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ElizaSunny
Oily/Sensitive
Hello, the tinted sunscreens and foundations / tinted moisturizers may oxidize. The pigment in this product is due to iron oxides, sometimes paired with other oxides, including sunscreen agents (=mineral filters, aka titanium oxide and zinc oxide).
These oxides may react with other components from your skin surface (water, salts, sebum, etc). This is influenced by your skin pH. Unfortunately you cannot change that easily (and pray to God to stay that way, otherwise you'll wreck your skin barrier).
What can you do instead? Opt for oil-free formulas if you have oily skin. Silicones are your friends! They'd give a nice blurring effect as bonus ;)
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hashiskincare
Dry/Sensitive
Yes. Also foundations.
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KimmyKhadija
Oily/Sensitive
How and why does it happen though??? I try to search it on Google but it's just recommending me more sunscreens instead
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FragranceFree4Life
Dry/Sensitive
It’s usually oils in sunscreens what oxidize but I’m not aware of that actually changing the color. Do you think maybe you’re more pale than you were before the pandemic? maybe you spent more time inside and your skin is actually lighter now and not a good match?
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natepd
Dry/Resilient
Test it again on your hand. Apply the sunscreen and wait 2 minutes. Then next to it apply another swatch of the product and see if it looks lighter. If it does it is simply how the sunscreen reacts when “drying” down. Usually products that claim to be tone adapting are not truly tone adapting.
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