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Anthelios Mineral SPF 50.

La Roche-Posay Anthelios Mineral SPF 50
Sunscreen

About this product

A mineral sunscreen with SPF 50 designed to protect sensitive skin without white cast, available in both tinted and untinted formulas.

Best for

Dry skinSensitive skin
Sunscreen

The Guru Index verdict

63%

Mixed

~Mixed · 63%
4Reviewers
1Approved
2Mixed
1Skip

What the gurus are saying

The experts found this sunscreen blends smoothly and works well for sensitive skin, with one noting it applies without white cast and comes in a tinted option for those managing melasma. However, the gurus split on value: one flagged that denatured alcohol sits high in the ingredient list with no additional active benefits beyond sun protection, raising concerns about the price point, while another found it surprisingly effective as a light makeup base despite being too sheer for full SPF coverage on its own. A thinner read so far, with takes ranging from gentle workhorse to overpriced for what it delivers.
Synthesized from 4 expert reviews

Key actives & flags

Vitamin E

Full ingredients

Aqua/​Water, Diisopropyl Sebacate, Glycerin, Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine, Alcohol Denat, Propanediol, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Ethylhexyl Triazone, C12-22 Alkyl Acrylate/​Hydroxyethylacrylate Copolymer, Drometrizole Trisiloxane, Butyl Methoxydioxinoyl Titanium/​77-Methylene Oxide Dioxide, Staryl Methoxydioxinoyl Staryl Methoxydioxinoyl, Methyl Methoxy Dioxide, Staryl Methoxydioxy Starch, Silica, Tocopherol, Isopropyl Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Acrylates Copolymer, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/​VP Copolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499/​Iron Oxides, Citric Acid, Disodium EDTA, Scutellaria Baicalensis Extract /​ Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract, N-Butyl Alcohol, Terephthalylidene Dicamphor Sulfonic Acid, Triethanolamine, Xanthan Gum, Parfum/​Fragrance

Every take, in full

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Approved
"The La Roche-Posay Anthelios Mineral SPF 50 is a super duper lightweight, gentle mineral sunscreen. It blends really easy without any white cast. It's totally non-comedogenic and it's tested on sensitive skin. It comes in non-tinted and tinted, so if you're somebody who has melasma, tinted might be better for you. The key ingredient here is titanium dioxide. It also has some antioxidants and thermal spring water."
~Mixed
"I picked this one out and I thought L'Oréal Posay, that's not very lux, although in the US this is lux. This is like, because it's the good one, it's the one made in Europe with the good filters. So yeah, so at home this is lux but in, well most people watching this, it doesn't come off as lux."
Skip
"La Roche-Posay Anthelios, the second ingredient here is denatured alcohol, the second ingredient, which means it's at a very high percentage. There are no other actives in this product that are going to give you any additional benefits to the skin. It is a chemical sunscreen, which is fine if that was the only thing worth it. The only plus point of this product is that it is fragrance free. For me, this is another note, especially for the price point."
~Mixed
"I cannot wear this as an SPF because I cannot wear enough to get the coverage to wear it as an SPF, but as a makeup I'm going to give it a 5 out of 5. I'm wearing it almost every day now, just a tiny bit, and it looks flawless. It has a nice glow to it. It's a little transferable, but for the price this has become a makeup surprise."
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