Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Matte Sunscreen Gel SPF 45

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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✓Yay

"Another recommendation, especially for darker skin tones, is Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Matte SPF 45. They also have the kids SPF 50. It has no oxybenzone. Generally, it avoids a lot of the other filters that are older and have raised some questions. You do want to check homosalate on this because [...] the kids one has like 15% homosalate, so if that's an ingredient you want to avoid, that one's going to be kind of tough."

The Style and Beauty Doctor

222k subs

✓Mixed

"The texture feels greasy to me, and some people didn't love the texture of this. [...] There's some slight pilling that's going on here, and that can happen because sometimes the textures of your skincare products don't always play nicely together. [...] But after less than an hour, [...] the Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Matte doesn't feel greasy on my skin. [...] There is a whole bunch of grease on my hands, but it feels really good. My skin feels really good."

Doctorly

3.59M subs

✓Yay

"It's very similar to the Unseen sunscreen but it's mattifying, so my problem with the Unseen and a lot of the Supergoop ones is it leaves you dewy. But it's extremely good aesthetically. It's hard to find an invisible sunscreen that's also mattifying."

All 2 takes from Doctorly

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"It's very similar to the Unseen sunscreen but it's mattifying, so my problem with the Unseen and a lot of the Supergoop ones is it leaves you dewy. But it's extremely good aesthetically. It's hard to find an invisible sunscreen that's also mattifying."

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"Black Girl has [...] a matte sunscreen that is a chemical sunscreen but more mattifying, and those do really, really well for people with oily skin."

Dr Dray

2.69M subs

✓Yay

"Black Girl Sunscreen came out with a hybrid sunscreen and their sunscreens are really, I really like them. This one has got zinc and then it's got some chemical filters in it to protect against UVB. The Make It Matte gel is really nice, it has a nice kind of pore blurring effect, colorless, zero cast, all chemical sunscreen."

Cassandra Bankson

2.46M subs

✓Yay

"Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Matte is much more affordable and it is a mattifying sunscreen. So on these other areas where I'm still oily but my pores aren't as large, I can use these to keep things mattified. I absolutely love this. It's only one fluid ounce. If I could afford to do the two finger rule three times a day with this on my face, I absolutely would, but for the price, I just need to be cognizant of how I'm using this in my routine. Absolutely worth every single penny."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Matte Sunscreen Gel SPF 45?

A gel sunscreen with SPF 45 from Black Girl Sunscreen, designed to protect skin from UV rays while giving a matte finish.

Is Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Matte Sunscreen Gel SPF 45 worth it?

Mostly yes. 4 of the 5 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 77%.

What is Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Matte Sunscreen Gel SPF 45's Guru Score?

Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Matte Sunscreen Gel SPF 45 holds a Guru Score of 77%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 5 expert reviewers we have collected.