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This is a review of LRP's SPF 60 Melt-in Sunscreen Milk, SPF 60 Ultra-Light Sunscreen Fluid, SPF 50 Mineral (untinted) sunscreen fluid, and SPF 50 mineral Tinted sunscreen fluid. The SPF 60 melt-in milk received a perfect rating from Consumer Reports for several consecutive years, while the SPF 60 ultra-light fluid is recommended a lot on this sub under topics about LRP. The mineral 50 tinted and untinted often come up on IntoTheGloss articles/comments. LRP is a fairly expensive drugstore brand in the US, so I thought I'd review these to potentially save some of you $$$.My skin: normal-oily, NC25-30 (light/medium) with yellow/olive undertones. I tan very easily and slightly unevenly, which is useful for sunscreen reviews because I can use my level of tanning to judge how effective a sunscreen is at UVA protection.---Here are my arm swatches of the sunscreens. Arm skin is much more absorbent than my face skin, so greasiness and white cast are minimized compared to on the face.First pic: dollops of sunscreen. I put them in order of viscosity, from thickest to thinnest: 1 is SPF 60 melt-in milk, 2 is SPF 50 mineral tinted, 3 is SPF 50 mineral untinted, and 4 is SPF 60 ultra-light fluid.Second pic: rubbed in. My phone camera doesn't capture the greasiness of the sunscreens, but 1 and 2 are very shiny and would transfer easily; 4 is slightly less shiny but still transferable, and 3 is the least shiny/transferable. 3 and 1 leave a STRONG white cast, while 4 leaves a moderate white cast that is very slightly greenish (compare 4 with the un-sunscreened skin on my wrist right next to its swatch). 2 (the tinted one) is too dark and slightly orange for my skin. I would estimate it as NC 35ish, but I'm not an expert.Third pic: with flash. You can see the shininess a little bit better here. 1, 3, and 4 have flashback. 2 does not.Fourth pic: after 15 minutes. 4 and 3 are almost completely absorbed into my skin (again, my arm skin is much more absorbent than my face), but 3 still has a strong white cast. 4 also has a cast, but it just looks like my skin is paler in that area (not like I'm wearing sunscreen). 1 and 2 remain easily transferable, and 1 is still pretty white while 2 is still too dark.---REVIEWS:SPF 60 Melt-In Sunscreen Milk Chemical sunscreen (see links above for ingredients). Advertised as "fast absorbing and non-greasy". Large container, sold as a face and body sunscreen.TEXTURE: Here's a picture of the sunscreen on my hand, as a dollop and then rubbed out gently. It is a cream, quite greasy and does not "melt in" to the skin at all; instead, it forms a sticky, transferable, shiny layer that is very uncomfortable.SKIN FEEL: Thick, uncomfortable, suffocating. Makes my skin tingle. I don't have sensitivities to chemical filters, so I'm not sure which ingredient(s) is/are the culprit. Perhaps it's the silica? You also have to really drag this across your face when you're applying it, so I would advise against this for sensitive skin. On my arms and legs it doesn't tingle, but is greasier than I'd like.WHITE CAST: On a scale of 0 to 5 (0 = no cast, 5 = mime paint) this is a 4/5 - surprisingly white for a chemical sunscreen. It refuses to blend out easily and leaves streaks on my face/legs/arms (this is worsened by body hair). I would not be able to rub 1/4 tsp of this into my skin because of the texture and the streaks. I wore maybe 1/16 tsp (estimated) on my face while at home, and was told that I looked like I had "a layer of paint on my face".PROTECTION: I wore ~1/16 tsp indoors near a window on a cloudy day, wiping it off and reapplying every 2 hours, for a total of 6 hours. I got a very slight tan and I think that with a full dose I wouldn't have tanned at all. So UVA protection is pretty good (better than several PA++++ Asian sunscreens I've tried), provided that you are able to wear enough of it on your face, which I can't.TLDR: This works as a body sunscreen, not as a face sunscreen. OK if you're extremely pale with very absorbent and non-sensitive skin. Otherwise, skip this.---SPF 60 Ultra Light Sunscreen Fluid: Chemical sunscreen, advertised as a face sunscreen that is "Fast absorbing, weightless texture, matte finish" and lightweight. This is a thin fluid (think Asian milk-type sunscreen) and comes in a small 50 mL container with a nozzle to dispense the fluid. You need to shake it before application; there's a metal ball inside to mix while you shake.TEXTURE: Pic of sunscreen on my hand, freshly dispensed then gently spread on skin. It is runny and the least viscous of the 4 sunscreens. It evaporates slowly, and fitting 1/4 tsp on my face would be nearly impossible due to the slickness/spreadability. It's actually really annoying to put on because I have to keep rubbing it into my face for a long time. I apply it by drawing lines on my face with the nozzle (which makes it difficult to reach 1/4 tsp).SKIN FEEL: feels like an oil but also kind of siliconey. Mildly tingles. The maximum amount of this I can comfortably wear is 1 line across my forehead and 1 line across either cheek; any more and it feels like I glopped olive oil all over my face (except it doesn't really moisturize). I think this sunscreen's texture was designed for sparing/inadequate application. If you put on a tiny amount, it feels wonderful and almost velvety, drying to a soft