🧴 Do you really need Elta MD UV Clear Sunscreen?

My Unfiltered Thoughts

I remember first learning about Elta MD UV Clear Sunscreen from famed former Vogue beauty editor Sarah Brown, who hailed it her favorite non pore-clogging SPF. This was maybe a decade ago, if not more.

Elta MD is probably the sunscreen with the longest-standing buzz surrounding it, in a crowded suncare space that gets more crowded by the second, if we’re being real with each other (and we always are here!).

As someone who can break out from sunscreen, I have to be careful with my facial formulas. As a beauty writer and a woman in her 40s who is trying not to court sun damage, I need to wear sunscreen every day. In short? I get a lot of sunscreen to try but I also buy a lot of physical (meaning, a zinc formula) sunscreen as a blonde who easily burns.

The question is: Is it still the one I’m buying and is it in my carry-on, which is en route to Miami (as am I) for my friend Beth’s bachelorette party as I live and type?

Read on and find out.