SUPERGOOP! | MINERAL SHEERSCREEN SPF 30 PA+++

This review was originally part of my blog article titled, Three Dope Products I Copped In The Sephora Bi Sale From Drunk Elephant, Supergoop And Indie Lee. You can catch the full piece here.

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Nothing gets me more excited than the bi-annual Sephora Beauty Insider sale. Like many people, I like to pre-fill my shopping cart in the week or so before the sale so I only need to go back when the event begins and hit the buy button. It also serves to assure that I’m not buying skincare products on impulse. We’re all guilty of that. So, the whole thing has become rather strategic for me.

In the FW20 Sephora Beauty Insider sale six months ago, I picked up a treasure trove of skincare to brace myself for the dry, dehydrating, cold months ahead. Among the products, I called out three in particular that stood out – the super soothing Farmacy Honey Potion, a new fermented toner from Sunday Riley amusingly called Pink Drink and a serious acid cleanser – the Sobel Skin Rx 27% Glycolic Acid Facial Cleanser. I have since repurchased Sunday Riley’s Pink Drink three times! It’s one of the best fermented toners I’ve come across.

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This spring, I guess I copped a dozen or so products in all – some new, some refills of existing faves I was running low on (like Pink Drink!). Of the twelve, three new products have brought me tremendous joy over the last couple of weeks. I guess you’d say they were three of my favorite product discoveries of 2021.

I picked up an incredible toning mist powered by CoQ10, one of the most potent antioxidants in the body. The Indie Lee CoQ-10 Toner is not only a terrific hydrating toner, but the first product I’ve tried from the brand.

Next in the collection is Drunk Elephant’s Protini Powerpeptide Resurfacing Serum — the first extension of the brand’s uber popular Protini Polypeptide Moisturizer. To this day, Protini is the top-selling Drunk Elephant product at Sephora and consistently ranks in the top 20 face creams.

The third product I picked up at the sale is a new mineral sunscreen from one of my favorite sunscreen brands, Supergoop! The Supergoop! Mineral Sheerscreen SPF 30 PA+++ has an incredible texture and has earned its place as one of my favorite daily sunscreens.

With that, let’s take a look one of the products I copped in the SS21 Sephora sale…

Supergoop! | Mineral Sheerscreen SPF 30 PA+++

Do you use sunscreen every single day? Supergoop! (and I!) sure hope you do. In fact, “Every. Single. Day.” is the brand’s tagline. I think it’s genius. And I love their emphasis on the vital importance of sun protection.

I’ve said it a million times before: the best anti-aging cream is a well-formulated sunscreen. If you’re not wearing sunscreen, don’t bother spending money on skin care because nothing will reverse the damage the sun’s rays inflict on unprotected skin.

Two of my favorite sunscreens are from Supergoop!

I use the brand’s Bright-Eyed 100% Mineral Eye Cream SPF 40 in my eye area every. single. morning. With a subtle peachy hue and non-migrating texture, it’s simply one of the best sunscreens for eyes.

More recently, Supergoop! introduced perhaps their most innovative sunscreen for the face, the Daily Dose Vitamin C + SPF 40 Sunscreen Serum PA+++.

What sets the Supergoop! Daily Dose apart? It’s the whole package! The milky serum texture. The cute round bottle that fits in the palm of your hand. The fact that it’s infused with 10% Vitamin C in the form of 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid. And the way it transforms on the skin. It’s quite otherworldly and makes me feel like it’s right outta J-Beauty. It also makes me glow!

If you’re okay with a chemical sunscreen, Daily Dose should be your favorite new sunscreen, too!

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So naturally, any time Supergoop! comes out with a new sunscreen, particularly a mineral sunscreen, I’m down for it! And their latest introduction is the Mineral Sheerscreen SPF 30 PA+++.

Again, like Daily Dose, the texture is fire. It’s quite surprisingly light and has a slight mattifying effect, leaving no white cast. (At least on my relatively fair skin.)

The Supergoop! Mineral Sheerscreen is powered by a single mineral filter, Zinc Oxide — at a 17.5% concentration, amounting to a solid SPF 30. I always prefer and SPF 50, but an SPF 30 still blocks out 97% of the sun’s UVB rays, the ones that burn the skin.

What’s the percentage of UV rays blocked by sunscreen?

SPF 15 blocks 93% of UVB rays

SPF 30 blocks 97% of UVB rays

SPF 50 blocks 98% of UVB rays.

So, the difference between SPF 30 and SPF 50 is about 1 percent.

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In addition to the Zinc Oxide in the Supergoop! Mineral Sheerscreen, there are other pro-skin health actives, including humectant Glycerin and moisturizing Squalane and Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride — all three of which are in the top ten.

The one thing that’s lacking for me is the absence of any real antioxidant potency in the formula. Where’s the Rosa Centifolia Flower Extract, Jasmine Flower Extract, Daisy Flower Extract and Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract found in the Supergoop! Daily Dose?

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What’s the Difference between Mineral and Chemical Sunscreens?

For some real insights, there’s an excellent article by the Paula’s Choice Research Team titled, Mineral vs. Synthetic Sunscreen Ingredients available here. In the piece, the experts explain the differences and benefits between mineral and chemical sunscreens — and even dispel a myth or two:

“The two types of sunscreen ingredients are mineral and synthetic [chemical], and both are equally protective. Further reassuring is that each can be included in formulas created for every skin type. For example, if you have normal to oily skin, there are weightless, non-greasy options; if you have normal to dry skin, it’s possible to find skin-smoothing, hydrating SPF products.
What’s the Difference Between Mineral and Synthetic Sunscreen Ingredients?
The differences aren’t about which type is more effective; rather, it comes down to personal preference and how sensitive your skin is—mineral sunscreens are considered the most gentle options.
Mineral sunscreens: There are only two mineral sunscreen ingredients: titanium dioxideand zinc oxide. They work in skin's uppermost layers to both absorb and, to a lesser extent, deflect and scatter the sun’s harmful rays. These mineral ingredients are sometimes referred to as physical sunscreens or physical blockers, although that’s not a factual representation of how they work.
Synthetic sunscreens: There are over 30 synthetic sunscreen ingredients, all of which absorb into the top layers of skin, where they work similar to mineral sunscreens: by scattering and deflecting the sun’s harmful rays, and by converting UV rays into heat and “deactivating” them. (Don’t worry, you won’t feel a thing.) Common synthetic sunscreen ingredients include oxybenzone, octinoxate, octisalate, and avobenzone. These are sometimes labeled “chemical sunscreens,” which is both misleading and false. All skin care ingredients, even water, are chemicals.

Oh wait, I see something interesting wayyyyy down the INCI called Lespedeza Capitata Leaf/Stem Extract. Also known as Bush Clover Extract, Supergoop! claims it “protects skin from free radicals and oxidative stress from blue light.”

Does it?

Even if Bush Clover Extract does protect against “oxidative stress from blue light, there’s no scientific evidence that we need to be protecting our skin from the blue light emanating from our technology devices. And even so, it’s nearly the last ingredient.

No matter, the Supergoop! Mineral Sheerscreen is a damn good mineral sunscreen with a great texture, application and protection from the sun’s aging UV rays.

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