
About this product
A Japanese brightening sunscreen gel with tone-up coverage and skincare actives, designed to even skin tone while providing UV protection.
Full ingredients
Guru Score
Mixed
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What the gurus are saying
This sunscreen's blending is frustratingly uneven, building up and chunking in fine areas like the hairline and brows even at minimal amounts, making it hard to apply the full recommended dose. The skincare formula underneath is genuinely nice, but the tone-up effects don't justify the difficult application for most people. One expert praises it, though, so there's real disagreement on whether the skincare payoff outweighs the user experience.
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A Japanese brightening sunscreen gel with tone-up coverage and skincare actives, designed to even skin tone while providing UV protection.
The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 72%.
Anessa Brightening UV Sunscreen Gel holds a Guru Score of 72%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.
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