Science of Beauty

Where we slow down and check the evidence: sunscreen, the skin barrier, buzzy ingredients, and food claims, read against the actual research.

Science of Beauty

Sunscreen, Moisturizer, and Diet: What the Science Actually Says

What the recent research actually backs up about sunscreen, ceramide creams, and eating for your skin.

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A warm editorial still life with a tinted sunscreen bottle, a pale sunscreen tube, three tan sunscreen swatches on stone, a soft peach cloth, dark sunglasses, and a straw hat in hazy summer light.

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If your melasma spikes in summer, let tinted sunscreen do the base-makeup work

The July beauty move for fast-flaring hyperpigmentation is simpler than a full routine: start with a tinted sunscreen that earns its keep in real light.

5 min read

A sunscreen tube, clear SPF setting mist, powder sunscreen brush, sunglasses, and blotting papers arranged on a pale stone surface in bright summer light.

Science of Beauty

SPF setting sprays belong in your bag. Real sunscreen still goes on first

Over-makeup SPF earns its keep on hot, sweaty days, as long as your morning layer is still a broad-spectrum sunscreen you apply generously.

5 min read

Sunlit still life of unlabeled sunscreen bottles, an amber dropper bottle, sunglasses, a straw hat, citrus slices, and a pale lotion smear on a warm stone counter.

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A new sunscreen filter just got FDA approval. Here's what matters now

Bemotrizinol is newly cleared in the U.S., but the smartest beauty move this summer is still choosing a sunscreen you'll actually wear like you mean it.

5 min read