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Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40.

Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40
Sunscreen

About this product

A tinted sunscreen with SPF 40 that combines sun protection with skincare actives including niacinamide, vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, and squalane in a lightweight serum formula.

Sunscreen

The Guru Index verdict

66%

Mixed

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8Reviewers
5Approved
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#10 in Sunscreen

What the gurus are saying

The experts who tested it praise how the niacinamide and vitamin C help even out skin tone and address hyperpigmentation, while the serum base with squalane and hyaluronic acid makes it hydrating and moisturizing, ideal for drier skin. The formula applies sheer with a dewy finish that takes time to settle, so anyone preferring a matte look may want to powder certain areas. One concern flagged: the mineral sunscreen base means the formula should be used within its expiration window, as expired zinc sunscreens lose their protective benefit.
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Key actives & flags

NiacinamideHyaluronic acidSPFSqualaneFragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

Aqua/​Water/​Eau, Squalane, Shea Butter Ethyl Esters, Isoamyl Laurate, Polyglyceryl-3 Ricinoleate, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Propanediol, Isopropyl Isostearate, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate, Methylpropanediol, Niacinamide, Sodium Chloride, Lecithin, Caprylyl Glycol, Silica, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder, Bisabolol, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Allantoin, Phenylpropanol, Sodium Myristoyl Glutamate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Aluminum Hydroxide, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499 (Iron Oxides), Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide)

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What the gurus are saying.

