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Tatcha Silk Sunscreen SPF 50 Weightless Mineral Sunscreen.

Q: Is Tatcha Silk Sunscreen SPF 50 Weightless Mineral Sunscreen worth it?

The gurus are split. 4 of the 9 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 2 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 63%.

Q: What is Tatcha Silk Sunscreen SPF 50 Weightless Mineral Sunscreen's Guru Score?

Tatcha Silk Sunscreen SPF 50 Weightless Mineral Sunscreen holds a Guru Score of 63%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 9 expert reviewers we have collected.

Q: Who is Tatcha Silk Sunscreen SPF 50 Weightless Mineral Sunscreen best for?

Tatcha Silk Sunscreen SPF 50 Weightless Mineral Sunscreen is generally suited to oily skin, combination skin and sensitive skin.

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About this product

A weightless mineral sunscreen with SPF 50 featuring zinc oxide, designed to provide UV protection with a subtle tint and smooth finish.

Full ingredients

Zinc Oxide (10%), Aqua/Water/Eau, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Lauryl PEG-8 Dimethicone, Dimethicone, Isododecane, Tridecyl Salicylate, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Propanediol, Caprylyl Methicone, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Niacinamide, Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate, Silica, Squalane, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Cladosiphon Okamuranus Extract, Hydrolyzed Silk, Bisabolol, Allantoin, Tocopherol, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Extract, Arctium Lappa Root Extract, Kappaphycus Alvarezii Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Lecithin, Caesalpinia Spinosa Fruit Extract, Lactobacillus, Maltodextrin, Caprylyl Glycol, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, PEG-10, Polyglyceryl-2 Dipolyhydroxystearate, Propylene Glycol, Lauryl PEG-10 Tris(Trimethylsiloxy)silylethyl Dimethicone, Polyglyceryl-4 Diisostearate/Polyhydroxystearate/Sebacate

Guru Score

63%

Mixed

9 experts · Strong agreement

What the gurus are saying

This mineral sunscreen earns consistent praise for its light tint and comfortable feel, though opinions split sharply on whether it justifies the $60-64 price. Fans love that the tint is subtle enough not to look powdery, that it feels weightless and works well for sensitive skin, and that Tatcha finally fixed the old packaging that used to crumble. However, several gurus found it too shiny and greasy under makeup, and it can show as a white cast on deeper skin tones; for the price, most who didn't repurchase felt there were better mineral options out there. Best suited to those with fair to light skin who prioritize comfort over a matte finish.

Synthesized from 9 expert reviews · most recent take April 2026

What they liked

Lightweight, glowing finish
Fragrance-free, friendly for sensitive skin
Subtle tint, works with powder alone

What they flagged

Shiny and greasy under makeup
Pricey at $60 to $64
Not water resistant

Best for

Oily skin Combination skin Sensitive skin

Type

SunscreenLotion

Key actives

Niacinamide Hyaluronic acidVitamin ESPFSqualane

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Where to buy

Sephora → Ulta → Amazon → Google →

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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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No BS Beauty

89k subs

~Yay

"I like this option because it's not too tinted. It gives your skin kind of a glow, but you can still apply it liberally and apply a nice setting powder and it still looks great. It feels really nice on your skin, lightweight, there's no scent to it. It is on the pricey side, so that's the biggest downside, but this has to be probably one of my favorites for a nice [...] tinted sunscreen, and it's really friendly for sensitive skin as well."

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"Tatcha Silk Sunscreen, which is great. It's got two ultraviolet sunscreens in it."

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"The Tatcha Silk Sunscreen, it's expensive but they finally repackaged it because the old packaging had issues with flaking off and getting on your hands. This one uses 10% zinc oxide and it's really nice. It's a lovely sunscreen with a little bit of a tint to it, so you can get away with just setting it with powder and going for the day. [...] I do love this and this is probably one of my favorite mineral sunscreens."

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"It has no scent, it really feels nice on your skin. I'm glad they finally fixed the packaging because everyone was having issues with it cracking and peeling and flaking. A lot of people took preemptive measures and covered theirs with tape so it didn't flake off. But otherwise this is an amazing product. I absolutely love it, but it's so stupidly expensive."

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"I had that happen a lot with was a Tatcha sunscreen."

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"I've actually given them this sunscreen and it's the Tatcha Silk Sunscreen. It's so elegant, light, it just gives your skin a really nice glow and it works great under foundation. It's expensive but from the brands that I love, that I will do that, and it's just so lovely."

