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About this product

A hybrid sunscreen (mineral and chemical filters) with light tint and moisturizing benefits, formulated to even out skin tone while providing SPF 46 protection.

Full ingredients

Zinc Oxide (12%), Octinoxate (7.5%), Water/​Aqua/​Eau, Cyclopentasiloxane, Niacinamide, Oleth-3 Phosphate, Octyldodecyl Neopentanoate, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/​Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Glycerin, Polygonum Aviculare Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Triethoxysilylethyl Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Hexyl Dimethicone, Polyglyceryl-3 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, PEG-7 Trimethylolpropane Coconut Ether, Polyisobutene, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Disodium EDTA, Iron Oxides, Phenoxyethanol

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Guru Score

81%

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9 experts · Moderate agreement

What the gurus are saying

This hybrid sunscreen earns consistent praise for its dewy finish, lightweight feel, and ability to even out hyperpigmentation and redness in one step. The tint is genuinely universal for most skin tones, though a few gurus found it oxidizes orange on their skin or skews too deep on very fair complexions. One thing to know: it lacks water resistance, so it works best for everyday wear and winter rather than outdoor activities or water sports.
Synthesized from 9 expert reviews · most recent take September 2026

What they liked

  • Hybrid sunscreen that blends in well
  • Lightweight, doesn't feel heavy or greasy
  • Dewy finish with light coverage

