This Glowy Sunscreen Simplified My Makeup Routine
After more than two decades of testing beauty products, I’ve become somewhat of a sunscreen connoisseur. I take sun protection seriously and happily try every new formula that crosses my desk, but finding one that layers seamlessly under my makeup is always tricky. Too many pill or alter the color of my foundation. So I was intrigued by Indie Lee’s Daily SPF primer that promises to melt into skin. What I wasn’t expecting was how glowy it would make my skin look.
At first glance, the formula resembles a skin tint with its dropper packaging, but on skin it feels more like a facial oil. I blended it all over and immediately noticed the radiance. The golden tint was subtle — less color than my tinted sunscreens but despite being non-nano zinc oxide, it disappeared without leaving a white cast. Vitamin E oil adds moisture and antioxidant protection and gave my skin a lit-from-within sheen.
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The real test was applying foundation on top. I brushed on my usual serum formula and, once everything had set, ran my fingers along my jawline. No pilling — my biggest pet peeve. Even better, my skin had a beautiful glow, almost as if I’d layered a luminizer under my makeup. It gave my complexion that fresh, radiant look that usually takes an extra step to achieve.
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