A mineral sunscreen tint in SPF 30 with titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, available in four shades to match different skin tones, designed to provide sun protection with light coverage and a hydrating finish.
Multiple shades that actually blend across skin tones earn consistent praise, with dermatologists and influencers highlighting the mineral filters, hydrating formula, and lightweight feel under makeup. The tradeoff is shine: those with oily skin or a preference for matte finishes may find it too dewy and glossy, though the same moisture-rich texture makes it excellent for dry skin and works as a foundation replacement for many. SPF 30 is the one limitation some note when SPF 50 would be preferred.
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"I like Neutrogena. They have done a great job with having various tones available for tinted sunscreen."
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"I love that they have multiple tints available for my patients with different skin tones so I give them a big thumbs up this past year for that. [...] I love the direction of that because we can't just come up with one version of your tinted sunscreen and assume that all of my patients can enjoy using it and so I like that they have different tones now."
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"Neutrogena has done a good job, I feel like they're ahead of the game [...] by having multiple shades of tint now. The medium works very well for my skin tone which is like Fitzpatrick skin type 3. I love that Neutrogena has various shades, they have a light shade, they have a medium, [...] and then they have two other shades darker than this and those are for skin tones darker than mine. Why do I rave about tinted sunscreens is that it has iron oxide."
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"I really have to commend Neutrogena for making a tinted sunscreen line. They say oh we're late to the game, but I have to commend them for having multiple shades here. So we have light for say fair skin individuals, like fair skin Asians. I'm a little bit on the darker side, I like the medium, the medium works well for my skin type. Fitzpatrick skin type 4, 5, 6, you might want to consider the medium deep to the deep."
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"Incorporate a tinted sunscreen like [...] Neutrogena and Beauty of Joseon have different shades, which I love. They're being very all-inclusive in terms of having available shades for various skin tones."
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"I have really appreciated the Neutrogena coming out with the mineral UV tint with vitamin D SPF 30 and I love that they have different tints here we have mild medium deep and deep tones here and so the one that fits me would be medium."
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"I like Neutrogena. They have done a great job with having various tones available for tinted sunscreen."
"Another one that I like a lot is the Neutrogena Pure Screen. This is also a tinted mineral."
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"This is an SPF 30 and this one I would compare to the SRA V sunscreen but the advantage to this one over say the SRA ve is that this one comes in four shades. It stayed pretty shiny on my skin, it stayed pretty oily feeling on my skin, pretty wet and damp, didn't really dry back 100% on me. But I think this is formulated more like the SRA with drier skin people in mind. This is going to be very hydrating if you have dry skin, it's going to sink right in and it's going to be perfect on you."
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"But I gotta say I love this one because of how makeup went on over it. It really was great under makeup. The shine did come through and I did look shinier and shinier throughout the day, but under normal circumstances where I can reduce the shine during the day, this is really great under makeup. It didn't settle in my wrinkles, it didn't wear off super fast, and it was a great one. [...] It is an SPF 30, though, and you know I prefer an SPF 50."
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"The winner of my mineral sunscreen testing video for this year was Neutrogena Pure Screen Mineral UV Tint Face Liquid and this is a great little sunscreen. It's an SPF 30, and what I really liked about this is that it has 21.6% zinc oxide. [...] It comes in four different shades, it was pretty good under makeup. [...] It does look really nice on the skin on its own. The tint isn't heavy, it doesn't look mineral."
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"Neutrogena Pure Screen Tinted is a great tinted mineral sunscreen and it won my sunscreen testing video a couple of years ago. It comes in three shades so you can get a shade match, and it is a really hydrating sunscreen, so great for people with dry skin. It is normally around $20 and is now $13.88."
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"One of my favorite tinted mineral sunscreens is [...] from Neutrogena, it's an SPF 30 and it comes in four shades. Usually tinted mineral sunscreens come in one shade and you can't get a shade match, but with this one you can definitely find a shade match, and it's very very hydrating."
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"Another one that I like a lot is the Neutrogena Pure Screen. This is also a tinted mineral."
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"The pigments function to hide the white cast and it does that really really well. There's no white cast with any of these. It rubs in so quickly and easily and it just looks great on the skin. It's not super shiny. It does give you a little bit of a healthy dewy glow. So I think it's a really great sunscreen to wear on its own. I've been reaching for it so much for a casual Saturday when I don't want to wear any makeup. I can just put this on and go, and I really like that about it."
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"It rubs in and spreads easily and evenly over the skin with no balling, no pilling, no streaking. There are no problems around the hairline or the eyebrows, there's no white cast, there's no smell, and the finish is pretty luminous. It does still feel a little bit greasy and a little bit oily on the surface of your skin even after twenty minutes of dry back. Foundation goes on over this really beautifully and looks natural and really nice. The shine does come through the makeup."