What they flagged

  • Not water-resistant for outdoor activities

Type

SunscreenLiquid

Key actives

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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✓Yay
"I liked this sunscreen, the Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46 from Dermatology. It's a very true hybrid sunscreen, made with zinc as well as octinoxate."
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"I liked this sunscreen, the Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46 from Dermatology. It's a very true hybrid sunscreen, made with zinc as well as octinoxate."
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"The Dermatology Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46 is one of few hybrid Western sunscreens that I can use, and I love it. Somehow the tint actually works on my skin tone, I never believe universal shades, but this one works on my skin tone and I really like it. They do run some really good sales on their website as well."
✓Yay
"Dermatology as a brand has a lot of great tinted moisturizers. This is where I found one of my favorite tinted moisturizers. The Universal Tinted Moisturizer has a combo of zinc oxide, which is a mineral filter, and octinoxate, which is a chemical filter. [...] These have a pretty neutral tint to them which makes them pretty friendly for most skin types."
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"Dermatology as a brand has a lot of great tinted moisturizers. This is where I found one of my favorite tinted moisturizers. The Universal Tinted Moisturizer has a combo of zinc oxide, which is a mineral filter, and octinoxate, which is a chemical filter. [...] These have a pretty neutral tint to them which makes them pretty friendly for most skin types."
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"It's got enough tint in it to even out skin tone, so if you're looking for something that's really nice as a sunscreen and moisturizer and kind of foundation, this kind of does all of them. It's a combo chemical mineral sunscreen and it's still got a nice tone. The tone is universal for most people, except for the very very fair because it can end up making you look a little too deep. But overall, when you're just looking for something that's very quick and easy, this is nice."
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"The DRMTLGY Universal Tinted Moisturizer is very nice. This is another combo mineral chemical one. It's got a very nice finish and it applies with a tint to it, so it applies kind of like a light foundation or a color correcting cream."
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"It's a really nice sunscreen. It's got zinc oxide as well as octanoate, so it's a hybrid mineral chemical sunscreen. It's got a pretty nice universal tint to it and once it smooths into skin it just gives skin kind of a nice glow and feels really nice on the skin. No fragrance or anything like that, so it's pretty friendly for most skin types. Really nice foundation-free sunscreen."
✓Yay
"Things we've talked about on the channel tinted sunscreen would be dermatology universal tinted moisturizer, Ulta MD tinted daily, their UV daily, and their UV clear come in tinted formulations. [...] Those are all great to consider if you have melasma."
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"Things we've talked about on the channel tinted sunscreen would be dermatology universal tinted moisturizer, Ulta MD tinted daily, their UV daily, and their UV clear come in tinted formulations. [...] Those are all great to consider if you have melasma."
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"The Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46 is very nice, very lightweight. When I'm wearing a mask, like when I'm doing surgery, it's not staining the inside of my mask terribly."
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"I actually use their Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46 till this day so if I want a little tint because say I just had a procedure I just had a chemical peel and I want to prevent hyperpigmentation when it's a sunny day I'm going to wear tinted sunscreen to block visible light that will worsen hyperpigmentation so tint is so important."
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"The dupe for that would be DRMTLGY's Universal Tinted Moisturizer or their non-tinted moisturizer with SPF 46. Those are great sunscreens with niacinamide, but they also are hybrid, they have octinoxate and zinc oxide so they make it very lightweight and it blends into my skin. It's one of our favorites in our household that we use on a daily basis. It's not water resistant though, so that's more for protecting your skin on a daily basis without getting sweaty or jumping in the water."
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"So I like Dermatology Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46 this is the dupe to Ala MD's one of their greatest products"
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"I wanted to get a moisturizer with sunscreen that's tinted, and [...] I have to say, the DRMTLGY Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46, that one's still up there. [...] Love that one. It's considered to be a moisturizer, I love the finish of that one, my wife and I use that one the most. It has a light tint so it doesn't get on all your clothes, and it's just a lightweight texture to it."
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"Dermatology UV tinted moisturizer and their matte moisturizer with SPF are great tinted options for those who have hyperpigmentation, want to block visible light from worsening their hyperpigmentation. Especially if your skin of color, you want to block visible light as much as possible."
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"I'm liking the tinted Dermatology."
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"My wife's favorite is the DRMTLGY Universal Tinted Moisturizer. This one's not water resistant, it's more of a moisturizer with SPF, but the iron oxides in this, it's so nice. It's a lightweight tint, very good."
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"DRMTLGY Universal Tinted Moisturizer is another one of my favorites."
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"Whether it's Dermatology Universal tinted moisturizer that's a really good one"
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"For a hybrid sunscreen, [...] Dermatology Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46 has zinc oxide and octinoxate."
✓Yay
"I love their universal tinted moisturizer. It's a beautiful moisturizer."
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"It leaves you with such a nice dewy glow. Great if you have hyperpigmentation. So if you're somebody who's using remedy for dark spots, I highly recommend using a tinted sunscreen and I really think that you'll like this one. [...] The hybrid one is really my favorite. [...] Over the course of probably four or five years I've been strongly recommending this brand, and this one has stood the test of time, especially in the demographic of probably 20 to 50 year old women."
