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All of which is to say, the texture is what got me first, a signal that the pH is where it should be. And I\u2019m not the only one who noticed. \u201cI am a longtime user of mineral sunscreen, and I have never experienced anything like this,\u201d says Shanna Shipin, senior commerce director. \u201cThis is such an elegant formula that is so lightweight, it performs like a chemical sunscreen\u2014I can hardly believe that there are mineral blockers in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sun Serum is fluid and serum-y, though not quite as runny as the Skin Tint Ilia fans know well. It glides on and blends without resistance\u2014blindfold me, and I\u2019d never guess it was sunscreen.<\/p>\n Close up video applying the Ilia Sun Serum Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50<\/p>\n <\/span>Christa Joanna Lee<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n On the skin-care front, Ilia focuses on lightweight but deep hydration. Hyaluronic acid (seven molecular weights, to be exact) is doing the bulk of the heavy lifting here\u2014Backman notes it\u2019s \u201cprimarily for hydration, but secondarily, it improves skin smoothness, film support and texture enhancement,\u201d helping counter that dry feel mineral sunscreens can leave behind. The formula\u2019s sugars add another layer by boosting moisture and supporting the skin barrier, while coneflower (echinacea) and arctic root extracts help regulate oil, so you\u2019re not trading dryness for midday shine.<\/p>\n Importantly, none of this seems to compromise the formula\u2019s stability. Because yes, adding humectants and plant extracts can interfere with zinc oxide if you\u2019re not careful. \u201cThey can, especially if they shift pH or introduce electrolytes that destabilize the dispersion,\u201d Backman says. \u201cWell-formulated systems are structured to keep zinc oxide evenly distributed and stable.\u201d<\/p>\n This, it seems, is one of those formulas that actually gets that mix right\u2014at least from where I\u2019m sitting. On my dry, sensitive skin, it felt impressively hydrating. It melted in seamlessly without catching on the flaky spots around my cheeks and nose, leaving everything looking more plump than parched. In this unpredictable transitional weather we\u2019re experiencing on the East Coast right now, that feels like a minor miracle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All of which is to say, the texture is what got me first, a signal that the pH is where it should be. And I\u2019m not the only one who noticed. \u201cI am a longtime user of mineral sunscreen, and I have never experienced anything like this,\u201d says Shanna Shipin, senior commerce director. \u201cThis is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beauty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}