Several years ago, the light went on for me that I must wear sunscreen all year round. Most of the time, I use a moisturizer with SPF, but sometimes the whitish cast that moisturizer with sunscreen leaves as well as the heavier feel puts me off.
Fortunately, I had the opportunity through Brandbacker, the blogger-brand association, to try out Exuviance Sheer Daily Protector Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 50 PA++++ (BTW, PA++++ is the highest level of UVA protection). I’ve reviewed a number of skincare products from Exuviance, and I’ve had good experiences with all of them, so I was eager to try this new sunscreen. The fact that it is an SPF 50 sunscreen made me very eager to try it. Because the snow finally arrived a few weeks ago, the brightness when I’m outdoors is amazing. I really need to protect my face from the sun bouncing off the snow!
I already had two lightweight sunscreens with high SPF that I like, but Exuviance has a leg up on those two for two reasons:
- Exuviance Sheer Daily Protector SPF 50 is a weightless moisturizer with sunscreen
- It is formulated with physical, rather than chemical, sunscreen. If I have a choice, I definitely prefer a physical sunscreen. The active sunscreen ingredients in Exuviance Sheer Daily Protector are Titanium Dioxide 7.5%, Zinc Oxide 6%.
First, the directions say to shake the bottle vigorously for at least 15 seconds to combine the ingredients. Did that. Next, I squeezed some of the Sheer Daily Protector out, and I was surprised that it’s flesh-tone rather than white. Yay, no whitish cast! And it helped make my skin tone look a little more uniform.
Exuviance Sheer Daily Protector is amazingly lightweight though it has a slippery, substantial feel to it. It doesn’t feel like water. I applied it, and it disappeared completely into my skin, providing a little bit coverage as I mentioned, while hydrating my skin. It also made my skin feel incredibly smooth. In fact, the sunscreen is so smoothing, I think it can act as a primer.
Here’s what Exuviance says on the packaging about the Sheer Daily Protector and its “Triple Antiaging Protection”:
- Sheer mineral UVA/UVB protection enhances natural skin tone
- Multi-antioxidants help neutralize environmental damage
- Green Tea Extract helps protect cell DNA.
It also contains two forms of vitamin E.
I’m very impressed with Exuviance Sheer Daily Protector SPF 50, and I recommend it. I’ll be wearing this a lot now and during the summer.
Exuviance Sheer Daily Protector is fragrance-free, paraben-free, oil-free, non-acnegenic, and non-comedogenic. It is not tested on animals. Made in the U.S. Exuviance Sheer Daily Protector comes in a plastic bottle, and it contains 50ml/1.7 oz. Although it’s a relatively small bottle, I need to use so little, it will last me a long time. Price $42. It can be purchased at Ulta Beauty, Lovelyskin.com, Skin1.com, and on the website NeoStrata.com where Exuviance is currently 20% off.
Disclaimer: I received this product via Brandbacker to try out for review. Nevertheless, my opinions on this and all the products I review are honest.
This sounds like a really good sunscreen, and I like that it has a slight tint to it!
It is so nice not to have that white cast! I love this multitasker!
I actually bought one of these last year, and it’s one of the best sunscreens ever!
I agree! I was so surprised when I saw it was tinted. I love that about it and that I can use it as primer too
Oh this sounds wonderful! LOVE that its not white, as well as that its got vitamin E and green tea extract too! ♥
It is an amazing multitasker and love that there’s no white cast to my skin when I wear it!
I love it when sunscreens are tinted! I use a sunscreen every day too, gotta keep my skin protected! 🙂
Absolutely! I’ll be using this one even more once the good weather arrives!
ooh, I’m glad you love this sunscreen. I just got mine in the mail and I cannot wait to try it because I’m a die hard sunscreen user. Thanks for this amazing review, Allison xo
Thank you, Brigette! I think it’s terrific, and I know I’ll get a lot of use out of it once spring arrives.
I love that it’s a tinted sunscreen. Multipurpose products rock my socks! <3
It ticks all the right boxes! Love it
A tinted sunscreen that can also double as a primer sounds like a win to me!
This was a surprisingly great product!
WHOA! Not white? That’s pretty cool!
True enough!
This is a great brand!
I’ve liked everything I’ve tried from Exuviance & NeoStrata
Really like that this sunscreen is tinted!
Monica.
Absolutely! So happy not to have white face!
Exuviance makes great products!
indeed they do!
Great tip for the 20% discount!
And skin1.com has 25% off Exuviance!
I love that there is a tint! The whitish cast ALWAYS looks my face look metallic – it’s great to come across something that won’t make me look like stainless steel.
I love that “stainless steel”, Renu! too funny 🙂
Whoot!whoot! Tinted sunscreen which is cruelty free. I need to check this one out. Love this review xo
This really is a good one, Sharon! If you decide to go for it, google Exuviance because neostrata.com has 20% off with a code and skin1.com has 25% off with a code but I can’t remember the codes!
The reflection from the sun on the snow is the worst! I wear sunglasses more in the Winter than in the Summer!
Yes, it is really bright! thankfully, ours has begun to melt!
I am glad that this moisturizer/sunscreen works for you! 🙂
Ursula
Yes, it allows me to wear my moisturizers that don’t have spf and it works as a primer too. Love it
This sounds so perfect! I love that it’s a higher spf too.
I’ve been wearing it a lot. Perfect to wear with moisturizers w/o spf and as a primer
Well, this is really interesting. It comes out looking like a tinted moisturizer. But it gives no color coverage? I can’tt figure how that works.
It gives my skin a slight evening of tone rather than color because it’s sheer.
This sounds like a great sunscreen!
It really is, Kristin! It’s nice to wear on its own or as a sunscreen/primer.
Gimme, gimme, gimme anything with SPF50 is good enough for me. I can’t imagine leaving the house without a minimum SPF30 !! 🙂 Great review hun x
Isn’t that the truth, SPF 50 and I’m good to go!