La Roche-Posay® Anthelios XL Ultra Light SPF50+ Reviews

I bought this last summer. My skin is sensitive and can be quite reactive. I use a lot of Avene but had seen this range compared quite favourably online with Avene, so was excited to see it on shelves in Aotearoa. I was looking for a new facial sunscreen, and after talking to staff at the pharmacy, bought this. The bottle is quite small and square and flat. Which is useful for ease of transportation. The fluid inside is thinnish and has a very light scent. I have found out that sometimes, when companies remove a scent to make an unscented product, the extra ingredients can be more irritating to skin than if they had left the scent in. French products, on the whole, do not remove scents. And i do think that this is a major point of difference. The lotion is easily absorbed and i can wear makeup after a setting time, but it almost evens out my skin tone as well, so don't often wear makeup with this. I have never been burnt with it on, which is a good indicator to me of its efficacy. There is no tacky, or oily feel after application, in fact sometimes I forget that I have sunscreen on. Will definitely repurchase. Not sure about the price advertised here. I bought mine for under $20.

Recently I ran out of my favourite Joyce Blok sunscreen, and I had been annoyed with that for a while as it is a bit big for travelling.

I like the packaging in particular as it is nice and compact. Easy to squeeze to get product out. In particular I like that the nozzle is quite small so heaps of product doesn’t come out too much at once.

The product itself is quite liquidy so it does spread over the skin nicely. It does smell a wee bit, but at least it sinks in fast so the smell dissapears as well. I also adore that this is SPF50+ as well as being both UVA and UVB coverage. Perfect for my extra pale skin.

Only downside for this is a small tube, so it is certainly only for the face and not your body. This isn’t enough to stop me using this as I already have a fav spray on sunscreen for the body, and I plan on repurchasing.

Okay, get your seatbelts on! This product totally amazed me. I’m sensitive to every single sunscreen I’ve ever tried. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. I break out and have tried everything. So I could only wear it for short periods of time until I had to fully wash my face to avoid a face full of gross invaders. Using this one, I really wanted to put it to the test. I got it and expected it to be a creamy type. So I saw the bottle and was like “wow this is small. Are we sure it’s full size?!” I put some in my hand and immediately it all became clear. It was really thin and liquidy and when I applied it took hardly any to do the job. Hence, the smaller bottle. I was impressed. Then I noticed that I didn’t have any of that oily greasy look/feeling you get a lot of times with sunscreens. I noticed it made my skin also feel extra soft and I was really happy with that. I applied makeup over top a couple of times and my foundation looked even better! That was a awesome bonus. I wore it alone a couple of times and took it outside to work up a sweat. There’s no way it would withstand that. WEEEEELLLLL. It did! I used it for awhile to be sure and nope. No breakouts. IN YOUR FACE STUBBORN SKIN! (Pun intended) I feel quite victorious to have finally ended a long vicious war and defeated my drama queen skin and will obviously be continuing to purchase this product. WOO!

I am really impressed with this ugh it does have a “sunscreeny” odor it is not offensive and not overwhelming. The consistency is very thin and does tend to separate a touch and I would suggest giving it a good shake before opening. I quite often react or break out with sunscreen on my face but I had no issues with this at all. The product sat nicely under my makeup and I actually used it instead of a primer or moisturiser and it held up well. Though summer has not quite hit yet I am very fair and burn basically at the sight of sun but this was lovely to use and worked well in the lead up to summer. The packaging is very clean and crisp, thought the bottle is very small. I do think a little will go a long way however so this should last you a season at which point you would probably want to buy a new bottle any. One small gripe is that I could not easily find an expiry date on this which when it comes to sunscreen is important. On further inspection there is an expiry indicator but it means downloading a QRcode scanning app and scanning said code before being able to determine the expiry. On attempting to scan the code it was also too small to even be able to read it. Saving grace is that there is an expiry on the box however you would have to keep the box which is also impractical.

I don't really have much to say about this product. Good or bad. I used it for about a week. It's a good sunscreen I guess. I liked the fact that it doesn't have that usual sunscreen smell and that it doesn't seem to sit on top of the skin. The packaging annoys me because its so runny that way more comes out when you use it than you actually want or need, so there wastage.

I have a few sun spots so have been using the Sun Sense Daily Face SPF50+ for a while, but after a few days I am an absolute convert to the Posay SPF50+. It goes on super light, isn't at all greasy and when it dries makes my face feel beautiful, soft, primed and makeup ready.

I think the only thing that would make this better would be if it was lightly tinted, but that is just me wanting to save time in the mornings.

Luckily we have had a good run of weather including over the weekend to give this sunscreen a try. It did protect me from burning, however it is still spring so hard to know fully how well it protects against harsh NZ summer sun.

It comes in a small, very clinical looking, container. At first I was surprised how small it is as I am used to huge bottles. But I now see the benefit of being able to have it in my purse at all times.

The consistency is very thin and easy to apply so doesn't require a lot (so should last a while). It doesn't have that thick sticky feel of normal sunscreens, which is good especially for the face to prevent breakouts. It is fragrance free and doesn't smell like normal sunscreen but it is not scent free. It has a clinical medically type smell.

Because it is so thin it comes out very quickly and comes out of the bottle as soon as top is off (though this may stop once it is not so full). So be careful not to waste too much.

Downsides is that it isn't waterproof or sweatproof so probably better used when just hanging outside rather than at the beach or while exercising.

I gave the La Roche-Posay sunscreen a go over the weekend and I got to say I really liked it. It didn’t feel greasy on my skin like most sunscreens. Smelt good and even when getting wet didn’t come straight off. Most of all it protected me from the sun while outside most of the day. Would definitely use again and recommend