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"This is probably the most luxurious sunscreen. I really enjoy it. There's no fragrance in it, it's got a really nice silky texture to it. I don't use this daily, more like if it's very hot, very sunny, or I'll be out sweating or swimming. It does have some alcohol in it, so I can use it like two or three days in a row and I'm good, but if I use it four, five, six, seven days or more straight, then my skin starts to get dry at the end of the day."

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"So in addition to the zinc oxide, we've got niacinamide, squalane, silk, hydrated silk, cocoa seed and vitamin E. [...] I've repurchased it a ton. It [...] gives you some nice slip, [...] it's nice for dry skin. Although zinc is also one that they use for oil absorbing, so it's interesting, but it's really nice. It feels nice on the skin. If I'm going to be out on a boat for five hours, it's probably not going to be the one I'm going to pick, but it's a nice option."

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"I've been using the Tatcha sunscreen. They've updated the packaging for this finally which is good because the current packaging flakes off and then it peels and then you end up with glitter on your face and people complained about it so they finally fixed it. So the formula of their new sunscreen is the same, it's just better packaging. Although this packaging was pretty, I'm more about function. I like pretty but when it's flaking and peeling off I'm more about function or make it affordable."

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"That Tatcha sunscreen, both the sunscreens from Tatcha, the Silk one, that's the other one I keep putting in and out of my cart and then I don't buy it and then I think I don't need more stuff but it is a really nice mineral sunscreen and there's not a lot of, there's not a lot of options out there like that."

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"The Tatcha Silk Sunscreen is great, and that one in the blue bottle, I think it's a hybrid too, and that one's pretty friendly if you don't like a shiny finish."

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"The packaging on this one is awful. [...] I love this stuff. It's really on a lot of these recent winter kind of wintry days where it's starting to get cold out, this one is so hydrating. The packaging is just awful. I haven't had my packaging flake as much as other people have but I've been pretty careful, and also if you store it laying slightly down and you open it up it'll spill everywhere."

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"I really enjoy it. The packaging's a mess, it falls apart, people use tape over it, but I dig the formula. I love it. It's super lightweight, it's fragrance-free, it's a mineral sunscreen but it applies so transparently and it just feels lightly hydrating so it doesn't really feel like you've got a sunscreen on. It's invisible enough but it gives your skin just a little bit of evening out. Usually when I use this one I just put powder on over it and go with it."

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"Their silk sunscreen is really nice, but [...] it's really really expensive and there's a lot of K beauty sunscreens that I really would like to use as opposed to that."

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"I absolutely love this stuff. [...] It's now $64, which is a lot of money for sunscreen, especially when you're supposed to be applying it liberally. If you're applying it properly, a bottle like this should probably last you maybe about a month. [...] The Tatcha has a really nice friendly tint that in my opinion will work well for most skin types."

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"It's fragrance free. This is probably my third bottle of it. [...] In the winter and things like that when I'm not out for very long and my skin is very dry, this one's a really nice sunscreen. It has a little bit of a tint to it. Leaves skin feeling nice and soft, a radiant finish. Very nice for when your skin is dry. In the summer, it's a bit much in terms of hydration, but in the winter when I'm not out a ton and my skin is dry, this one's pretty nice."

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"I really do love this sunscreen a ton. It's just super hydrating, gives you a nice glow, really looks nice under foundation. I got so many compliments when I was wearing this sunscreen underneath my foundation."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

~Mixed

"This is a $64 sunscreen that's finally 50% off for $32, and it's a good price for Tatcha, but I thought long and hard about it and decided not to repurchase this, at least not right now. Genuinely, this is [...] one of the best mineral sunscreens I've ever tried in my life, [...] and it's one of the few that really works on my dry skin because zinc oxide is a mineral filter that's also a drying, astringent ingredient."

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"This is the Tatcha original mineral sunscreen in the new packaging. It's genuinely one of the best mineral sunscreens I've ever tried, but I can't use it because the packaging started crumbling and I get it all over my hands every time I apply it. It's a $64 sunscreen, and by the time the problem started I was already past my 30 day return window. I love the formula, but the packaging is inexcusable and I haven't forgiven Tatcha for it."

Beyond50Skin

32k subs

~Yay

"You guys know I'm always babbling on about the Tatcha Silk Sunscreen. Not one of the most inexpensive ones, but it is absolutely beautiful, especially if you're close to my skin tone."

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"I love their new Silk Sunscreen SPF 50 Weightless Mineral Sunscreen. I know I've raved about it all summer long."

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"I tend to lean toward mineral formula so I'll be finishing up my Tatcha Silk Sunscreen SPF 50 Weightless Mineral Sunscreen."

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"You guys know I'm always babbling on about the Tatcha Silk Sunscreen. Not one of the most inexpensive ones, but it is absolutely beautiful, especially if you're close to my skin tone."

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"I've been loving the Tatcha mineral sunscreen."

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"The Tatcha mineral sunscreen is one of my favorite mineral sunscreens this year. As far as chemical sunscreens, an all-time fave."

Nipun Kapur

412k subs

~Mixed

"This is also a mineral sunscreen that I really enjoyed I finished it I bought it once but I am not repurchasing because what I repurchase is Colorescience"

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Tea with MD

115k subs

~Yay

"Another one is the Tatcha Silk Sunscreen which I'm going to review in a future video. This one has a really flattering tint. A lot of tints are too dark for my skin, but this one is just very lightly tinted and I really like how this goes."

James Welsh

1.58M subs

~Mixed

"They say it's sheer. It's not. [...] But as a first step in the morning, I'm really, really enjoying this. Do I think you need to run out and purchase it? No, I think there are better mineral sunscreens. [...] Tatcha's overpriced, usually anyway. It is one of the nicer mineral sunscreens. But unless you're white to this kind of tan, it's not going to be good for you. It's not the best to reapply, but it does feel nice as your first sunscreen application in the day."

Dr. Shereene Idriss

1.73M subs

~Yay

"Tatcha has their silk sunscreen SPF 50, it is a weightless mineral sunscreen, and finally they changed the packaging. Their previous packaging was a disaster and it is so much better than their old old one. It is night and day. But it does have hyaluronic acid for those of you who are wondering, and it retails for 64 bucks."

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"Tatcha is another one that patients have told me about specifically. They've just repackaged, thank God I hated their old packaging. This is an SPF 50, it's their Silk Sunscreen, and this one retails for $60 and it is zinc oxide based. I'm going to have Tiffany test it out because it really doesn't make any difference for me to show it to you because I am so pale. My patients of darker skin tones have told me specifically about these two."

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"It has niacinamide. An Indian patient brought this one to my attention because she is a darker skin tone, Fitzpatrick type four or five, and her husband, and she told me that she was shocked how this particular sunscreen blended. I'm going to put it on my neck to show you, and basically it blends in well. I am quite fair, they are darker in skin tone, and she absolutely loves it. It's worth trying out during the sale if you can get a discount."

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"Tatcha has their mineral sunscreen for 40 dollars. It has a slight white cast. If you're a darker skin tone, I would not use this. People love the Tatcha. I hate the packaging. It doesn't make any sense why you would put sunscreen in something like this. But the Tatcha is a great physical sunscreen as well. It has zinc oxide. I have Indian patients who are skin type four or five in the summer and they have used this over the summer, telling me that it did not leave a white cast."

HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

~Nay

"It looked patchy by the end of the day and crusty by the sides of my nose. It's extremely shiny, and for 60 bucks, it really needs to make my makeup look perfect. The hype I heard was, oh my God, it's like a primer for your makeup, it'll make your makeup go on so perfectly, and for me it just didn't do any of that. It wasn't really wearable on its own; it was too shiny and it didn't do anything for my makeup."

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"But the shine I couldn't get past the shine and the greasy feeling. The shine from the sunscreen comes through makeup. Makeup was much more worn off than usual at the end of the day and it looked really shiny and greasy which accentuated my pores and texture. For that price I was like it had better be perfection and [...] it was far from it. I didn't even like it. It wouldn't even make it into my like top 10 sunscreens list. So I would definitely skip the Tatcha."

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Dr Dray

2.69M subs

~Nay

"If you have a deeper skin tone I think this is going to show up as a very sheer white veil on the skin. It does have niacinamide in it, which a lot of you have issue with. It's sixty dollars for 1.7 ounces. [...] This is not one I would buy myself or go out of my way to repurchase. I definitely would not buy the Tatcha one for the price, [...] I didn't think this was worth it. I would much rather get the EltaMD UV Restore, I think that's a better option."

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"Honestly, I don't think the Tatcha Silk Sunscreen is worth the price point. The tint is barely noticeable, and [...] it's not water resistant, so for the price point you'd at least expect to get that for your money. It's not a bad sunscreen, but it's a pass for me, it's not a bad product."

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