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Most of us know by now that one of the single most important parts of any skincare routine is adding a layer of sun protection. Regardless of whether you’re old or young, the colour of your skin or any specific skin concerns you may have, SPF is essential for protecting us from the sun’s harmful rays, but many people still forego sunscreen as it may not play nicely with their other products. With this in mind, we’ve selected five of our favourite SPFs which also have added skincare benefits to talk to you about today, and hopefully encourage you to start protecting your precious skin:
Dermalogica Clearing Defence SPF30
This SPF is part of Dermalogica’s Clear Start range, making it ideal for teen skin, skin which is oily and anyone prone to acne. As well as giving you SPF30 protection, this lotion is a shine-reducing SPF moisturiser that protects breakout-prone skin from environmental stress. It offers an ultra-lightweight formula which provides a long-lasting matte finish without clogging pores with a broad spectrum sunscreen that defends against UV rays.
Murad Invisiblur Perfecting Shield Broad Spectrum SPF 30
This SPF30 formula from Murad is a primer, anti-wrinkle cream and sunscreen all in one. Alongside the sun protection, the velvety-smooth primer glides over skin to help minimise the look of pores and fill fine lines, creating the perfect canvas for makeup so colour stays true for 12 hours, looks flawless and has a smooth finish. It can also be used on its own, without make-up, to give your skin a blurred and perfected finish.
SkinCeuticals Oil Shield UV Defence Sunscreen SPF 50
We often find that sunscreen and oily skin are not a great match, with many sunscreens exacerbating oiliness and making it almost impossible to use any other cosmetics at the same time. SkinCeuticals Oil Shield UV Defence Sunscreen SPF 50 is a light weight, residue-free formula with mattifying properties to help reduce skin oiliness. It provides an invisible SPF with high UVA and UVA broad spectrum protection and a dry-touch finish.
Medik8 Advanced Day Eye Protect SPF30
The skin around the eyes is some of the thinnest and most delicate skin on our whole body, so it stands to reason that you’d want to both protect it from the sun and bolster it with skincare. Medik8 Advanced Day Eye Protect SPF30 is an all-encompassing anti-ageing eye cream designed to nourish and hydrate while combating environmental causes of skin ageing. It’s a highly protective and multi-functional product which offers 5* UVA protection, pollution shield, anti-infrared, anti-blue light and anti-A.G.E technologies.
This Works In Transit Skin Defence SPF30
When you start to view sunscreen as an everyday necessity, rather than something you just throw into your suitcase before your summer holiday, you realise that it’s not just a beach environment that your products need to cope with. This Works In Transit Skin Defence SPF30 is a protective SPF30 moisturiser with antioxidants and broad-spectrum UVA/UVB for skin protection against the elements. This defensive, multi-tasking hydrator is designed to combat low moisture levels in the morning and defend against premature ageing due to UV damage, as well as helping to reduce the effects of daily pollution.