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"Another really great sunscreen to pick up at the drugstore is the Neutrogena Mineral UV Tint. This is an all mineral SPF 30, also tinted, and it comes in four shades as well. This one retails for $20 for 1 ounce. This is going to be a lot more hydrating with a really super glowy, dewy finish. For me, it was like a little too glowy and dewy, especially at the end of the day under makeup. But I did really enjoy it and I felt like it looked youthful under my makeup. It's a really good sunscreen."
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"Neutrogena has a really nice tinted sunscreen."
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"The Neutrogena Pure Screen Mineral UV Tint Face Liquid, this one's great for actually in the winter time sometimes when my skin gets drier after a procedure things like that. It uses 3.2% titanium dioxide and 21.6% zinc oxide and it's really nice, really friendly tint. [...] I think they have four different tints so this one was light and I've tested this one in a lot of videos."
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"I also really enjoy the Neutrogena Pure Screen Mineral UV Tint Face Liquid. I think they have four different tints and these are wonderful."
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"It's a really nice hydrating mineral sunscreen with a little bit of tint in it. I have the light shade and it's perfect for me. It really [...] evens the skin tone out a bit. [...] I still need to use foundation over it but I'm okay with that because it's [...] really nice and hydrating. No fragrance in it which is also really wonderful. The bottle's kind of tiny though, 1.1 ounces, which is really small for sunscreen. [...] I'm not a big fan of tiny sunscreens."
"It's 100% mineral sunscreen. It does have vitamin E in it, so it's naturally hydrating. I don't know that you have to have a moisturizer under it. It prevents that sun induced wrinkles, dark spots, fine lines, discoloration. It's super lightweight, so it's going to layer really nice under makeup. It's almost sheer, really lightweight feeling. It comes in four different shades. The key ingredients here, pure mineral again, are the titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, and vitamin E."
"This has four shades, but they all blend out so beautifully that I think each shade covers quite a wide range of different skin tones. This is quite sheer, but during the summer I don't really wear makeup, and I love a good skin tint that's quite flattering, and this is it. This is also a glowy formula, it's quite moisturizing as well, it gives you that really healthy, hydrated skin. For some reason I actually have a really hard time finding this in drugstores."
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"I love that this is a drugstore option that gives me the same experience as a lot of the more luxury green beauty sunscreens. [...] Those mineral sunscreens I love because they are blendable, they are lightweight, and also they give me that beautiful glowy finish that I love so much. So if you're not a fan of glowiness and you prefer the dry touch mineral sunscreens, then there are other options for you. I prefer the medium, this is what I use."
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"This has four shades, but they all blend out so beautifully that I think each shade covers quite a wide range of different skin tones. This is quite sheer, but during the summer I don't really wear makeup, and I love a good skin tint that's quite flattering, and this is it. This is also a glowy formula, it's quite moisturizing as well, it gives you that really healthy, hydrated skin. For some reason I actually have a really hard time finding this in drugstores."
"This is a great tinted pure mineral sunscreen. I really like this one from Neutrogena first of all because it contains four different shades that can really blend in nicely depending on your skin tone, so it offers a range. And it's got mineral filters that are less irritating. And it's got ingredients that are hydrating but also really has a nice elegant smooth silky finish. I really have been loving this in the morning under makeup."
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"This is a great tinted pure mineral sunscreen. I really like this one from Neutrogena first of all because it contains four different shades that can really blend in nicely depending on your skin tone, so it offers a range. And it's got mineral filters that are less irritating. And it's got ingredients that are hydrating but also really has a nice elegant smooth silky finish. I really have been loving this in the morning under makeup."
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"The Neutrogena Pure Screen comes in multiple shades, four shades to match your different skin tones, and it does not leave a white cast. I really love that one because it's mineral, fragrance free, great for sensitive skin. And if you're prone to hyperpigmentation, the iron oxide that makes up the tint can really protect your skin from visible light that can cause persistent hyperpigmentation."
"This is a really good sunscreen. It's SPF 30, it's mineral, it's Neutrogena, it's tinted, and they have like various shades which is nice as well. I do like it as a foundation replacement. This is also a very moisturizing formula. It adds a little bit of a tint, nothing too crazy, but for summertime and like bronzy skin I really like that, just like a nice sheer coverage that's comfortable."
"This formula is super lightweight but it's moisturizing and this gives that light coverage as well. So if you have any redness or let's say you have blemishes dark spots, this doesn't exactly cover that up. I feel like your redness and your blemishes will still shine through at least from the experience that I have had with this."
