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Glow Screen Sunscreen SPF 40.

Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen SPF 40
Sunscreen

About this product

A tinted, shimmer-finish chemical sunscreen with SPF 40 broad spectrum protection, hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and vitamin B5, available in multiple shades.

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Guru Score

68%

Mixed

13 experts · Strong agreement
13Gurus
6Yay
4Mixed
3Nay

What they liked

  • Luminous, glowing finish
  • Goes a long way

What they flagged

  • Chemical sunscreen
  • Light for retinol users

What the gurus are saying

This sunscreen delivers a luminous, pearlescent glow and doubles as a makeup primer, which draws strong praise from those who want radiance, but the shimmer finish is its defining feature and a hard divide. Experts who love it praise the hydrating formula, seamless blending under makeup, and flattering shade range for dry skin; those who don't find the sparkle too noticeable, especially at the full SPF-protective amount, and recommend it only as a subtle glow booster rather than a standalone sunscreen. Not ideal if you prefer a matte finish or have sensitive eyes.
Synthesized from 13 expert reviews · most recent take June 2026

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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~Yay
"One of my favorite lip sunscreens is the Supergoop Glow Screen, the pink peppermint. I actually keep this right next to my door so that when I go out to walk my dog, I just pop this on before I go."
All 3 takes from HotandFlashy
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"My favorite sunscreen is actually Supergoop Glow Screen. It's a chemical sunscreen. If you are not very sensitive, this is a really great sunscreen because that's SPF 40, which is awesome. But my favorite part about it is that it's a hybrid between skincare, makeup primer, and sunscreen, you're getting a three in one. Whenever I use the sunscreen I skip my moisturizer. I have combination oily skin so I don't need excessive amounts of moisture on the skin before I apply my makeup, but this is perfectly hydrating for me. It also gives a glow primer, so if you like using a glowy primer, this is going to do it for you. It's going to make your skin look so radiant and beautiful."
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"I don't use this because it's a standard chemical sunscreen and chemical sunscreens really irritate my skin, so I can't use it, but everyone tells me how fantastic it is. It's an SPF 40, my friend Gabby, who's a makeup artist, was raving about this sunscreen, she uses it as an underpainting or a primer to give people a glow under their makeup if they have super dry skin, so that one sounds really really beautiful."
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"One of my favorite lip sunscreens is the Supergoop Glow Screen, the pink peppermint. I actually keep this right next to my door so that when I go out to walk my dog, I just pop this on before I go."
~Mixed
"The Super Goop Glow Screen is the SPF 40, retails for about $38 for 1.7 oz. This is glowy. It is more glowy than the iNNBEAUTY PROJECT. Significantly more glowy, but it keeps your skin really hydrated and almost acts as a primer for makeup. It gives you like this radiant finish. It's broadspectrum SPF protection. It's perfect for those dewy skin days. Works beautifully under makeup or if you want it by itself in place of makeup. Comes in four different shades. The key ingredients are hyaluronic acid, vitamin B5. It does have sea lavender and cocoa peptides in it. If you're somebody who's more on the dry side, you might like the glow screen a little bit better. But it is chemical, not mineral. It did not irritate my skin though at all, even though I have rosacea."
All 3 takes from Dr. Aleksandra Brown
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"Another sunscreen recommendation is also Supergoop, their Glow Screen SPF 40 sunscreen with hyaluronic acid plus niacinamide. This one is more on the glowy side, so if you don't like the glowy look it's not your jam. It does come tinted with different shades. It's very hydrating, really good primer for makeup with that radiant finish and broad SPF protection. The key ingredients in this one are the hyaluronic acid and vitamin B5 as well as sea lavender and cocoa peptides."
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"This is your Supergoop Glow Screen SPF 40. It's $38 for 50 mls, which is about 76 cents per ml. This is broadspectrum SPF 40. It gives you really this luminous pearlescent finish. It's very, very glowing. It hydrates, smooths the skin with hyaluronic acid and niacinamide. It layers beautifully under makeup with no peeling whatsoever. It also comes in multiple shades. So depending on your skin type, you're going to find a perfect match. The key ingredients are your chemical SPF filters, the hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and cocoa peptides. So why would you splurge on this sunscreen? Well, it's one of the most refined glow SPFs on the market with that texture and shade range that flatters across skin tones and works seamlessly under makeup. So, if you have a particular skin tone and dry skin and you want something that's going to go perfectly under makeup and budget is not an option, choose this one."
