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Whether you’re lounging at the beach or sipping spritzes in your backyard, any blissful time spent in the sun means more exposure to its rays, which can wreak havoc on skin if you’re not careful. Nothing can — or should — replace a protective layer of sunscreen, as Dr. Howard Sobel, a dermatologist at Lenox Hill Hospital and the founder of Sobel Skin, reminds us. “For the best sun protection, you should always be wearing regular sunscreen,” he says. But nowadays there are lots of ways to add an extra dose of protection to that provided by your sunscreen because more and more beauty brands are formulating everything from tinted moisturizers to eye shadows with SPF in them. Below, we’ve compiled a list of all the makeup with SPF we’ve written about on the Strategist — which, we’ll remind you, should be used in tandem with your favorite sunscreen, not as a replacement for it. (While we’ve written about a lot more skin care with SPF, here we’re focused on products that are decidedly makeup.)
If you’re looking for a spot in your makeup routine to add more SPF, face makeup is a good place to start. We’ve heard about this Ilia skin tint from dermatologists and makeup artists alike. Makeup artist Jaleesa Jaikaran explains the product is “first of a kind for its formula, which combines skin care, SPF, and coverage.” Dermatologist Caroline Robinson, the founder of