Alba BotanicaSunscreen for Face, Fragrance-Free Sheer Mineral Face Sunscreen Lotion, Broad Spectrum SPF 50, Water Resistant and Biodegradable, 2 fl. oz. Bottle (Packaging May Vary)

I absolutely love this sunscreen. It’s a mineral sunscreen which is exactly what we want. No chemicals here. It’s so much better for your skin. The active ingredient is zinc oxide, it’s water resistant and fragrance free because I really don’t want to smell a whole bunch of fragrance on my face. Even my husband loves it and wears it all the time. He is a skin cancer survivor. Highly recommend!

Really like this facial sunscreen! Not super thick and absorbed quickly.

I have been looking for an organic, chemical free, mineral based with no bad ingredients which potentially cause cancer. Purchased this and have been using it for the last few weeks. First i noticed a slight smell( to be fair i am really smell sensitive) It goes away pretty quickly but wanted to mention that. In addition, when applying the lotion, it smears, like it’s wet and goes on with a white cast. It sticks to parts of my face and i have to work at rubbing it all in. Once it’s on, it’s fine, though. I have been reapplying every few hours ( I’m in Florida) so I can’t speak to its effectiveness yet. I’m going to keep looking around for another option.

I saw this product @ a local store one day while shopping, scanned the barcode w/ my Amazon app & found it available on Subscribe & Save for $5 less! I love when that happens! 💕I already knew I liked the “alba botanica” brand, so I felt fairly certain it would be a good purchase & I was not wrong!I’m very concerned about putting chemicals on my skin (Fun Fact: we absorb a large percentage of stuff we topically apply to our skin & it ends up in our bloodstream! Yay!)So I prefer mineral sunscreens & I always check the EWG list - this one rates as SAFE.My husband & I have to spend a lot of time in the sun for work, and both have VERY fair skin. Although we wear as much UPF 50+ clothing as possible, it’s hard to keep all of your skin covered all of the time. Plus it gets HOT 🥵So far I’ve been happy w/ this one.In years past we bought Ethical Zinc (which we loved - it’s completely safe, smells like Vanilla, has very few ingredients, and feels more like good skincare than a typical sunscreen) but I recently realized their price went up by more than twice what it was before!So, finding an alternative saves us money, and I’m happy about that.This one doesn’t seem to have a scent & feels pretty good on my skin. I was able to apply it & then apply a non-SPF foundation over it w/ no problems (just wait a few min first if U have time & also use a setting spray after). A primer beforehand might be useful, but I haven’t tried that yet…

Made me look ashy and my skin itches.

I have used this product for years after doing extensive research to find a sunscreen for my face that has the least chemicals but doesn't leave me looking like a clown. In fact, I have been so happy with it, that I may have left a great review on it. That was then, this is now. Imagine my surprise & disgust to find my latest purchase completely changed. They have added so much water to it that when you put it on your face it is like you put it on wet skin. The white mineral base smears into patches that are impossible to rub in without major effort (your future plastic surgeon will be cheering this development, yes?$$$), because the original oil like composition of the product doesn't mix with all the water it now contains. I can't imagine even a professional clown would be able to make this work.....I don't know about the rest of you, but I am SO DONE with the current trend of manufacturers of every ilk sneaking, sleazing, making things smaller, changing ingredients, hoping we're too stupid or addicted to their stuff to care....I can't wait for the backlash which certainly should come.....:)

I love this face sunscreen. I have been using this one all week, and I tried it under makeup yesterday in the heat, and it didn't change the texture of my makeup at all. I used to use the Biossance mineral face sunscreen for years until this summer when they discontinued it due to it causing rashes in some cases. I was devastated, but also concerned that it was the culprit behind my redness in my cheeks this whole time. I only liked it because it blended into your skin flawlessly to go under makeup. Now, I have a great replacement.I tried the cetaphil mineral face lotion, and it left a white cast. I tried the aveeno mineral face sunscreen and it was even more while and chalky. It made me feel scaly. I even tried the Oars and Alps mineral face lotion with jojoba oil, and that one left me with a white cast worse than all of them.For reference, I am pale, and I use self tan lotion, but these other mineral sunscreens made me look chalky. I also had my partner use all of these products, hopeful that they might work differently on other skintypes. I'm fair and acne prone, and my partner is darker in complexion with dry skin. I looked well blended compared to how ghostly he was. I was especially surprised because Oars and Alps was marketed toward outdoorsy men, and marketed as moisturizing with the jojoba oil. He and I both found the Oars + Alps products to be greasy, sticky, white, and transferable to clothes and anything else you touch. This alba lotion is in too small of packaging, and takes longer to apply than spray sunscreens, but it feels the best, looks the best, and especially I'm impressed with the face lotion.