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"The Super Goop Glow Screen is the SPF 40, retails for about $38 for 1.7 oz. This is glowy. It is more glowy than the iNNBEAUTY PROJECT. Significantly more glowy, but it keeps your skin really hydrated and almost acts as a primer for makeup. It gives you like this radiant finish. It's broadspectrum SPF protection. It's perfect for those dewy skin days. Works beautifully under makeup or if you want it by itself in place of makeup. Comes in four different shades. The key ingredients are hyaluronic acid, vitamin B5. It does have sea lavender and cocoa peptides in it. If you're somebody who's more on the dry side, you might like the glow screen a little bit better. But it is chemical, not mineral. It did not irritate my skin though at all, even though I have rosacea."
~Yay
"I feel like you just can't go wrong gifting sunscreen, and there's one that is really nice and lovely to gift which is Supergoop Glow Screen SPF 40. This is a lovely one because it kind of gives that shimmer glow and it's got this light tint that's really really nice to add during the winter time when it's kind of dark and gloomy outside. It contains hyaluronic acid, vitamin B5, niacinamide, and sea lavender, great ingredients that just makes a really elegant sunscreen that leaves no white cast."
All 2 takes from Dr. Jenny Liu
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"The Supergoop Glow Screen sunscreen, why it's so popular: number one, it contains SPF 40 broad spectrum and also is tinted and it comes in four different shades. The iron oxide that gives it the tint also offers additional protection against invisible light. I just love the texture and the finish of the sunscreen. For anyone looking for a glow, radiant, dewy finish, this sunscreen will give you that. It really gives you a healthy glow, like from the inside out, and also primes your skin for makeup. Ingredient-wise, it is hydrating, contains hyaluronic acid and B5, vitamin B5, along with niacinamide that together is great. Additional ingredients really help to protect the skin, soothe the skin, and help to keep your skin hydrated at the same time."
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"I feel like you just can't go wrong gifting sunscreen, and there's one that is really nice and lovely to gift which is Supergoop Glow Screen SPF 40. This is a lovely one because it kind of gives that shimmer glow and it's got this light tint that's really really nice to add during the winter time when it's kind of dark and gloomy outside. It contains hyaluronic acid, vitamin B5, niacinamide, and sea lavender, great ingredients that just makes a really elegant sunscreen that leaves no white cast."
~Mixed
"For $44 you're going to get 0.68 oz of Glow Screen SPF 40. That's the one that has the shimmer in it, which might be a lot for the face, but it's also something that'll look good. You can put it on your décolletage, on your arms, or on your face if you want to, but remember you've got to put on enough sunscreen, which is 2 milligrams per centimeter squared of skin, which is about a quarter to a half teaspoon for your face, neck, and ears."
~Mixed
"I personally don't recommend this sunscreen and I don't use it because it is a chemical sunscreen, however that's just me, so no judgment. But the good thing is that it's an SPF 40, so she is getting a good amount of protection. I was worried it was going to be like a tinted moisturizer with sunscreen or a sunscreen spray, something that just wasn't going to be effective, but this one will definitely be effective, albeit not effective enough to compensate for the retinol that she just applied. So save that for the nighttime and focus on the sunscreen for the day."
~Yay
"My wife's most frequently reused sunscreen by far is still the Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen. She buys that all the time."
All 2 takes from Doctorly
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"My wife's most frequently reused sunscreen by far is still the Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen. She buys that all the time."
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"They also have the Supergoop Glowscreen, which has a little bit of that glowy finish, has a tint in it. It leaves you with a little bit of a shimmer. Happens to be my wife's favorite sunscreen. Supergoop Glowscreen has a little bit of a tint, a little bit of a shimmer that you may not like for everybody. But again, invisible."
~Nay
