THIS is a girls best friend during this extreme summer heat! I found physicians formula TM as I was skimming the drug store makeup aisles for a facial base that had a high spf. I wanted something I could blend into my face quickly, set with a transluscent powder and head out to the pool. This has by far been my favorite! I give the spf50 two thumbs up for great protection from the suns uva and uvb rays. Unlike other "tinted moisturizers" PF wears well all day and evens out your skin tone to give you a light weight coverage that holds true. When I know that I need to wear a full coverage foundation I mix in one pump of PFTM just to make my full coverage foundation a bit smoother and to have the added SPF. I used this on a bride recently as I mixed it in with the MAC studio finish foundation in order to give her a great protection all over her face since she was having an outdoor wedding and the all time high for the day was to be over 100 degrees. She raved about the coverage and the moisture that enhanced her foundation. Mixing it or taking it solo, either way, this product really gives you everything that a TM should provide. It has a pump which is convenient and is in a bright orange summeresque tube, great for the beach bag, and retails from $9.99-13.99 depending on where you are buying it from. All in all...a great product.
The next product I want to touch upon is the Stila SPF 15 tinted sheer moisturizer. This product has created mixed emotions for me. The spf is a little low for something that you want to let stand on its own on those days you are not wanting heavy full coverage wear. I'm not sure what the purpose of a "sheer" tm is, it seems it may only work for those with flawless skin which is ok but for those of us with imperfections which consists of 99.9% of the population, we want something with at least a little coverage to even out those imperfections to make us look flawless. One thing I do like about Stila TM is that it provides a nice glow to your skin which can create a bit of radiance to your complextion if mixed in with the right foundation. I have resorted to using it as a mixing medium with other foundation to make that combination. It comes in a squeeze like tube and retails for $29.00-36.00. All in all I wouldn't recommend this as much as the Physicians Formula solely on the quality you get for the price.
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