"I really like this one because the finish ends up being really dewy and kind of just luminous and hydrating looking. This is a really great option for your kind of like no makeup makeup days where you want just a little subtle coverage over the skin but you don't want to really put on a bunch of makeup. This does a good job covering some subtle redness on the face which I definitely have. I [...] get lots of compliments on my skin when I have this on."
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"The Neutrogena tinted one of the greatest budget new sunscreen releases this year. You can kind of use this in place of a lightweight foundation. It's SPF 50 so this is a must-have. Do not pay full price for this. This one looks absolutely gorgeous on the skin."
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"I really like this one because the finish ends up being really dewy and kind of just luminous and hydrating looking. This is a really great option for your kind of like no makeup makeup days where you want just a little subtle coverage over the skin but you don't want to really put on a bunch of makeup. This does a good job covering some subtle redness on the face which I definitely have. I [...] get lots of compliments on my skin when I have this on."
"I think unfortunately Neutrogena is discontinuing these pure screens. I'm hoping that they come out with them again and rename them and basically put them in a better bottle. That's what I'm hoping for because I love these. They're [...] water resistant if I remember correctly. They have I want to say five shades altogether. They're really good. Really, really good."
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"This one from Neutrogena is a 2023 skincare favorite. It comes in four shades and it blends into the skin nicely. I love that it's water resistant. It looks really good. It's kind of on the pricey side though, but I think it looks better than that bubble one."
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"The mineral pure screen I believe is fragrance free"
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"I finished another tube of the Neutrogena Pure Screen Mineral UV Tint SPF 30. This formula I adore from Neutrogena. Water resistant up to 80 minutes. This is a mineral sunscreen it has zinc and titanium dioxide and it's tinted with iron oxides which can help in offering some protection against visible light that comes from the Sun and can worsen hyperpigmentation. I [...] love this, it's free of fragrance. [...] There's no niacinamide in this."
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"I got some more of my Neutrogena Pure Screen Mineral UV Tint Face Liquid, love this. I like the shade medium. I can also get away with the shade light."
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"The other one that I suggest is Neutrogena Pure Screen. It is a tinted mineral sunscreen, water resistant. That would be another great option, and it comes in light, medium, medium deep, and deep shades."
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"One of my favorites is the Pure Screen Tinted Sunscreen from Neutrogena. Over the years I have just shied away from a lot of mineral sunscreens because I find that in order for me to really vibe with a mineral sunscreen it's got to be a really nice fluid consistency, and a lot of times they're just too thick, too heavy, take a lot of time to put on. This one is really nice."
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"I think unfortunately Neutrogena is discontinuing these pure screens. I'm hoping that they come out with them again and rename them and basically put them in a better bottle. That's what I'm hoping for because I love these. They're [...] water resistant if I remember correctly. They have I want to say five shades altogether. They're really good. Really, really good."
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"If you don't like chemical sunscreens, you find they burn and sting, try the Neutrogena Pure Screen Mineral UV Tint Face Liquid. It's really good, it comes in five different shades. It's water resistant and the iron oxides that offer the tint can protect you against visible light from the sun that leads to dark spots, especially if you have a medium to deep skin tone."
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"You also have Neutrogena's Pure Screen tinted sunscreen, comes in four shades. Depending on the shade you choose and where you're buying it from, it can be on the pricey side. Like when this line of sunscreen first launched, they were like eighteen bucks, but they have come down in price, there'll be sales, keep your eyes peeled. I like that it comes in a few shades, no niacinamide if you're sensitive, and it is water resistant SPF 30."
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"They did such an excellent job on this sunscreen in terms of creating a formula that is not chalky or casty. [...] You have a variety of shades to choose from and I do think overall they balanced out the pigments in these really well. They are nice formulas, they look really good on the skin, easy to apply, great if you're very sensitive, they're not greasy, they're not oily, they don't look shiny on the skin."
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"I love these Pure Screen four shades, iron oxides are going to be the inactive ingredient and they offer protection against wavelengths of visible light that come largely from the Sun and contribute to hyperpigmentation. I love this, this is a tinted chemical sunscreen or organic sunscreen if you will, but the tint in this does not come from iron oxides it comes from a caramel color so that's not going to protect you against the visible light."
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"My all-time favorite that's great but I love love love the tinted, the UV tint. This is really good. It was like eighteen dollars when it first came out but it's come down in price."
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"This year I've just been so in love with the Neutrogena purescreen. It comes in four shades, light, medium, medium deep, and deep. The medium really [...] looks pretty good for me and [...] the light also works well. These tinted mineral sunscreens from Neutrogena don't have that orangey hue to them, and they're easy to tolerate around the eyes, as is the case with mineral sunscreens."