and slightly glowy finish. You're also getting an SPF of like 10 with that amount. At larger amounts it is oily and NOT fast-absorbing, weightless, or matte.WHITE CAST: 3/5 at my 3-line dosage. Not as white as the melt-in milk, but it still leaves me looking like I should get a better sunscreen. This also does not blend out nicely, and likes to leave streaks. The whiteness (or is it the shine?) somehow emphasizes my skin texture and facial topography (eyebags + nasolabial folds) in a way that the melt-in milk does not.PROTECTION: surprisingly not too bad (at my dosage). I actually turned mildly orange for an hour after removing this, which was very strange, but after that my skin did not appear much more tanned at all. At a full dose, I think this would be quite protective in terms of UVA.TLDR: Good for pale and absorbent skin/those who don't mind greasiness/those who are patient with rubbing in their SPF. Bad for darker and/or oilier (less absorbent) skins.---SPF 50 Mineral UNTINTED fluid: mineral sunscreen with ZnO and TiO2 at low percentages. Advertised as "Non-whitening, fast absorbing, weightless texture, matte finish". Thin white fluid, 50 mL container with dispensing nozzle, needs to be shaken. I've heard complains that this is gritty; in my experience it was not (quite smooth actually).TEXTURE: Pic of sunscreen on my hand. Slightly less runny than the SPF 60 ultra-light fluid, quicker to evaporate and less slippery. I can actually fit 1/4 tsp on my face with few issues of "oh no I am covered in oily fluid that is dripping all over my clothes and hands!" Leaves a slightly chalky residue on fingers.SKIN FEEL: this is actually more lightweight than the SPF 60 fluid. Drier skins will feel more of its slight chalkiness, and the finish goes from soft velvet-matte to dewy depending on how much you put on/oiliness of skin/what skincare you have under it. For me, at a full 1/4 tsp with a serum underneath, it is dewy. This is probably designed for drier skin and inadequate application; on my neck/backs of my hands, this dried down to a pleasant, velvety finish that did not transfer.WHITE CAST: 5/5. LITERAL mime paint. Extremely white and looks ridiculous even at small amounts. I put on half the amount that I did for the SPF 60 fluid and it still left my face white and purple-toned. The face swatch on their website is not representative of what this looks like. At one point I tried to cover the white cast with the tinted mineral sunscreen, but the cast was still visible. The cast is bearable when used on my neck/backs of hands, and the velvety dry-down makes it actually enjoyable to use for those areas.PROTECTION: At my extremely insufficient dosage, the protection wasn't great; I tanned a good half-shade indoors near my window, in conditions where my Blue Lizard UV-detecting sunscreen bottle wasn't detecting any UV. But I won't claim that this is necessarily not protective, because I used way too little product.TLDR: Not for skin tones that aren't pale. Texture is fine, probably the best of all 4.---SPF 50 Mineral TINTED fluid: mineral sunscreen with ONLY TiO2. Advertised as "Light tinted sunscreen, fast absorbing, weightless texture, matte finish". More viscous than the other 2 fluid sunscreens, same nozzle dispenser and shake container.TEXTURE: Pic of sunscreen on my hand. It's viscous enough to make a nice round bubble on my skin, which the other 2 fluid sunscreens can't do. Feels slightly oily and not as lightweight as the untinted mineral. Same chalky finger residue. (The tint on this is quite tenacious. There was still some residue of it after I wiped my arm with 2 wet paper towels and 2 alcohol pads.)SKIN FEEL: Think a cross between the fluid 60 and mineral untinted in terms of oiliness, and heavier than either of the two in terms of lightweight-ness. This is bearable at a low dose, and I can fit 1/4 tsp on my face...it just looks ridiculously dewy/verging on oily.WHITE CAST: 0/5. This does not look like a tinted SPF, it looks like a liquid foundation with light/med coverage. Unfortunately the coverage is high enough that I can't wear a lot of it, since the tint is too dark for me. For darker skin tones than mine this could be a great tinted product (and especially for those who have found other tinted sunscreens to be too light). The undertone is yellow-undertoned with a dash of orange, definitely more warm-toned than, say, the Australian Gold tinted sunscreen. Probably best for neutral-warm undertones, not cool undertones.PROTECTION: Because of the only filter being TiO2, this product will only protect against the lower half of the UVA spectrum plus the full UVB spectrum. UVA light is responsible for aging and comprises 95% of all UV light that reaches us, so this is maybe not the best protection in that respect. Personally, I found a full dose to not protect very well against tanning when I wore it from 5pm-8pm outside with a wide-brimmed hat. I tanned slightly less than with the untinted version (to be fair, I also applied a lot more of this). I think if you're looking for a solid anti-aging product, you might want something that covers the full UVA spectrum, which this just doesn't do.TLDR: Good for medium skin tones (warm/yellow undertones) and dry skin types. Too dark for paler skin tones than NC25/light-medium. Not fully UVA protective.
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