6 Powerful Ways to Protect Your Skin This Summer
The latest sunscreens do more than shield you against UV rays—some even smooth fine lines, reduce blotchiness and keep pollution from seeping into your pores. Find your perfect match.
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The handily portable Neutrogena Beach Defense Stick Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 50+ ($10; drugstores) is ideal for on-the-go UV protection. The formula glides easily over skin, and won’t leak in your makeup bag or purse.
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Obagi Professional-C Suncare SPF 30 ($70; Obagi.com for locations) is fortified with 10 percent L-ascorbic acid, which helps provide protection from pollution and other environmental aggressors.
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Kiss My Face Face Factor SPF 50 for Face and Neck ($14; drugstores) contains natural peptides and a blend of antioxidants to help prevent and soften fine lines and wrinkles. Also available in SPF 30.
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The perfect everyday sunscreen for layering underneath makeup, ultralightweight Coppertone ClearlySheer for Sunny Days SPF 30 ($9; drugstores) is absorbed into the skin within seconds.
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Eve Lom Daily Protection Sunscreen + SPF 50 ($90; us.SpaceNK.com) contains niacinamide, which reduces the appearance of blotchiness and hyperpigmentation while helping smooth skin.
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L’Oréal Paris Advanced Suncare Silky Sheer BB Face Lotion SPF 30 ($11; drugstores) has a tinted formula that brightens and evens skin tone and leaves a matte finish. Also available in SPF 50+.
From the May 2014 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine