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Olay Sensitive Mineral Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen.

Sunscreen

About this product

A mineral sunscreen with 17.5% zinc oxide offering broad-spectrum SPF 30 protection, formulated for sensitive skin with colloidal oatmeal, niacinamide, and tea leaf extract, fragrance-free.

Full ingredients

Zinc Oxide (17.5%), Water, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Isohexadecane, Glycerin, Steareth-21, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Colloidal Oatmeal, Niacinamide*, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4**, Hydroxyacetophenone, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Steareth-2, Laureth-7, Stearyl Alcohol, Behenyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Disodium EDTA, Polyacrylamide, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Phenoxyethanol

Guru Score

81%

Yay

Early verdict · Few reviews so far

What the gurus are saying

This mineral sunscreen with 17.5% zinc oxide skips the white cast that typically dogs mineral formulas on fair skin. It blends to a lightweight finish despite coming out thick, feels moisturizing enough to skip a moisturizer, and contains colloidal oatmeal that soothes sensitive skin and compromised barriers. One thing to keep in mind: it's not water resistant, so it won't hold up to swimming or heavy sweating.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take June 2024

What they liked

Lightweight texture, not heavy or greasy
Minimal white cast
Moisturizing formula with antioxidants

What they flagged

Price has increased recently

Best for

Sensitive skin

Type

SunscreenLotion

Key actives

Niacinamide PeptidesSPF

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Where to buy

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What the gurus are saying.

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Sincerely Miss Ash

195k subs

✓Yay

"This is all mineral with a zinc oxide of 17.5%. This is great for those that have sensitive skin or for those that experience compromised skin barriers due to active ingredients like tretinoin and so on. This contains colloidal oatmeal and this ingredient is very calming and soothing. It can help to repair the barrier, moisturize your skin, but also help to reduce itching, that burning sensation, and of course redness."

All 3 takes from Sincerely Miss Ash

NOTICEABLE RESULTS! ULTIMATE DRUGSTORE ANTI-AGING SKINCARE ROUTINE FOR BEGINNERS & ADVANCED USERS

"This is honestly the first sunscreen from the drugstore that I actually love. With drugstore sunscreens, I don't mind the ones from L'Oréal Posay, but anything else sometimes they're just too heavy, they're too greasy. Sometimes the tinted options are just too dark for my fair skin and nothing blends nicely. But this is incredible."

BUDGET FRIENDLY DRUGSTORE SKINCARE THAT YOU NEED TO TRY NOW IN 2024 - THESE GIVE THAT "WOW" FACTOR!

"There is no white cast, especially on my fair skin. A lot of mineral sunscreens will leave a slight cast on my fair skin, this one does not. It blends in so nicely. It comes out cream, and [...] when you start massaging this into your skin it turns into this really lightweight texture and consistency, and your skin absorbs it so nicely. Your makeup sits nicely on top of this as well, no peeling. [...] When I'm spreading this across the skin it just absorbs so quickly."

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Dr Dray

2.69M subs

✓Yay

"The Olay sensitive SPF 30 has gone up in price, [...] it used to be like twelve bucks and now it's like fifteen here at Walmart, which is probably the least expensive. It's a hybrid sunscreen, the cast is not bad and it's very moisturizing. It's just a good everyday moisturizer with sunscreen, and it has tea leaf extract and niacinamide, so antioxidants that may help minimize oxidative stress."

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

Peptides

Peptides are short protein fragments meant to signal repair. The evidence for them is thinner than for retinoids or vitamin C, and it varies a lot by the specific peptide, so the category is more promising than proven.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Olay Sensitive Mineral Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen?

A mineral sunscreen with 17.5% zinc oxide offering broad-spectrum SPF 30 protection, formulated for sensitive skin with colloidal oatmeal, niacinamide, and tea leaf extract, fragrance-free.

Is Olay Sensitive Mineral Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen worth it?

Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 81%.

What is Olay Sensitive Mineral Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen's Guru Score?

Olay Sensitive Mineral Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen holds a Guru Score of 81%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.