority of them lean more warm toned and even the lightest, which makes me look orange. From cakey to orange, it’s just not a great situation.Whole I have dry skin, it really isn’t bad but I want to even out my skin tone because of redness and dry skin.I was definitely influenced by TikTok with this product, but let me tell you that it does exactly what it says it does. It instantly removes the majority of the redness in my face, while keeping it protected from the sun and evens out my skin tone. I feel like it is also working to resolve the overall issue of redness too.It is expensive, but from what I seen, it lives up to the hype. I haven’t tried it under a cc cream or foundation, but using it with some blush, concealer, and bronzer, definitely works! I also like that I can use my HSA for it too!

I love this product. I have very very oily skin.. like burns my eyes sometimes level of oil. My skin is also very sensitive to practically everything. I’ve started developing rosacea and needed a daily sunscreen. This is the first sunscreen I’ve used that doesn’t make my skin feel terrible and/or have some kind of reaction. It’s very thin, hydrating, and absorbs into the skin without leaving it feel heavy or sticky. Not sure about the color correction, maybe it’s doing something, idk. Still though, 10/10, would recommend.

I just started using this, I had a CO2 laser treatment done and oh goodness, I am all over protecting my new skin after going through that ordeal. My previous sunscreen that I loved was discontinued so I went looking for something serious…..a well known brand, and it had to be thin like make up going on and very light on the faceI had a jar of elta sunscreen that I used for all day exposure and was aware of the reputation of these products but since my face was healing and remained really red I took another look at elta to see if there was one for skin recovery. TA DA, yes……elta MD UV skin recovery was made just for my situation. It has 50 SPF, is zink oxide based and made for sensitive skin. I couldn’t wait for it to get here.I was not disappointed, I knew I wouldn’t be; goes on like a lotion but not heavy and thick like the sunscreens of old. It is very light and only takes a small amount to dot on the face. It comes out green, but that helps counteract the redness of the skin.I will say it’s pretty small, 1.7 oz pump bottle, and yes, pricey. I found it cheapest here onAmazon. But it’s exactly what I needed to replace my old brand, is serious skincare and is so light you hardly know you’re wearing it. After investing that money, and downtime, on a laser treatment I feel confident wearing this, checked all the boxes and I’m very happy with it!Editing my review: I still love this sunscreen, very much……but after looking at other Elta skincare products I was surprised and disappointed to see they don’t have a cruelty free policy. I don’t know how I missed that, that alone decides if I should buy a product or skip it. I can’t in good conscience support a product that relies on animals for testing., that’s a huge deal for me. Took off two stars for this reason

I have very sensitive eyes. This is one of the very few sunscreens that does not cause any eye irritation and it feels really nice on my skin too.

I wear this everyday. I have rosacea and it keeps the flare ups to a minimum. I love that it has sunscreen and will continue to buy this for my daily skin care routine!

I don’t understand how this product has so many positive issues. Perhaps I received a defective product? Because this is by far the WORST sunscreen I have tried at any price point in the past 10 years. Although this was recommended to me by a trusted online source and the brand has past made several tried and true items for others, I could NOT get this product to spread across my skin without pilling, balling up, flaking into pieces, wadding into disgusting globs, and then FALLING IN CHUNKS throughout my hair and face, making this unlike anything I’ve ever used before and more importantly making the SPF and alleged color correcting ENTIRELY ineffective. Even with nothing on my face and several attempts using different approaches, this product would not blend into my skin. Every single time, it would pill so badly that it entirely removed itself leading me to eventually wash my face AND hair only to reapply one of my any other Korean, Japanese, or American mineral sunscreens. Disgraceful, even if the product was FREE. I’d give zero stars if I could. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS.

I have very oily and acne prone/sensitive skin: excellent product, no sticky or oily film, green color is shocking when it comes out but blends relatively well into the skin. It is mineral sunscreen so there may be some minor whitecast on melanated skin, but for me, it’s not TOO off putting.

I wanted to love this sunscreen. It’s lightweight. Blends in well. Doesn’t make my skin look dewy/greasy (i hate a dewy finish!). I also didn’t notice a white cast, even after second application — I’m medium-skinned, Hispanic, neutral undertones. First application was mostly okay. My eyes felt a little sensitive, but I wasn’t sure if it was my contacts. About 15-20 minutes after second application, my eyes began to feel even more irritated. If your eyes can tolerate it, this is probably as good as it gets in terms of mineral sunscreens. However, my sensitive eyes cannot handle it.