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Darnell Cox | 50+ Healthy Aging Expert
Darnell Cox | 50+ Healthy Aging Expert
54k subs · 559 devotees
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"This is the Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40. It has niacinamide in it, which is great in evening out skin tone, lifting pigment up. So hyperpigmentation, sunspots, uneven skin tone, niacinamide is great for that. So this is an SPF 40 with niacinamide. I do like a tinted sunscreen that does double duty, and if I want a little heavier coverage, sometimes I'll use this."
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"This is the Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40. It has niacinamide in it, which is great in evening out skin tone, lifting pigment up. So hyperpigmentation, sunspots, uneven skin tone, niacinamide is great for that. So this is an SPF 40 with niacinamide. I do like a tinted sunscreen that does double duty, and if I want a little heavier coverage, sometimes I'll use this."
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"This is the Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40. It has niacinamide in it, which is great in evening out skin tone, lifting pigment up. So hyperpigmentation, sunspots, uneven skin tone, niacinamide is great for that. So this is an SPF 40 with niacinamide. I do like a tinted sunscreen that does double duty, and if I want a little heavier coverage, sometimes I'll use this."
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"I'm still loving the Ilia and the reason is for my friends who asked about hyperpigmentation. It's a super serum and a skin tint all-in-one. If you can find a super serum that does all things, that's going to be your best bet. This is my Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 with niacinamide. So in other words, I don't put on this separately in the morning because my skin serum already has niacinamide in it. So that's why it's important to know which ingredients do what. Vitamin C brightens, even skin tone. Niacinamide does the same thing. Brightens, even skin tones, helps with hyperpigmentation a little bit more than this, but this is a great overall environmental protector."
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"They came up with this new one that has like a little bit of niacinamide in it and a little bit of vitamin C. It's Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40. It's got vitamin C in it and niacinamide, and anytime you can mix your sunscreen that also works kind of as a super serum, that's a good thing."
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"I really have been obsessed with this Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 and I love it because it has niacinamide in it. Niacinamide helps with skin discoloration."
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"I really have been obsessed with this Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 and I love it because it has niacinamide in it. Niacinamide helps with skin discoloration."
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"I love Ilia, this is a Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40. It's very, very thin and it's tinted, and this has in it niacinamide, which is great for moisture, and hyaluronic acid, so it's a treatment and a sunscreen in one. I love that."
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"The Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 is one that I like a little bit better in terms of a sunscreen. It's still watery but I like this because it doesn't feel so cakey. It's just a sheer tint, but it has niacinamide, squalane, and hyaluronic acid, so it's moisturizing, it's treating, it's protecting all in one."
No BS Beauty
No BS Beauty
89k subs · 2k devotees
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"This Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint, I was getting down to the very bottom of it and then I looked and I realized it expired like a month or two ago. I'm not messing around with sunscreen that's even a couple months old, it's not worth the risk of it for me anyway. With my hyperpigmentation, melasma, it's just not worth the risk. This one uses zinc, and I have a feeling mineral sunscreens when they go bad, they're bad. Chemical ones may not be so true, but I've heard from zinc when it's done, it's done. You're not getting a benefit from it. So there's no point in messing around with that."
Nipun Kapur
Nipun Kapur
399k subs · 10k devotees
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"I've got the Ilia skin tint but like it's not ideal for this technique."
Sincerely Miss Ash
Sincerely Miss Ash
194k subs · 4k devotees
✓Approved
"Because of how moisturizing it is, if your skin is ever tight or on the drier side, this would be a great option. This will give that light cover, you could get to a medium coverage but you would have to apply quite a bit, not full coverage at all. But this will give your skin that true glowy dewy complexion. This is not matte; eventually it might dry down skin-like but it takes a really long time to get there. So if you don't like that glow and that dewiness, then either don't use this or you might have to powder up in certain sections. It really is a nice option. It has a dropper style type of packaging. It really does give that nice healthy natural look to the skin and it does help to even out your skin tone. But again, remember it's more of that light coverage, so if you wanted to go in with a concealer afterwards just to touch up some areas you totally could. And I love it. I really do, and I like how there's a larger color range with this one as well."
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"Because of how moisturizing it is, if your skin is ever tight or on the drier side, this would be a great option. This will give that light cover, you could get to a medium coverage but you would have to apply quite a bit, not full coverage at all. But this will give your skin that true glowy dewy complexion. This is not matte; eventually it might dry down skin-like but it takes a really long time to get there. So if you don't like that glow and that dewiness, then either don't use this or you might have to powder up in certain sections. It really is a nice option. It has a dropper style type of packaging. It really does give that nice healthy natural look to the skin and it does help to even out your skin tone. But again, remember it's more of that light coverage, so if you wanted to go in with a concealer afterwards just to touch up some areas you totally could. And I love it. I really do, and I like how there's a larger color range with this one as well."
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"It's very hydrating as well. The only downfall I will say with this is that when you apply it to your skin I feel like it does take a little while to tone down so your skin will look really shiny at first but once it starts to dry down and when it's at its perfect finish you will have the most healthiest looking skin it just gives that perfect complexion. I am a big fan of this. I use this on those no makeup makeup days. This does help to even out your skin tone and I feel like this is buildable it gives that light to medium coverage."
Alexandra Anele
Alexandra Anele
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"I bought one like a long time ago and it smelled rancid. I think I got a bad batch or something. I heard from some other people who had that problem as well, and then I tried it later on and it didn't have that scent, so I'm pretty sure I got a really bad batch. But I have a complicated relationship with skin tint to be honest with you."
Beyond50Skin
Beyond50Skin
31k subs · 1k devotees
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"It's very serum-y formula. I'm just going to use three drops. It blended in beautifully. It's just a little bit of coverage to even my skin tone. I think it's light too. I did go in store to get color matched, and the one that matches my skin tone was light two. I really like this."
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"It's very serum-y formula. I'm just going to use three drops. It blended in beautifully. It's just a little bit of coverage to even my skin tone. I think it's light too. I did go in store to get color matched, and the one that matches my skin tone was light two. I really like this."
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"I absolutely loved the Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint. I love a skin tint, I like that natural look with skin peeking through. Now you're not going to like this if you have normal to oily skin, it is a very thick serum, but it does leave quite a glow to your skin and I believe it has a squalane base, so that's a facial oil that I absolutely love too. For dry mature skin a little bit goes a long way. It took me forever to finish this. This will be a repurchase but not right away because I'm trying a lot of new skin tints for you guys for a review coming up in a few weeks."
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"A few drops goes a long way and just gives a nice blurred effect to my skin and does a little bit of coverage but still allows my skin to peek through. Because of the squalane base in this it glides easily onto the skin and just gives a beautiful veiled appearance."
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"This is a great serum based skin tint it has SPF 40 so you're getting a touch of sunscreen. I can't put enough of this on to make it a substitute for my sunscreen even though it's SPF 40 it just is too opaque. So what I do is I take a few drops and I just pat it into my skin and then I use one of my brushes and blend it out to give it a very skin-like effect."
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"I actually really enjoyed the skin tint. It left my skin dewy by the end of the day, gave me a little bit more coverage than I would have expected but you can still see my skin poking through. I like the fact that it gives just a better-than-bare-skin look. It's very, very sheer but it's still moisturizing. If you're looking for normal to dry skin this would be perfect for super sheer coverage. If you had oily skin, I don't actually think you're going to like it."
The Style and Beauty Doctor
The Style and Beauty Doctor
220k subs · 7k devotees
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"The Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint is one of two tinted mineral sunscreens that rank really high on my list."
The Budget Dermatologist
The Budget Dermatologist
718k subs · 7k devotees
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"The Super Serum Skin Tint is amazing for makeup plus SPF coverage. It's SPF 40, all mineral, and it also has niacinamide in it. Such great coverage and it comes in 30 shades so most everybody can find a good shade match."
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"The Super Serum Skin Tint is amazing for makeup plus SPF coverage. It's SPF 40, all mineral, and it also has niacinamide in it. Such great coverage and it comes in 30 shades so most everybody can find a good shade match."
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"This is an amazing makeup plus SPF combo with vitamin C in it and I love this one. It comes in three different tones. This has 10% zinc, it has L ascorbic acid active form of vitamin C, it has niacinamide and allantoin in it to soothe the skin. It is so lightweight, it's kind of a serum makeup hybrid and it absorbs in quickly. This could kind of be a hybrid product for you if you want a vitamin C serum plus makeup coverage plus SPF, this is kind of like everything in one. I would even put another little layer of sunscreen under this just to make sure you are fully fully protected. It is a little pricey but we know it's going to go on sale for the holiday."
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