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"If you're going to be outside running, biking, or in the pool, [...] you're going to need a water resistant sunscreen. I highly, highly, highly recommend the Neutrogena Pure Screen tinted mineral sunscreens, those are great."
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"That's roughly the price of the Neutrogena Purescreen tinted sunscreen, I would go with that. [...] The tint in the Neutrogena one that I like so much offers some protection against visible light, which can lead to more stubborn hyperpigmentation in deeper skin tones."
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"A water resistant tinted sunscreen you should try is the Neutrogena Purescreen+. It comes in four different shades. I just repurchased it on Amazon and I love it."
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"But the packaging on those is messy, if you're not careful when you squeeze the tubes [...] a lot oozes out and ends up wasting product, [...] they don't have the mix of antioxidants like the sodium ascorbyl phosphate and licorice root compounds, and they were on the pricier side, more expensive per ounce than the Eucerin one."
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"I love this, it is a zinc and titanium dioxide mineral sunscreen with a tint. [...] This does not have niacinamide, [...] so if you find niacinamide burns and stings you're good here. The formula is [...] pretty no nonsense, no fragrance. [...] I've been very impressed with these, they have very good spread on the skin but they're not overly shiny, they just give the skin a nice healthy demi matte finish, a nice base for makeup."
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"I'm down to the last dregs of the light shade of these Neutrogena UV tints, and I already finished the medium shade, so I'm going to have to reorder them."
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"I've been loving the [...] tinted mineral sunscreens from Neutrogena so much that I've taken a break from the one I usually wear."
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"You guys were asking where you can get the Neutrogena tinted mineral sunscreen that I reviewed for y'all, and I'm currently using and loving and adoring it. [...] I find that I do well with the light shade and the medium shade, there's also a medium deep shade and then the deep shade, the deep shade's too deep for me, but the medium deep kind of looks like I have bronzer on."
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"I have yet to come across a drugstore tinted sunscreen that is as good as this, that looks as good as this. It doesn't provide as much in the way of actual camouflage of dark spots or light spots, but it really does blend into the skin, giving a very natural appearance. It is actually quite sheer, there's no cast for me with the shade medium, maybe a little bit at the hairline with the light shade, but I'm still able to wear it and [...] I think it looks good."
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"I recently reviewed for you guys the Neutrogena mineral sunscreens, the tinted mineral sunscreens, and I'm loving those. I'm actually currently wearing one right now. In contrast to the elf ones, the Neutrogena ones are water resistant, but you only get four shades, and they're all mineral, there's no chemical filter in the Neutrogena ones."
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"I've been wearing the medium shade of the Neutrogena Purescreen+ mineral UV tint face liquid, and today I'm trying the light shade. [...] I just love these sunscreen formulas. Even the light shade doesn't [...] leave any cast on me."
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"I've been really happy with them, I've been so impressed with how sheer these are. I just love these. I'm so excited because [...] the drugstore has been seriously slacking in a variety of tinted mineral sunscreens, there are only a handful of them, and Neutrogena coming out with these has made me really happy, because this past year we haven't gotten much in the way of new, novel, exciting sunscreens here in the US."
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"The consistency is a slightly thick fluid that takes some time to rub in and can feel a little sticky and stiff. It's SPF 30, which is fine for everyday use, though I'd want a higher SPF for a long day outdoors. I give these a 4.5 out of five for a drugstore tinted mineral sunscreen, so far these win. They're currently going for $16.99, which is on the expensive side for a drugstore sunscreen, but for a drugstore tinted sunscreen that is this good, [...] I think the price is worth it."
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"I'm really impressed with Neutrogena's new tinted mineral sunscreens, four shades. The Neutrogena ones are SPF 30, [...] it's like pluses and minuses compared to the SPF 50 one, but I'm really impressed with them."
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"I've tried this Neutrogena Tinted Sunscreen before and it's pretty good, but it's not like a full package because it's titanium dioxide plus a chemical filter. If [...] you see titanium dioxide but don't see zinc oxide in the ingredients, that's an indicator that it's not likely the most broad-spectrum in terms of UVA coverage. You really want zinc in there as well."
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.
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.
What is Neutrogena Pure Screen Mineral UV Tint Face Liquid?
A mineral sunscreen tint in SPF 30 with titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, available in four shades to match different skin tones, designed to provide sun protection with light coverage and a hydrating finish.
Is Neutrogena Pure Screen Mineral UV Tint Face Liquid worth it?
Yes. All 10 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 88%.
What is Neutrogena Pure Screen Mineral UV Tint Face Liquid's Guru Score?
Neutrogena Pure Screen Mineral UV Tint Face Liquid holds a Guru Score of 88%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 10 expert reviewers we have collected. It is also Guru Certified, our mark for products that hold broad approval across many expert reviewers.
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