Tuesday 21 August 2012

Dermaquest ZinClear SPF 30 Review


This year I've been exploring the Dermaquest skincare line and the ZinClear SPF 30 sunscreen is a product I've been using for the past few months. The ZinClear was used on me post treatment at DestinationSkin, and I quite like the feel of these so first purchased the version without the tint.
As the name suggests, these are mineral based and contain 18.6% Zinc Oxide.

The texture of these feel lovely and creamy, quite a moisturising feel to them but still relatively light. I like that these don't feel like sunscreen and even though they are quite creamy, the texture is absorbed well and doesn't leave the skin feeling greasy (but not matte either) - I took the sunkissed version on holiday to Morocco recently and found it perfect in the 41 degrees celsius heat.

Dermaquest ZinClear SPF30 no tint (L),  Sunkissed tinted (R)
Dermaquest ZinClear SPF30 no tint (L),  Sunkissed tinted (R)
Dermaquest ZinClear SPF30 no tint (L),  Sunkissed tinted (R)
The verison with no tint leaves virtually no whitecast and I didn't really notice anything except there is a minuscule purple tone initially when applying. I do prefer the tinted one as it seems to even out the skin a tiny bit as the shade blends well into my skintone.

Ingredients:

Ingredients - untinted version
Ingredients - Sunkissed tinted

The downside to these is the price - they are around £40-something (depending on where purchased), but sometimes DestinationSkin have offers on the products as when I bought the regular version they had an offer where if you buy one product, the 2nd was half price (the tinted I purchased when there was no offer).
Despite this, I have been reaching for this constantly and it has now become one of my favourite products.

4 comments:

  1. Thanks for the review, I have been on a look out for a good sunscreen since the loss of Snowberry and this might well fit the bill :)

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    1. Hi Replica
      It is a shame about Snowberry, it's sad to see a good brand go:(
      The texture of the ZinClear is interesting and is the first thing that draws me in whenever I'm trying something new.

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  2. This looks really interesting Meeta, you know what I am like for sunscreens :) thanks for the review, really helpful. x

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    1. Hi Jan
      I was trying to be good as I have 2 other unopened sunscreens to use, but unusually for my beauty addict nature I repurchased this quite quickly.

      I'm looking forward to seeing what the revamped Becca one is like - the aqua packaging looks lovely.

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