Paula's Choice Super Light Daily Wrinkle Defense SPF 30

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

"It's pure mineral with zinc oxide at 33%, and the thing I like about this is it comes out as a really silky lightweight cream. It's different from other options, really more lightweight and more like a cream. I really like this because it's great for normal to oily skin, it's non-comedogenic, and so if you're looking for a more lightweight sunscreen, if you're oily or acne-prone, then this is a great option for you."

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"It's pure mineral with zinc oxide at 33%, and the thing I like about this is it comes out as a really silky lightweight cream. It's different from other options, really more lightweight and more like a cream. I really like this because it's great for normal to oily skin, it's non-comedogenic, and so if you're looking for a more lightweight sunscreen, if you're oily or acne-prone, then this is a great option for you."

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"This one is made with 13.3% zinc oxide so it is a mineral sunscreen lightly tinted. [...] It contains babol and willow bark extract to help soothe inflamed skin that's red and also quite an impressive antioxidant blend that's in the sunscreen itself. It has EGCG which is derived from green tea, THD ascorbate which is a great stabilized form of vitamin C, lutin which is found in plants as well as Resveratrol an antioxidant found in grapes. This sunscreen does so much."

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195k subs

✓Yay

"This is one of my favorites by the way. This is the Super Light Daily Wrinkle Defense broad spectrum SPF 30. This has a zinc oxide of 13 and I've been talking about this for a few years now and it has a beautiful formula. This contains antioxidants, it contains Resveratrol, so great to protect the skin from the environment, great for signs of aging, and also this has willow bark extract which has this calming soothing property to it."

HotandFlashy

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✓Yay

"I use the Paula's Choice super light SPF 30 mixed with the Elta MD as part of my daily sunscreen routine."

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"I use the Paula's Choice super light SPF 30 mixed with the Elta MD as part of my daily sunscreen routine."

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"I'm glad I finished this up and I'm probably not going to purchase another one of these because I found another sunscreen that I like mixing with the LTMD better than the Paula's Choice."

Cassandra Bankson

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✓Yay

"Paula's Choice has this one which our beautiful butterfly Paula actually loves. [...] This is the Super Light Daily Wrinkle Defense Broad Spectrum SPF 30. And it also has antioxidants and resveratrol. This one is again fragrance free and this one is hyaluronic acid free as well. So really, really good for rosacea prone skin. I would say this is phenomenal if you want a regular sunscreen, this is excellent."

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The Budget Dermatologist

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✓Yay

"This is my top favorite tinted mineral sunscreen, the Super Light Daily Wrinkle Defense. It's all mineral and [...] tinted so it doesn't give a white cast. I love it because it's weightless on the skin, it absorbs right in instead of sitting like a thick layer like a lot of mineral sunscreens do. It also has vitamin C in it for an extra antioxidant boost. For Prime Day it's 30% off, as big a discount as Paula's Choice ever offers."

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All 4 takes from The Budget Dermatologist

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"It contains vitamin C in it in the THD ascorbate form and it has vitamin E. It is all mineral and it is sheerely tinted with no white cast and I think that this would blend really nicely on a variety of skin tones. This is very lightweight on the skin, it leaves a little bit of a dewy finish. If you really can only get one SPF ever, this is going to be one of your top contenders and it's reasonable price too."

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"This is my number one pick of everything I saw for sale for SPFs on Prime Day. [...] It's one of my favorite sunscreens ever for several reasons. [...] I love this because it's 100% mineral, but it is very sheerely tinted, so it's not going to leave a white cast on your skin. I think this can blend in and match many different skin tones. [...] What I also love about this is that it contains vitamin C, so an antioxidant. In my opinion, makes a sunscreen much more effective and complete."

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"This is my top favorite tinted mineral sunscreen, the Super Light Daily Wrinkle Defense. It's all mineral and [...] tinted so it doesn't give a white cast. I love it because it's weightless on the skin, it absorbs right in instead of sitting like a thick layer like a lot of mineral sunscreens do. It also has vitamin C in it for an extra antioxidant boost. For Prime Day it's 30% off, as big a discount as Paula's Choice ever offers."

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"I discovered this sunscreen when I was doing a deep dive looking for sunscreens with one particular ingredient, and this one [...] was way better than the others. I have been using it constantly since I discovered it. [...] It has the best form of vitamin C that I was looking for, which is the tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate form."

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✓Yay

"This is the nicest zinc oxide product I've ever tried. [...] Zinc oxide is so annoying to use in sunscreens because basically zinc oxide doesn't absorb UV very well, so you need to put a lot of it into a product to get a decent SPF. But zinc oxide is an inorganic mineral, which means it's basically like powdered clay or ground-up rock. [...] This one is tinted a little bit to try to hide that white cast, and it works really well on my skin."

What the evidence says.

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

Vitamin C

Topical vitamin C is an antioxidant with reasonable evidence for dullness and uneven tone. It breaks down in light and air, so how a product is formulated and packaged matters as much as the percentage on the front.

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

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 Paula's Choice Super Light Daily Wrinkle Defense SPF 30?

A lightweight, lightly tinted mineral sunscreen with broad spectrum SPF 30, designed for daily facial use to protect skin from the sun and support a wrinkle-defense routine.

Is Paula's Choice Super Light Daily Wrinkle Defense SPF 30 worth it?

Yes. All 6 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 86%.

What is Paula's Choice Super Light Daily Wrinkle Defense SPF 30's Guru Score?

Paula's Choice Super Light Daily Wrinkle Defense SPF 30 holds a Guru Score of 86%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 6 expert reviewers we have collected. It is also Guru Certified, our mark for products that hold broad approval across many expert reviewers.