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Sun Care SAVIOURS Sun Care
Enjoy the outdoors all season long with these head-to-toe formulas that protect skin from harmful UVA and UVB rays.
By Lora Grady
1. Protect Your Pout
This velvety-smooth lip treatment protects against broad spectrum UV rays while selectively allowing the benefits of red light in sunlight to be passed through to the skin. It also provides 24 hours of hydrating and improves dullness for healthier, more vibrant lips over time.
CL É DE PEAU BEAUT É Clé de Peau Beauté Protective Lip
Treatment SPF 25, $88, at CleDePeauBeaute.ca and Holt Renfrew
2. Miraculous Minerals
The serum-like texture of this non-comedogenic formula absorbs quickly without leaving any sticky residue or white cast, unlike some other mineral formulas. Thanks to its clip-on ring, this lotion is easy to take on the go and it provides hydration that lasts all day.
EVEREDEN SPF 50 Premium
Mineral Sunscreen Lotion, $39, at Sephora.
3. Invisible Finish
The body-friendly version of Supergoop!’s bestselling Unseen Sunscreen is now available in Canada. The formula is easy to apply, since it’s completely invisible, weightless and scentless, and it provides broad spectrum protection along with nourishing benefits, thanks to ingredients like olive leaf and fruit extracts.
SUPERGOOP! Unseen
Sunscreen Body SPF 40, $55, at Sephora.com.
4. Au Natural
This mineral formula, made with ingredients such as avocado and coconut, can be used on the body and face. It works to nourish and hydrate skin while protecting it from the sun’s rays. It’s also waterresistant, so you can toss it into your tote bag for a day at the beach.
LOTUS AROMA Lotus Aroma
Body & Face Sunscreen SPF 50, $42, at LotusAroma.com.
5. Plump and Protect
Get 24 hours of hydration while correcting and protecting skin with this formula that reduces signs of aging in just four weeks. Hyaluronic acid works to retain 1000 times its weight in water, plumping skin up, and niacinamide reduces hyperpigmentation and refines skin texture.
LA ROCHE-POSAY Anthelios
Age Correct SPF 50+, $54.95, at drugstores across Canada.
6. Get Even
This mineral sunscreen with zinc oxide is a pro multitasker. The formula, which contains niacinamide, green microalgae, squalene and vitamin E, has a primer-like effect that blurs and minimizes the appearance of pores. Meanwhile, the encapsulated light-reflective tint enhances skin tone with a sheer finish.
DERMALOGICA PoreScreen
SPF 40, $77, at Dermalogica.ca and Sephora.
7. Brighter Days
As the latest innovation from Shiseido’s Urban Environment daily UV collection, this lightweight daily formula hydrates and protects against UVA and UVB rays, as well as pollution, while vitamin C brightens skin in two weeks. It also reduces shine and provides a makeup-like effect for eight hours.
SHISEIDO Urban Environment Vita-Clear Sunscreen SPF 42, $48, at Shiseido.com, Shoppers Drug Mart and Sephora.
8. Sheer Power
Formulated with transparent zinc oxide, this sunscreen protects skin from the UVA and UVB rays, plus blue light emitted from phones and computer screens. Sea buckthorn works to diminish and prevent the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, while lingonberry hydrates and increases skin density.
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All-Physical Lightweight Wrinkle Defense Broad Spectrum Sunscreen SPF 30 PA++++, $54, at
1 Million Royal & Lady Million Royal, the new fragrances