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"I love their universal tinted moisturizer. It's a beautiful moisturizer."
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"It Blends decently for having a mineral component it sits nicely it feels good and it's not clunky"
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"Their tinted sunscreen SPF 46 is a phenomenal sunscreen, and when you add that 30% discount to it, it really is a steal for this product. It's a staple in a lot of routines. If you're [...] using retinol for dark spots, I really do want you using a tinted sunscreen in the morning to really see that progress with it. So this is a good sunscreen to add into that routine."
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"This is a top seller ultimately, but just blends super well with the skin. It's a tinted sunscreen, and I love a tinted sunscreen, especially for those who are prone to hyperpigmentation. It gives you some cosmetic benefit, but the truth is when it comes to sunscreen, the only thing that I care about is whether it's going to be cosmetically elegant and does it meet the SPF rating of its intended goal. For me, this blends super well, blends in super nice. My wife uses this as a foundation dupe."
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"Very lightweight moisturizer, I'll say. It's more of a lotion than a cream in consistency. Lightweight moisturizer, it's also tinted, so great for hyperpigmentation, and is actually pretty near invisible, even though it's a mix between zinc oxide and octinoxate. Yeah, great moisturizer overall, easy to apply, foundation dupe, really can do a lot in a routine to help simplify things."
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"Unlike some of the other tinted moisturizers, this blends in pretty well and it doesn't pill as much as some of the other ones. My wife has been using this actually as her foundation, and I know some other people like Abby Young who use SPFs as foundation dupes as well for like four to maybe six months now consistently, and it's just worked great. It's super lightweight and it's not that greasy."
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"It leaves no white cast and definitely leaves you with a more [...] dewy hydrated finish. Even though I love this moisturizer and SPF for most people, for me it leaves me too dewy since I'm all about a matte finish, but it's certainly not a mattifying SPF. For me personally, I'll lean Dermatology, which actually surprises me because my thing has always been to double SPF as my moisturizer, especially in the summers."
✓Yay
"I love this product. I already have a replacement. It's the perfect sunscreen, it's the perfect color, it's very lightweight, it disappears, it gives me the coverage, it gives me a nice little glow. Perfection."
✓Nay
"One of their best sellers is their tinted version. However, that is just a little bit too on the orange side, on the pink side. It just doesn't match my skin"
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"One of their best sellers is their tinted version. However, that is just a little bit too on the orange side, on the pink side. It just doesn't match my skin"
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"I know a lot of you like their Universal tinted sunscreen and use it instead of a complexion product as sunscreen and makeup. I actually tried for quite a while to get that to work but it tends to oxidize on my skin to this kind of orange color once it soaks in. It just doesn't look very flattering to me. [...] For me personally their bestselling sunscreen, the Universal tinted sunscreen is a fail."
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"So many of you use this in place of a foundation, however I personally find it a little bit too warm for my skin tone. I'm about a Fitzpatrick one to two depending on the time of year and this is better for those with a skin tone closer to three or four."
✓Yay
"One I hadn't used for a while, but I recently brought back into my rotation and I forgot how good it is, is the DRMTLGY Universal Tinted Moisturizer. It's SPF 46. It's really hydrating. It helps kind of cancel out some of my hyperpigmentation and my redness. So to me, that's such a great multitasker."
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✓Yay
"I also suggest a hybrid sunscreen from Dermatology, and this is a great everyday facial moisturizer and it has niacinamide in it which is good for the redness of rosacea and also helps to address the moisture barrier and calm down inflammation."
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"I have the Dermatology Universal Tint but I've got invisible daily love this hydrating sheer this is a hybrid sunscreen that I wear some days it's good not my favorite hybrid sunscreen but it's pretty good."
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"I don't know, somehow I've bonded with it. This is one I love and adore. I mean it pretty much always makes its way into a sunscreen empties. My one thing with this is I do wish it were water resistant for days that you are mostly outdoors or doing outdoor activities or water-based sports, but for the winter time when you need a good moisturizer with sunscreen, this is one I can't recommend more strongly."
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"One of my all-time favorite facial sunscreens from Dermatology is their Universal Tint. It's an all mineral formula with zinc and titanium dioxide, and honestly that's a good choice for everyday use because it's a lot more likely to be tolerable."
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"It's tinted and it's fragrance free, it is a hybrid sunscreen so it has zinc and it has some organic filters. In my opinion for my skin tone there is no cast. The tint is not orangey at all. It has niacinamide and I love this, I mean it's like a favorite for me. The only thing is that it's not water resistant, but this brand makes some water resistant sunscreens that are pretty good. Easy to tolerate around the eyes."
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"I really like this it has niacinamide in it"
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"For my sunscreen I am back on the tinted hybrid sunscreen from DRMTLGY. I love this. I usually go through a pump bottle of this every season. I recently finished up one."
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"I also suggest a hybrid sunscreen from Dermatology, and this is a great everyday facial moisturizer and it has niacinamide in it which is good for the redness of rosacea and also helps to address the moisture barrier and calm down inflammation."
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"This is one of my favorite, most repurchased sunscreens. I did a video recently on the skincare products I keep buying over and over again, our most repurchased skincare products from 2023, and this made its way in there. I buy this all the time. It's a hybrid sunscreen, the first hybrid sunscreen I've mentioned in this empties video. Hybrid sunscreens are kind of the best of both worlds in terms of inorganic, aka mineral, and organic, aka chemical, sunscreen active ingredients."
