Innisfree

Daily UV Defense SPF 36 Sunscreen.

Sunscreen

About this product

A lightweight daily sunscreen from Innisfree with SPF 36 protection and no white cast, designed for everyday wear and layering under makeup.

Full ingredients

Avobenzone (2.5%), Homosalate (7.0%), Octisalate (4.3%), Water/Aqua/Eau, Homosalate, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Butylene Glycol, Ethylhexyl Methoxycrylene, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Arachidyl Alcohol, Behenyl Alcohol, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, 1,2-Hexanediol, Cetyl Alcohol, Arachidyl Glucoside, Phenoxyethanol, Propanediol, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Octyldodecanol, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Fragrance/Parfum, Xanthan Gum, Limonene, Centella Asiatica Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Echium Plantagineum Seed Oil, T-Butyl Alcohol, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Linalool, Ethylhexylglycerin, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil Unsaponifiables, Cardiospermum Halicacabum Flower/Leaf/Vine Extract, Tocopherol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Glycerin

Guru Score

66%

Mixed

5 experts · Moderate agreement

5Gurus

3Yay

0Mixed

2Nay

What they liked

Lightweight, no white cast
Glowy finish
Creamy texture that dries down smooth

What they flagged

SPF 36 is low for regular outdoor use
Strong fragrance
Texture less elegant than other K-beauty options

What the gurus are saying

This lightweight, no-white-cast sunscreen gets split reactions: some prize it for everyday office use and as a budget layering option, but others find the SPF 36 too low (K-beauty typically starts at SPF 50) and think the formula feels dated. The pleasant fragrance is fairly strong, something to keep in mind if you're sensitive to scents. For those spending significant time outdoors, reach for SPF 50 instead.

Synthesized from 5 expert reviews · most recent take July 2026

Type

Sunscreen

Key actives

Vitamin ESPF

Formula notes

Contains fragranceNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

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April Basi

71k subs

~Yay

"This SPF 36 is a classic, super lightweight, and great for layering under makeup, with a texture that's relatively elegant for a daily wear product. There's no white cast, and I truly think it's a great entry point K beauty SPF for everyday use. If you're outdoors a lot and actively managing hyperpigmentation, I'd probably go higher than SPF 36, but it's good for office days and general protection overall. It's my pick for best budget entry, a solid daily SPF, just go higher if you're outdoors often."

Top Pick: budget entry sunscreen

Kelly Driscoll

90k subs

~Nay

"My least recommended from Innisfree is probably the Daily UV Defense SPF 36 Sunscreen. This is a product that in the past I've liked but not loved. It's SPF 36, which is pretty low SPF for K beauty usually. You know, SPF 50 is the standard. This is a little meh in the SPF protection. It's always used the older generation chemical filters, so nothing has been tweaked here. This is what the formula has always been. It does have some fragrance that is pleasant but fairly strong in my opinion, and I'm not a big fan of that. It's not as elegant in the texture. It's more elegant than maybe something you might get at the drugstore in the United States, but it's not as elegant as other K beauty sunscreens are. It's just kind of somewhere in the middle."

208SkinDoc

2.09M subs

~Yay

"This is the daily UV defense sunscreen from Innisfree. This one is a no white cast, glowy finish, and it's a chemical sunscreen with active ingredients including enzacamene, homosalate, and octisalate. Innisfree makes some really good sunscreens. They feel very good on the skin, very smooth, and just like the Ranovat, this one is available at Sephora as well."

Beyond50Skin

32k subs

~Yay

"This is a sample of the chemical sunscreen by Innisfree SPF 36. Again it goes on like a traditional sunscreen, super creamy, super moisturizing. Once it dries down it has absolutely no white cast, looks absolutely beautiful on the skin. And again a great pick if you're looking for a sunscreen with chemical filters. I also wanted to mention this one also has a bit of a fragrance."

Hyram

4.34M subs

~Nay

"I have used that product before but I think it was either the fragrance is strong, which is probably likely because Innisfree does love their fragrance, or it had an intense white cast or both. I remember not liking the experience so I'll say pass."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Innisfree Daily UV Defense SPF 36 Sunscreen?

A lightweight daily sunscreen from Innisfree with SPF 36 protection and no white cast, designed for everyday wear and layering under makeup.

Is Innisfree Daily UV Defense SPF 36 Sunscreen worth it?

The gurus are split. 3 of the 5 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 2 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 66%.

What is Innisfree Daily UV Defense SPF 36 Sunscreen's Guru Score?

Innisfree Daily UV Defense SPF 36 Sunscreen holds a Guru Score of 66%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 5 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.