Beauty of Joseon, the K-Beauty brand known for their viral Daily Relief Sunscreen, debuted a new tinted sunscreen a few months ago, and it's quietly become a favorite in my skincare routine. The new Daily Tinted Fluid Sunscreen offers SPF 40 coverage in twelve ultra-sheer, buildable shades made with skincare benefits to enhance your complexion.
The Daily Tinted Fluid Sunscreen ($20) is a mineral sunscreen—also known as a physical sunscreen—and uses zinc oxide to create a physical barrier on the skin, which acts like a shield to reflect UV rays.
Unlike the brand's OG Relief Sunscreen, which is a chemical sunscreen, physical sunscreens don’t need time to absorb and activate, but protect your skin instantly after being applied. Mineral sunscreens are also gentler on sensitive skin, with Beauty of Joseon’s latest launch containing skin-soothing ingredients like ginseng, which is used to calm inflammation, redness, and puffiness.
It contains the brand’s signature fermented skincare complex of rice extract (for hydration and fine lines), soybean (that strengthens the skin barrier and stimulates collagen), and fermented pumpkin (for gentle exfoliation and a brighter, more unified complexion).
Since its launch back in February, beauty enthusiasts have said that they love the hydrating feel and that it melts into the skin. Others are saying that it blends out to a subtle skin-perfecting tint that feels lightweight and invisible on the skin, while the initial undertone oxidises slightly to better complement your skin tone.
Meanwhile, the formula itself feels very hydrating, but remember it’s a tinted sunscreen and not a tinted moisturizer. So, it’s recommended to follow your usual skincare routine and apply this tinted SPF as the final step (over serum and moisturizer) for skin that looks fresh and bouncy. It even wears well under makeup, lending a radiant glow to your base, with a few powders needed for the result to last all day.
Ready to swap your current SPF for Beauty of Joseon's? Find your best match with the brand's shade finder quiz and then shop it on Amazon.
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Kara is the Ecommerce Editor, Women’s Lifestyle at Hearst UK. Leading Cosmopolitan’s digital shopping strategy, she shares style advice for life’s big moments, reports on the latest fashion collaborations, and creates beauty reviews across skincare, makeup, and haircare.
Kara’s most popular guides include ‘Affordable Jewellery Brands to Shop’, ‘Ski Wear to Shop, According to an Editor’, and ‘The Best High Street Wedding Dress Brands’, while covering deals events such as Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day. When she’s not behind a laptop screen, she’s hosting shopping videos and livestreams for Cosmo’s TikTok Shop. Kara also creates shopping content for Red and Prima, and was previously contributing Fashion and Beauty Ecommerce Editor at ELLE and Harper’s Bazaar.
Since starting her career as a journalist in 2018, she has held the role of Fashion Content Editor at NET-A-PORTER’s Porter Magazine, Associate Editor at PopSugar, and written for Refinery29 and LOVE Magazine, where she covered fashion and beauty news, trends, and features. An experienced interviewer, Kara has spoken to Zendaya, Alicia Keys, Simone Biles, and Tyla about life, work, and style. Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Kara lived in Toronto, Canada before moving to London.
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