Coppertone has a line of sunscreens called Clearly Sheer and if you’re picky about your sunscreens and done with the goopy and hard-to-use formulas, then you’re going to want to pick these ones up.
The sunscreen comes in a continuous spray formula, a body lotion, and a face lotion – all in SPF 30 or SPF 50. I’m avoiding the spray formula because my kids are usually around and I don’t want them to inhale any of it, but I love the lotions.
The lotions for the body and face are identical and use a mix of sunscreen ingredients as well as dimethicone and aluminum starch to give a silky smooth feel after the sunscreen is rubbed in. The face lotion comes in a hand pump bottle which makes it easy to dispense an appropriate amount of sunscreen for your face, but if you’re traveling out and about, you can just take the body lotion with you and be secure in knowing that it has the same weightless feel as the face lotion so you can use it on your face if need be. The starch gives the lotion a silky powdery feel, and the dimethicone makes it look matte but also helps it absorb oil as the day goes on.
What’s great about this lotion is that it’s clear almost as soon as you start to apply it on your skin and you can use lots without any whiteness of the lotion on your skin. It leaves a matte feeling on the skin and makeup goes on top quite easily.
This is definitely one of the best new sunscreens I’ve tried this year. You can find it at drugstores and mass retailers. I found it at Canadian Tire this year!
