e.l.f. Halo Glow Skin Tint: a Guru Score of 66% from 3 experts

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~Nay

"I included the ELF Skin Tint SPF fifty as my worst skin tint and my worst sunscreen of the year, it is not a sunscreen. Some people said that even if a pea sized amount doesn't get you a real SPF of fifty, it's still better than nothing, but I disagree, I do not think that it is better than nothing. I think it's creating a false sense of security in people, and that's a big problem."

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"I included the ELF Skin Tint SPF fifty as my worst skin tint and my worst sunscreen of the year, it is not a sunscreen. Some people said that even if a pea sized amount doesn't get you a real SPF of fifty, it's still better than nothing, but I disagree, I do not think that it is better than nothing. I think it's creating a false sense of security in people, and that's a big problem."

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"This is the e.l.f. Halo Glow Skin Tint Mineral Broadspectrum SPF 50, water resistant eighty minutes, and it sounds wonderful, but this is not a sunscreen, it's absolutely far more of a foundation. Too many people pick up products like this and think if it says SPF 50 they can just apply it and not worry about other sunscreen, but I have no idea what the SPF level actually is when you apply a normal amount of this. If you try to apply the amount you're supposed to for real sun protection it's going to look atrocious. I feel like too many brands release products like this and don't care about education, it's very frustrating to me."

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"The e.l.f. Halo Glow Skin Tint is a skincare fail to me but a makeup win. e.l.f. advertised this as a skin tint with sunscreen in it that you use a half teaspoon amount of for your face and neck, but you cannot actually use that much, a pea sized amount is absolutely beautiful though. I'm frustrated by the marketing, because it does have sunscreen but not in an amount you'd actually apply, which is a real problem for people who think they're protected and aren't. Setting the marketing aside, it's actually a gorgeous skin tint, too fair warm was my color and I love that it doesn't go orange on me. But I have very mixed feelings in the end on this one, especially because it's eighteen dollars and e.l.f. prices have gone through the roof."

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"I picked the shade fair warm and it didn't look too orange on me. But I think this is a foundation, and you are not going to get SPF 50 until you apply double of what I just applied. When I bring a sponge into the equation, some of the product gets sucked into the sponge, so I'm actually lowering the SPF even more. Please do not think that when you put a tiny bit on your hand and buff it into your skin you are getting an SPF of 50, doing it that way I only got maybe an SPF of twenty five and I'm not going out like that. I've got pilling when I use it on top of my K-beauty sunscreen. I'll have to try this again sometime just as a makeup product with a tiny amount instead of relying on it for sun protection."

Allie Glines

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~Yay

"And then I recently got the E.L.F. Halo Close Skin Tint. Yeah. How do you like it so far? So good. Try it."

The Style and Beauty Doctor

221k subs

~Mixed

"They don't look great as gray as I've seen with some tinted mineral sunscreens, but they're not looking all of that like great either"

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Is e.l.f. Halo Glow Skin Tint worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 66%.

What is e.l.f. Halo Glow Skin Tint's Guru Score?

e.l.f. Halo Glow Skin Tint holds a Guru Score of 66%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.

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