"I tried out the Supergoop Glow Screen, it's an organic sunscreen, chemical free. There's no white cast, it's tinted, it's not water resistant. It didn't burn around my eyes. The finish was okay, a little shiny, and the tint is very shimmery so it kind of gives you that glittery bronze look, which is okay. You may really like that, but personally for me it just was not my favorite."
All 2 takes from Dr Dray
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"I tried out the Supergoop Glow Screen, it's an organic sunscreen, chemical free. There's no white cast, it's tinted, it's not water resistant. It didn't burn around my eyes. The finish was okay, a little shiny, and the tint is very shimmery so it kind of gives you that glittery bronze look, which is okay. You may really like that, but personally for me it just was not my favorite."
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"I tried the Supergoop Glow Screen and I had a love-hate relationship with it. It was hydrating and I liked it, but the glow was a little too much, too glittery, like people used to be really heavy-handed with bronzer. It's also expensive, thirty eight dollars for 1.7 ounces."
~Yay
"The super goop glow screen is very similar to the Unseen sunscreen, it has a very similar texture. The difference is that this has glowy pigments in it and it's a little bit less heavy on the skin, feels more like a light weight foundation rather than a primer. Now it is gorgeous, it is glowy, but it is also a little expensive. The super goop comes off a slightly darker color and it actually blends in a little bit better. There are multiple shades depending on what skin tone you have."
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"The super goop glow screen is very similar to the Unseen sunscreen, it has a very similar texture. The difference is that this has glowy pigments in it and it's a little bit less heavy on the skin, feels more like a light weight foundation rather than a primer. Now it is gorgeous, it is glowy, but it is also a little expensive. The super goop comes off a slightly darker color and it actually blends in a little bit better. There are multiple shades depending on what skin tone you have."
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"This sunscreen is really really good. I love that she wears sunscreen and that she seems to be a budding skin intellectual using things that work for her. The glow screen does give a glowy dewy finish but we love that she is staying SPF protected."
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"I'm now going to go in with the Super Goop Glow Screen Sunscreen. This is phenomenal and I have actually been wanting to get my hands on this one. I need to restock on this one. This is such a great sunscreen and yes, it protects and it makes you look like a glowing goddess. This is one of the best sunscreens. It's $46. It is worth every penny. A little goes a long way. It is phenomenal. I love that she uses this. Her mother is smart with her skincare."
~Yay
"I love that it's a sunscreen plus it works so incredibly well underneath makeup as a primer. I love this shade for myself specifically. It's more of like a champagne kind of pearly pink which for my fair skin I love. So I'm just applying this all over to prep the skin and to apply a sunscreen which is always a plus because we can't forget our sunscreen in the summertime."
~Nay
"I didn't want to waste money on this and I didn't—it was in a Sephora gift bag. I've said before I don't really get along with tinted sunscreens. In real life it's showing up every single bit of texture on my skin. It looks like I've got liquid bronzer on all over my face. The pearlescent finish is clinging to every pore and makes me look dirty and sweaty. It doesn't sting and feels fine, but I don't like it at all. I want to take it off immediately."
~Yay
"I really like the Supergoop Glow Screen underneath my makeup because of that glow it has, like those optical diffusers in it, and it helps me add less makeup."
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"I use it as a highlighter on the high cheeks of my face. I love it because it makes me feel like a disco ball. Can't tolerate it all over my face though, it does burn my eyes."
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"I really like the Supergoop Glow Screen underneath my makeup because of that glow it has, like those optical diffusers in it, and it helps me add less makeup."
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"If you're somebody who wants a little bit more of a glow up, I love the glow screen by Supergoop. The only problem for me is that I have sensitive eyes and it burns. But every now and then after I'm done with my makeup I do just take a tiny little bit of this just for fun because it does give a beautiful sheen to the highlights of my face. I don't use it like I use sunscreen, but I do love the texture and I love the effect that it gives. It's just pretty."
