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Paula's Choice

RESIST Youth-Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid SPF 50

Type
Sunscreen
Size
0.5 fl oz · 2 fl oz
Key ingredients
Avobenzone, titanium dioxide, green tea extract, oat bran extract
Skin types
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Fragrance
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What users keep saying · from 8 reviews

lightweight3no white cast3broke me out2greasy2stinging2absorbs quickly1irritating1

How it performs1 user

  • Results2.0
  • Texture3.0
  • Gentleness1.0
  • Scent—
  • Value2.0

Who's using it

Main concern
Aging 100%
Skin type
Combination 1
Ratings
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Reviews

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Wanted to love this one. It's thin like milk, zero white cast, and foundation sits on it fine. But my eyes. About twenty minutes after I put it on they start watering and it comes and goes for half the day, even though I stay well clear of the lids. By lunch my forehead and nose are shiny and I'm combination, not super oily. Turns out it's all chemical filters (avobenzone, octinoxate, octisalate, octocrylene), which I didn't look at before ordering. Not cheap for a 2 oz bottle either. Giving the rest to my sister

no white caststinginggreasy
Results2Texture3Gentleness1Value2
Priya S.·combination skin·for aging·age 35–44·Less than 1 month

Watery and soaks in without a film, unlike mineral sunscreens they find greasy.

“It is watery like a milky toner, so it soaks in and doesn't leave a film.”
positivelightweightabsorbs quickly
Redditr/SkincareAddiction·

Very fluid and has never pilled for them when applied in thin layers.

“The Paula's Choice one is really fluid. Try doing a couple of thinner layers instead of everything all at once. It's never caused pilling issues for me.”
positivelightweight
Redditr/SkincareAddiction·

With oily skin that breaks out from most face sunscreens, the RESIST Hydrating Fluid SPF 50 is the first SPF 50 that doesn't.

“Paula’s choice is the first 50 I can apply that’s good for daily use that doesn’t break me out!!!”
positive
Redditr/SkincareAddicts·

The RESIST Youth-Extending Fluid SPF 50 is the only sunscreen that keeps them consistent: light and no white cast.

“PC is the only one i've tried thus far that keeps me consistently using sunscreen. I like how light it is and that it doesnt leave a cast.”
positivelightweightno white cast
Redditr/30PlusSkinCare·

Since wearing the RESIST Fluid SPF 50 daily (alongside starting retinol) they've had little white pimples everywhere.

“Does the RESIST Fluid SPF 50 break anyone else out? Ever since I started my retinol routine a month ago (same time I started finally being religious about wearing this sunscreen), I’ve been getting little white pimples everywhere!”
negativebroke me out
Redditr/SkincareAddiction·

Older than 36 months. These may describe an earlier version.

With combo-dry skin, five minutes after applying the Youth-Extending Hydrating Fluid SPF 50 their face broke out in tiny greasy bumps.

“About 5 mins after applying my entire face had tiny oily blister like pimples everywhere so from far away it just looked bumpy and greasy”
negativebroke me outgreasy
Redditr/SkincareAddicts·

On oily, sensitive skin, the RESIST Youth-Extending Fluid SPF 50 is perfectly transparent but its milky texture didn't work for them.

“Historically I’ve never had a good experience with milk type sunscreens and unfortunately this is not an exception.”
negativeno white cast
Redditr/SkincareAddiction·

The RESIST Daily Hydrating Fluid SPF 50 stung on application, left their face red and blotchy, and burned their eyes.

“It stung a bit as I put it on, but I didn't think much of it. Then later in the car I saw half of my face had become red and blotchy.”
negativestingingirritating
Redditr/SkincareAddiction·