Tula

Radiant Skin Brightening Serum Skin Tint SPF 30.

Sunscreen

About this product

A tinted chemical-filter sunscreen with SPF 30 designed to provide sun protection with a glowing finish, available in multiple shades.

Full ingredients

Avobenzone (3%), Octisalate (5%), Aqua/Water/Eau, C9-12 Alkane, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Triethylhexanoin, Polyglyceryl-6 Polyhydroxystearate, Polyglyceryl-6 Polyricinoleate, Isododecane, Silica, Butylene Glycol, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Vp/Eicosene Copolymer, Glycerin, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Lactococcus Ferment Lysate, Lactobacillus Ferment, Lactobacillus, Kappaphycus Alvarezii Extract, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Niacinamide, Sodium Hyaluronate, Ceramide NP, Pongamia Glabra Seed Oil, Dunaliella Salina Extract, Haematococcus Pluvialis Extract, Acacia Seyal Gum Extract, Caesalpinia Spinosa Fruit Extract, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Bisabolol, Beta Vulgaris (Beet) Root Extract, Cystoseira TamariscIfolia Extract, Inulin, Lactic Acid

Guru Score

63%

Mixed

3 experts · Moderate agreement

3Gurus

1Yay

0Mixed

2Nay

What they liked

Wide shade range
Medium to full coverage

What they flagged

Stiff texture, hard to spread

What the gurus are saying

The finish is where opinions divide: some find it beautifully glowy and radiant without being heavy, while others find it greasier and harder to spread than expected. The ingredients earn praise for antioxidants, soothing actives, and prebiotic extracts that support the skin microbiome. If the texture works for you, it makes a flexible daily tinted sunscreen with adjustable coverage.

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take November 2024

Type

SunscreenLiquid

Key actives

Vitamin C Niacinamide Hyaluronic acidAHAVitamin ECeramidesSPF

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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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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The Budget Dermatologist

723k subs

~Yay

"The other favorite from Tula that I always keep on hand is the Radiant Skin Tint. This comes in so many different shades you can find your perfect match, but this is going to give a much more medium to full coverage on the skin so it'll take the place of your foundation and it has SPF 30. This is going to give a nice shimmery radiant finish on the skin. It's so good, I love this. It's one of my Tula must-haves. I always get these when they're on sale."

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All 3 takes from The Budget Dermatologist

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"On days I work tinted moisturizer with sunscreen, so this is SPF 30 and is tinted. It comes in a lot of shades. Usually if I'm gonna be outside all day I'll put a layer of sunscreen under this."

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"This is a chemical filter sunscreen and it is really good coverage. It gives you a really glowy radiant finish, so it is really nice to wear for a natural dewy glow look without being heavy coverage. It is not matte or anything like that. This is what I choose to wear a lot of days before I actually go to work. Sometimes I will put a layer of sunscreen under this if I do not want that much of this on and still get good protection. Tula is a really good brand because they have a lot of prebiotic and probiotic extracts in their products that help with your skin microbiome, which I think is really important. They also have some other nourishing ingredients, a lot of their products will have added skincare ingredients like niacinamide and other soothing ingredients and antioxidants. This is definitely like top three of my Tula favorites."

Dr Dray

2.68M subs

~Nay

"I saw Tula has a sunscreen brightening serum all of these different shades which is exciting but $42 wow that's steep. I haven't really been super impressed by Tula. I think I was put off with them because I saw an ad somebody did with them and it looked like they were using a filter or I know what it was, the individual doing the ad made it seem as though like her acne cleared by using Tula products but come to find out she had also been on Accutane. I just felt like it was very misleading because we all know that the isotretinoin is doing the heavy lifting. If she had said something like these products were really helpful on my acne clearing journey that would have been okay because skincare is important when using isotretinoin, you know, and going through acne treatment, but she made it seem like the products were what cleared her acne. It's just very leading."

Beyond50Skin

32k subs

~Nay

"I actually expected it to be a little bit lighter weight. The finish is a three out of five, it's a bit heavier than I would have expected, a little bit more greasy than radiant. As far as texture I gave it a two out of five, it's quite stiff and hard to spread. It has seven antioxidants, five skin soothing ingredients including babol cell communicating red algae and vitamin C in the form of derivative Tetra xal deal ascorbate, a very stable form of vitamin C. But this only got 13 out of 20 points because of the texture and the fact that it was so high pigmented it was not very spreadable, which I expect in a skin tint. So it kind of brought the score down because the skincare ingredient deck is fabulous in this formula."

What the evidence says.

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

Vitamin C

Topical vitamin C is an antioxidant with reasonable evidence for dullness and uneven tone. It breaks down in light and air, so how a product is formulated and packaged matters as much as the percentage on the front.

Source: DermNet

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

Alpha hydroxy acids

Alpha hydroxy acids loosen the bonds holding dead cells at the surface. The evidence supports smoother texture and more even tone over time, and they can leave skin more sensitive to sun.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Tula Radiant Skin Brightening Serum Skin Tint SPF 30?

A tinted chemical-filter sunscreen with SPF 30 designed to provide sun protection with a glowing finish, available in multiple shades.

Is Tula Radiant Skin Brightening Serum Skin Tint SPF 30 worth it?

The gurus are split. 1 of the 3 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 2 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 63%.

What is Tula Radiant Skin Brightening Serum Skin Tint SPF 30's Guru Score?

Tula Radiant Skin Brightening Serum Skin Tint SPF 30 holds a Guru Score of 63%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.