These Tinted Sunscreens Are The Multitaskers You Need Right Now (2024)

It’s no secret that wearing sunscreen daily is the answer to keeping your skin healthy and preventing skin cancer. But consistently layering it into your skincare routine is easy to forget. Yes, adding another step to your skincare routine can be time consuming, but with a multitasking beauty product, it’s easier than ever. Meet tinted sunscreens.

What is a tinted sunscreen? "Tinted sunscreens are designed to provide all of the sun protection benefits of traditional sunscreen, but with the added benefit of pigment to help camouflage cosmetic imperfections," says Shari Hicks-Graham, MD, a dermatologist in Ohio. Rather than their heavier foundation counterparts, tinted sunscreens are generally lightweight, making them comfortable to wear all day.

Meet our experts: Shari Hicks-Graham, MD, board-certified dermatologist and founder of LivSo and Mona Gohara, MD, Connecticut-based dermatologist.

Though these products can obviously be worn year-round, their light coverage and barely-there feel make them ideal products for the summer months. If you're currently on the hunt for a multitasking complexion product that'll provide the ultimate protection while giving you all the benefits of makeup, read ahead to take a look at some of the best dermatologist-approved tinted sunscreens on shelves.

This all-star is a 2022 Women's Health Beauty Award winner for a reason: it's a two-in-one, mineral sunscreen and foundation blend that you wouldn't know is a good-for-you skincare product if the packaging didn't say so.

With a blend of hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and squalane, this nourishing product boosts the skin's hydration while providing weightless coverage and protection from environmental factors.

Talk about your skin but better: This tinted formula will you a light, dewy finish while sealing in moisture with help from hyaluronic acid.

For days when you don't feel like wearing a full face of makeup but still want to cover your imperfections, this one is a great option. On top of sun protection, it also includes vitamin E to moisturize and easily blend into the skin.

This super lightweight mineral sunscreen contains a hefty dose of zinc oxide, but you'd never know it by the seamlessly blendable formula.

This tinted sunscreen from La Mer provides an even skin tone with light and hydrating coverage for the most dewy finish.

This high coverage SPF adapts to your skin tone so it blends into a wide range of skin colors. The compact applicator makes applying easy and mess-free and you won't mind reapplying.

The Guards Up daily mineral sunscreen not only blocks sun, it also protects against blue light (all that screen time) and environmental pollution thanks to antioxidants. The creamy texture has a slight tint that allows it to quickly blend into the skin without leaving a white cast.

This sunscreen is a mineral-based CC cream that offers a subtle tint for your skin, which stays throughout the day. The vitamin C, vitamin E, and green tea extract add hydration to the formula, while SPF 50 protects against UVA and UVB rays.

This fluid formula is water-resistant for up to 40 minutes, so you don't have to worry about constantly re-applying. The formula is crafted with artemia salina—a plankton extract that boosts skin's resistance to UV stress.

This sunscreen is like an iced coffee for your skin in the way it leaves it feeling and looking more awake and revived. Although it's technically a moisturizer, you'll still reap the complexion perfecting benefits with the tint, with the added bonus of sun protection too.

This 100% mineral-tinted sunscreen protects against UVA (causes aging) and UVB (causes sunburns) rays but isn't heavy or irritating for sensitive skin. There's also tropical leaf extract that protects the skin from damaging free radicals caused by the sun.

Founded by a Black woman who couldn't find a clean sunscreen that didn't leave a white cast, you know this one will work on dark skin tones. There's also a combination of shea butter, plankton extract, green tea leaf extract, and vitamin E to soothe and moisturize.

Like your favorite concealer stick, just with the added benefit of SPF. Swipe this on your skin and then blend it in for the easiest sunscreen application maybe ever? Cocoa seed butter and shea butter also make it super blendable and moisturizing.

This tinted sunscreen is packed with a fruit bowl of antioxidants including strawberry, kiwi and apple fruit extracts—all of which help to fight free radicals that can cause skin damage. And yes, you still get a tint and SPF protection.

Herbal extracts in this formula fight against blue light and digital pollution, while antioxidants protect against free radical damage. ICYMI: Zinc oxide and titanium dioxide are natural sunscreen actives that keep harmful rays from penetrating the skin.

This fragrance and oil-free formula was made to be used after in office skin treatments so you know it won't irritate sensitive skin types. The subtle tint doesn't offer much coverage but it does leave your skin glowing.

Specially crafted with Vichy mineralizing water sourced from French volcanos, this tinted sunscreen contains over 15 minerals that help the skin's barrier to defend against exposure to the sun.

While all tinted sunscreens will help to minimize redness, this one is specifically formulated to do so. The mineral-based formula uses titanium dioxide and zinc oxide (a naturally calming ingredient) and is non-comedogenic (read: won't clog pores) as well as fragrance-free as to not cause more irritation or redness.

Natural sunscreens have the tendency to be thick and goopy but not this one. Not only is it tinted, it also includes sea buckthorn, argan oil, and hyaluronic acid in the formula to help replenish skin's moisture.