Foundation and sunscreen in summer

[citygirl1961]

I have a light foundation with Sun protection and I use one cream for day and night with no Sun protection and don't want to buy day and night creams. Is the sun protection in foundation enough in summer. I also have a tinted moisturiser with Sun protection so would that be better.

It depends what you mean by 'enough'?

Most people won't put on enough sun cream to get the full SPF advertised as you spread it too thinly. I think this is especially true of foundation although Caroline Hirons says she gets all her SPF from her makeup. SPF simply states how long you can stay out without burning - you are still supposed to reapply it every few hours which is unlikely if you are wearing makeup.

If you simply don't want to burn, and you aren't burning, then yes it's probably 'enough'. If you want the full ageing prevention aspect of sun screen, then it probably isn't.

If you are going for anti-ageing then you should be using something that is SPF 30 or above and has UVA protection as well. Lots of people including me use the logic that if you start high, you are probably still getting a reasonable SpF, and that might last throughout the day without topping up.

Very few foundations have SPF 30 (lord knows, I've looked) - but many sunscreens make a good makeup base and there are lots of primers with good SPF.

I use SunSense Daily Face SPF 50 instead of a day cream but I'm a rare makeup wearer. You could use it as a base or have a proper tinted moisturiser/BB/CC cream with SPF 30 instead for more coverage.

"Many foundations and other makeup products offer a built-in sun protection factor (SPF). Is that your smartest beauty solution? Dermatologist Leslie Baumann, MD, says giving in to that temptation would be a mistake.

"Makeup does not provide enough coverage," she says. "You need seven times the normal amount of foundation and 14 times the normal amount of powder to get the sun protection factor on the label. No one does this.""
From www.webmd.com/beauty/sun/sunscreen-and-your-makeup-routine

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/beauty/article-2180742/The-sun-screen-cosmetics-swindle-How-make-products-claim-protect-sun-damage-leave-dangerously-exposed.html

I use a separate sun cream as I simply don't believe that I use enough foundation/tinted moisturiser to get the full protection, and I've always been told that sun creams need to be re-applied every few hours - and I cannot see myself layering foundation several times a day.

I use Clinique City Block and it's very good - it works well with my skin and makeup, and I can wear it alone if I want to. I've had issues with other sun creams that broke me out complete, such as La Roche-Posay.

I just looked at the same thing. I wanted a good sun cream with high SPF I could wear under make up. Apart from the above suggestions I found a Elizabeth Arden 8 hr facial sun cream on boots website that looks good and also a soap and glory one. Both had good reviews. I can't do a link as the boots websites down sorry.