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"I cannot say enough good things about DRMTLGY Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46. This [...] is hands down one of the best sunscreens I have ever encountered and it gets a lot of thumbs up across comments and reviews from people that I've recommended it to. [...] It's a hybrid sunscreen, so that means it has mineral actives and chemical actives, and I find these types of sunscreens are kind of a nice happy medium."
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"I absolutely adore this tinted facial moisturizer. It's a hybrid sunscreen so it has zinc, it also has some chemical filters and offers broad spectrum protection. It's a very hydrating, lightweight, comfortable to wear formula."
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"This is one of my favorite moisturizing sunscreens. This is a moisturizer and a sunscreen, which is important for many reasons. First of all, UV rays age your skin and actually contribute to blackhead formation by destroying the supportive framework around the skin. This one is tinted so it will help with hyperpigmentation too because of the iron oxides."
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"The Tint Blends into the skin very well when I am wearing this sunscreen and using it on a daily basis is my everyday moisturizer with sunscreen for day-to-day use I see a noticeable difference in just the smoothness Luminosity of my skin while wearing this so it really is cosmetically a very nice formula everything Dermatology I've ever tried has been a win and I even had the opportunity actually to visit their Factory where they make this and go on a tour and that was really fun [...] and this is one I buy over and over and over again this most recent bottle and the past few bottles I've actually purchased on Amazon so if you're an Amazon Shopper you can get it there it comes from them. The Dermatology one is a hybrid sunscreen so it has zinc and octinoxate in it it also has a tint so the tint comes from Iron oxides which may help in offering protection from visible light that could otherwise worsen hyperpigmentation especially for people who have medium to deep skin tones."
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"Their Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46 is so good. It has peptides which are also hydrating and may have an anti-inflammatory effect, [...] seaweed extract which is super hydrating, and [...] licorice root which calms down redness and is good for hyperpigmentation."
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"Please, please, please DRMTLGY, never ever discontinue this, I love it so much. I've probably gone through twenty bottles of this in my lifetime already. It's a hybrid sunscreen with zinc oxide and octinoxate, and it's become a holy grail tinted moisturizing sunscreen for many of you. It's not water resistant, so it's more of a day to day moisturizer with sunscreen kind of product."
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"This has to be one of my favorite moisturizers that happens to have sunscreen. It's not water resistant though, so I wouldn't rely on this if I'm going to be outdoors participating in sport or sweating a lot. [...] It also has niacinamide, which [...] may help with redness, hyperpigmentation, and [...] give a little bit of additional acne control, and it's [...] not greasy or shiny. [...] Now the tint and the cast aren't going to be universally agreeable with everyone."
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"One I think is a really good option, not sponsored, is the Dermatology Universal Tint. It has niacinamide in it, which is helpful for redness, which you're going to likely experience after dermaplaning."
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"I personally really love [...] the DRMTLGY Universal Tint SPF 46 moisturizer. It's an everyday moisturizer with SPF, it's tinted, it stays on well, I call it my no-brainer daily sunscreen. It's great for days when you're mostly indoors because it's not water resistant, I wouldn't rely on it for sport or swimming, [...] but it looks nice on the skin, I love it, it doesn't give that orangey hue, and it stays on well under makeup. It's more sheer than the color science product."
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"This tinted Universal SPF is one of my favorite, it's an easy no-brainer everyday sunscreen line. It's a facial moisturizer, and it keeps the skin moisturized and hydrated while giving me sun protection. I recommend putting sunscreen on every day, even if you're mostly indoors, it's a good habit to be in."
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"I love the tint on this, it's not too orange for me, more of a cafe au lait kind of color. It does have an odd odor, like a pool float, [...] but that doesn't linger. It has niacinamide and the bottle is like twenty to twenty four bucks. Since it's tinted, the iron oxides can help protect against [...] visible light from the sun, which can make hyperpigmentation more long lasting and more difficult to fade, especially if you have medium to deep skin tones."
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"The Dermatology Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46 is a product I have loved for a long, long time, and it looks really good on a variety of skin tones. It's [...] basically a facial moisturizer with sunscreen, a hybrid sunscreen with zinc and octinoxate, and it's [...] tinted. This one, in my opinion, is not orange at all, [...] it does not leave an orange hue, it's more of a light tan to creamy mocha tint and it blends into my skin well."
✓Mixed
"I'm going to give this a 6.5 out of 10 only because the tint just isn't there. I can only wear this if I'm self-tanning, so it would be nice if they came out with some other options for shades because even if you have a darker skin tone this possibly may not even work. We need like a light, a medium, and a deep shade here. I just don't feel like this color is going to work for everyone."
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What the evidence says.

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

Niacinamide

Niacinamide has evidence behind it for redness, uneven tone and supporting the skin barrier, and it is usually well tolerated even by skin that reacts to most things.

Source: DermNet

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

Frequently asked.

What is DRMTLGY Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46?

A hybrid sunscreen (mineral and chemical filters) with light tint and moisturizing benefits, formulated to even out skin tone while providing SPF 46 protection.

Is DRMTLGY Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46 worth it?

Mostly yes. 7 of the 9 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 81%.

What is DRMTLGY Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46's Guru Score?

DRMTLGY Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46 holds a Guru Score of 81%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 9 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.

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