STILA: Sheer Color Tinted Moisturizer SPF 30 Oil Free
I love the idea of tinted moisturizers, which give the coverage of a light foundation plus the protection of a sunscreen. But I’ve never been able to find one that works for me. I’m also skeptical about the product’s ability to protect my skin from the sun. Consumers are supposed to apply one ounce or two tablespoons of sunscreen to get adequate protection. That’s a lot of Tinted Moisturizer and personally, I’m very lighthanded with makeup. So perhaps it’s a good thing that Stila, which has long had a popular tinted moisturizer with an SPF of 15, recently added a TM with an SPF of 30.
Stila’s SPF 30 TM is basically a physical sunscreen composed of zinc oxide (the SPF 15 version is a chemical sunscreen). The benefit of zinc oxide is it provides the full spectrum of UVA and UVB coverage. That protection comes at a cost for some women. Zinc Oxide can look greasy on some people – it usually leaves my face looking like an oil slick. The use of a primer or mattifier should counteract that effect, however. Stila usually has a great selection of shades for a wide variety of women, but I found this product lacking. The Tan, Dark 1, looks like it would best work for women with cafe au lait-colored skin. The next darkest shade available in this product, Warm, Dark 2 happens to also be the product’s darkest shade, which means it has to work for women ranging from caramel colored to dark chocolate. That’s a wide range for one shade to cover.
Active Ingredients: Octinoxate 7.5%, Zinc oxide 5.0%, Oxybenzone 4.0%
Inactive Ingredients: Purified Water (aqua), Diethylhexyl Carbonate, Diisostearoyl Polyglyceryl-3 Dimer Dilinoleate, PEG-12 Dimethicone, Cyclopentasiloxane, Magnesium Sulfate, Cetyl Dimethicone, Beeswax (Cera Alba), Microcrystalline Wax (Cera Microcristallina), Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Hexyl Laurate, Cetyl PEG/PPG- 10/1 Dimethicone, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Poterium Officinale (Burnet) Root Extract, Cinnamomum Cassia (Cinnamon) Bark Extract, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Silk Amino Acids, Glycerin, Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract, Butylene Glycol, Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin, Methylparaben, Benzoic Acid. May contain: Titanium Dioxide (ci 77891), Iron Oxides (ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499) <iln c71051>
Cost: $36
luluix said,
June 20, 2009 at 9:09 pm
i have this and i’m not sure if its okay to use it because im confronting an acne issue and my skin in pretty sensitive. does this irritate? is it comedogenic?
multiFACEted cosmetics said,
June 21, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Hi,
Thanks for posting.
I’m sure this product is non-comedogenic, but that doesn’t mean much. Depending on the sensitivity of your skin comedogenic and non-comedogenic products can trigger acne.
There are a number of heavy ingredients in this product, like the beeswax and silicones. If you’re using a very gentle face wash and don’t properly wash off this tinted moisturizer, it could very well break you out. Also, I personally have a sensitivity to zinc oxide so this product would definitely break me out.
Everyone’s skin is different. The only way to tell if it will work for you is to try it.
Good luck!!