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"I love Supergoop for being innovative and for bringing sunscreens to the forefront of everyone's minds. Their Glow Screen is probably one of my favorite ones because I do use it on top of makeup to add a little bit of sheen to the high points of my face. But it burns the hell out of my eyes, so I do not use it as a normal sunscreen all over my face. I literally use this like a tiny bit and just kind of use it because I like the disco ball effect it gives. I used to use it all over my face but my eyes got really sensitive one time while I was driving and I had to pull over. I did not have a pair of eyeglasses with me at the time, I was wearing contacts, and it was a very scary situation, so I stopped putting it all over my face. If you're not sensitive, knock yourself out, even put it on your collarbones. It's just a beautiful product."
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"Glow Screen is one of my favorite ones, the original of the originals. I have been a fan of Glow Screen since I have met it. I look like a beautiful disco ball. I love it. Whenever I use it, it just gives me enough definition. It is very pretty. Plus, having extra coverage on the high points of your face is always a good idea because those are the places on your face that attract sun. Sometimes I will even use the Beauty of Joseon underneath my makeup, do my makeup, then take a little bit of Glow Screen and tap tap tap to the high beams of my face. If you are not sensitive, you can put this all over your face and put makeup on top and you have beautiful luminosity that comes through."
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"My personal favorite at the moment which has been basically for the past year has been Super Goop's Glow Screen because I don't like to wear a lot of makeup and this one although it is a chemical sunscreen, it is the Glow Screen by Super Goop. I love it because it just gives enough of a natural glow that makes you look like a disco ball and that is an oxymoron within itself and I do not care because I'm an Aquarius. I love this sunscreen and no they don't pay me at all at all at all I bought this full price."
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"Supergoop Glow Screen is my favorite one because I look like a disco ball when I use it and I hardly use any makeup whatsoever."
~Nay
"This has a creme gel formula but it feels very different on the skin compared to those other cream gel sunscreens. It has a lot of makeup style pigment and effect particles in it, bismuth oxychloride, mica, titanium dioxide and iron oxides. I actually prefer the texture during application more than with the Unseen, it's a lot easier to get that full amount onto my face, but after it dries down it does feel very noticeable on my skin probably because of all those shimmer particles. The shimmer is just too much. If you use a sunscreen amount, when you use enough to get that full SPF 40 protection, it looks properly metallic. If you apply a really tiny bit, a primer amount, then it gives you a really beautiful glow, but not with the full amount. There's also this tint which dried kind of orange. I don't think this product is suited for people who are looking for a sunscreen. I would call this a primer with SPF, not a sunscreen."
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~Mixed
"This is slightly tinted and has a very different finish on the skin than all the other Supergoop sunscreens. It's really more than just dewy—it's definitely pearlescent and almost shimmery on the skin. It even has this little bit of golden hue in some lighting, but I love that the formulation contains some great skincare ingredients like hyaluronic acid, panthenol, and niacinamide so this will soothe and nourish your skin. I would not use this as my sole sunscreen all over the face because the finish is too shimmery for my taste. If you were to try this, I recommend putting Unseen sunscreen on the face then adding just a small amount of this in the hands and use that sparingly to the skin if you want a nice but subtle glow."
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What the evidence says.

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

Niacinamide

Niacinamide has evidence behind it for redness, uneven tone and supporting the skin barrier, and it is usually well tolerated even by skin that reacts to most things.

Source: DermNet

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

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen SPF 40?

A tinted, shimmer-finish chemical sunscreen with SPF 40 broad spectrum protection, hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and vitamin B5, available in multiple shades.

Is Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen SPF 40 worth it?

The gurus are split. 6 of the 13 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 3 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 68%.

What is Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen SPF 40's Guru Score?

Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen SPF 40 holds a Guru Score of 68%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 13 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.

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