Waxhead Light Tinted Mineral Sunscreen SPF 31

Being Asian, I am prone to hyperpigmentation and this sunscreen checks every single box. Highly rated by the EWG for safety, it has the highest percentage of non-nano uncoated zinc oxide that I have seen on the market. Being in Southern California, I do a lot of driving and am always trying to get some extra protection on my driving side and feel confident that this sunscreen gets the job done. I have not had any new dark spots on my face. It is also waterproof and one application lasts me the whole day if I don’t sweat excessively. While it is mineral based and can be a little goopy to spread it is worth the extra effort. I combine it with a vitamin c serum to make it easier to apply. It can feel heavy on the face at times, especially during the summer months but I find that is a small price to pay for such great coverage. I consider this sunscreen a beauty product and it is part of my everyday routine. If I find that it gets a bit oily, I use a powder over it and it sits nicely on my face. I have the tinted version as well so it acts like a foundation for me. This has become one of my holy grail products. Please don’t ever stop making this, it’s that good!

I like that this product can act as both a natural mineral sunscreen as well as a light foundation or BB cream. It provides more coverage than the tinted Kokua brand and similar coverage to CeraVe’s tinted mineral sunscreen. But I prefer this over CeraVe given this has only natural ingredients and the active ingredient is non-nano zinc. Leaves a dewey finish. I’ve included some pictures of my face without anything on it and then after application. I tried both the light and medium tints, and the medium was too dark for me, but you can see a picture where I have the medium on half my face and light on the other half

I have tried many sunscreens over the years. This one is the best I've tried. I'm fair skinned, redheaded, and 57 with sensitive skin. This one protects wonderfully, it looks like a dewy, beautiful foundation, goes on easily, and I don't even have to wear face make up, now. This will be the only face and neck sunscreen I will use. I love that it is a vegan formula, and doesn't harm the sea creatures, being reef safe. I find that the big tube is a great price for all you are getting! Thank you to the company that makes it!

This product is great for its intended use. The tint is a great idea. Since this is a lotion, it is thinner than a cream or paste. A bit shiny.

The product quality itself is super unique, hydrating and clean ingredients. But the LIGHT & MEDIUM shades aren’t the best. The MEDIUM is a “golden warm tan” whereas the LIGHT is a “cool medium pinkish blush” shade. There needs to be a THIRD option in between that’s more of a neutral tint. This is the reason I’m giving a 3-star rating.

Most tinted mineral sunscreens look orange on me, but this one doesn’t. The formula is very rich and moisturizing, I can eliminate using a moisturizer underneath so that saves time, and my face still feels dewey by late afternoon. For this reason alone I will plan to try their untinted version too. The pale pinkish tone is actually a lovely blush color for me, so I treat it as a cream blush and layer it over other sunscreens or makeup when I want a glowy blush just on my cheeks. What some have described as a weird scent is just a faint natural smell of olive oil which you only notice while applying, and just emphasizes the extent that this is a product of clean, natural ingredients.

I did NOT like this sunscreen. Background -- I use lots of different tinted and non-tinted mineral sunscreens. I've tried Colorescience (love! zinc oxide + titanium oxide)), Coppertone pure for face (24% zinc oxide -- super cheap and one of my FAVORITES), EltaMD (great!), LaRoche Posay (also great!) and so I'm used to how mineral sunscreens look and feel. I want to make sure I use non-nano minseral sunscreen (which Colorescience and many others are), and I had read great things about Waxhead. So I was extremely excited to try it. I did NOT like it. You have to shake it quite well to get it mixed (and this is true of all mineral sunscreens....but despite shaking and squeezing the tube to try and mix everything up evenly), I kept on getting a combo of runny clear liquid/oil and weird streaks of color. Also, the color is weird (and I understand that the tint can be different....and I've like the colors of all the other mineral sunscreens I've tried before even though they're not exactly the same) -- but Waxhead was SUCH a weird color! No matter how much rubbing, I could NOT get it to not look like a hot mess on my face. Also, I've learned years ago that you don't want dry/dead skin on your face "catching" the tinted mineral sunscreen -- so my face is always routinely exfoliated. When I put on my other types of mineral sunscreen (both tinted and and non-tinted), I wasn't having this issue. When I got the new tube of Waxhead tinted sunscreen, my face looked absolutely crazy because the tint just is a WEIRD color and the consistency of the sunscreen is chunky despite lots of shaking/mixing. Maybe I got a bad tube (after all, the other reviews online and on amazon are great!). But all I can say is that I did NOT like the Waxhead tube of tinted sunscreen that I got from Amazon. Never again!

Perfect for pale cool toned people. If you are very pale and struggle to find a tinted sunscreen that isn't dark orange on you, this is really good. Be advised the warnings about it staining clothing are NOT kidding. Doesn't sting eyes, doesn't feel heavy or greasy, huge bottle so the price isnt bad.