Tinted Sunscreen provides something that regular sunscreen does not.
Most sunscreen products do not offer protection from Visible Light Radiation. They do not include this important benefit. However,Tinted Sunscreen, which has a pigment to match a range of skin tones, does block Visible Light Radiation.
The standard sunscreen (the kind we have always used ) that comes out of a bottle, white or cream in color, disappears into the skin.
More research has been done on Hyperpigmentation which shows up as Dark spots or patches, and Melasma, a condition where bluish, gray or brown patches develop on the skin.
Hyperpigmentation and Melasma do not pose a danger to your health, but there is an emotional impact.
Tinted sunscreens were originally designed not to confer Visible Light Protection, but to blend with your skin tone or serve as a Makeup that doubles as Sun Protection.
Most mineral-based sunscreens; Zinc and Titanium, leave a ghostly or ashy look. Tinted Sunscreens containing Iron Oxide tend to mitigate that problem, instead, adding a tinted color.
More deeply-tinted sunscreens are being developed to accommodate darker skin tones.
Kiki Skin & Body spa has added a Tinted Sunscreen with SPF 30 to the Skin Care line of products.
Sunscreen should be applied every day 12 months a year 🌞☔