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Glow Screen Sunscreen.

Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen
Sunscreen

About this product

A chemical sunscreen with SPF 40 designed to hydrate and provide a luminous shimmer finish, doubling as a makeup primer.

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Type

SunscreenLotion

Key actives

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Full ingredients

Guru Score

68%

Mixed

9 experts · Strong agreement
9Gurus
5Approved
2Mixed
2Skip
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What the gurus are saying

This shimmer-forward formula earns praise for its luminous glow, many use it as a primer or highlighter under makeup, but at full sunscreen amounts the metallic effect intensifies, and eye sensitivity emerges as a genuine concern for people with reactive eyes. Best reserved for strategic application under makeup rather than full-face daily use. Works well for combo skin as a hydrating primer-sunscreen hybrid.
Synthesized from 9 expert reviews · most recent take June 2026
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What the gurus are saying.

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~Approved
"One of my favorite lip sunscreens is the Supergoop Glow Screen, the pink peppermint. I actually keep this right next to my door so that when I go out to walk my dog, I just pop this on before I go."
All 2 takes from HotandFlashy
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"My favorite sunscreen is actually Supergoop Glow Screen. This is a chemical sunscreen, and if you are not very sensitive, this is a really great sunscreen because it's SPF of 40, which is awesome. But my favorite part about it is that it's a hybrid between skincare, makeup primer, and sunscreen. You're getting a three in one, so whenever I use the sunscreen I skip my moisturizer. I have combination oily skin so I don't need excessive amounts of moisture on the skin before I apply my makeup, but this is perfectly hydrating for me. It also gives a glow primer, so if you like using a glowy primer this is going to do it for you. It's going to make your skin look so radiant and beautiful."
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"One of my favorite lip sunscreens is the Supergoop Glow Screen, the pink peppermint. I actually keep this right next to my door so that when I go out to walk my dog, I just pop this on before I go."
~Approved
"This is your Supergoop Glow Screen SPF 40. It's $38 for 50 mls, which is about 76 cents per ml. This is broad spectrum SPF 40. It gives you really this luminous pearlescent finish. It's very, very glowing. It hydrates, smooths the skin with hyaluronic acid and niacinamide. It layers beautifully under makeup with no peeling whatsoever. It also comes in multiple shades, so depending on your skin type, you're going to find a perfect match. The key ingredients are your chemical SPF filters, the hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and cocoa peptides. [...] It's one of the most refined glow SPFs on the market with that texture and shade range that flatters across skin tones and works seamlessly under makeup. So if you have a particular skin tone and dry skin and you want something that's going to go perfectly under makeup and budget is not an option, choose this one."
All 2 takes from Dr. Aleksandra Brown
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"This is your Supergoop Glow Screen SPF 40. It's $38 for 50 mls, which is about 76 cents per ml. This is broad spectrum SPF 40. It gives you really this luminous pearlescent finish. It's very, very glowing. It hydrates, smooths the skin with hyaluronic acid and niacinamide. It layers beautifully under makeup with no peeling whatsoever. It also comes in multiple shades, so depending on your skin type, you're going to find a perfect match. The key ingredients are your chemical SPF filters, the hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and cocoa peptides. [...] It's one of the most refined glow SPFs on the market with that texture and shade range that flatters across skin tones and works seamlessly under makeup. So if you have a particular skin tone and dry skin and you want something that's going to go perfectly under makeup and budget is not an option, choose this one."
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"For me, the Glow Screen is the SPF 40, retails for about $38 for 1.7 ounces. This one is chemical, not mineral. [...] If you're somebody who's more on the dry side, you might like the Glow Screen a little bit better, to be honest. [...] It did not irritate my skin at all, even though I have rosacea. [...] This is glowy, [...] significantly more glowy, but it keeps your skin really hydrated and almost acts as a primer for makeup. It gives you this radiant finish. It's broad spectrum SPF protection, perfect for those dewy skin days. Works beautifully under makeup or if you want it by itself in place of makeup. Comes in four different shades. The key ingredients are hyaluronic acid, vitamin B5. It does have sea lavender and cocoa peptides in it."
~Approved
"There's one that is really nice and lovely to gift, which is the Supergoop Glow Screen SPF 40, and this is a lovely one because it kind of gives that shimmer glow and it's got this light tint that's really really nice to add during the wintertime when it's kind of dark and gloomy outside. It contains hyaluronic acid, vitamin B5, niacinamide, and sea lavender, great ingredients that just make a really elegant sunscreen that leaves no white cast."
~Mixed
"For $44 you're going to get the 0.68 ounce Glow Screen SPF 40. Remember, that's the one that has the shimmer in it. It might be a lot for the face, but it's also something that'll look good, you can put it on your decolletage, on your arms, or on your face if you want to, but remember you've got to put on enough sunscreen, which is 2 milligrams per centimeter squared of skin, which is about a quarter to a half a teaspoon for your face, neck, and ears."
~Approved
"My wife's most frequently reused sunscreen by far is still the Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen. She buys that all the time."
~Mixed
"There's the Supergoop Glow Screen, which I use as a highlighter on the high cheeks of my face. I love it because it makes me feel like a disco ball. I can't tolerate it all over my face, though, it does burn my eyes."
All 4 takes from Dr. Shereene Idriss
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"There's the Supergoop Glow Screen, which I use as a highlighter on the high cheeks of my face. I love it because it makes me feel like a disco ball. I can't tolerate it all over my face, though, it does burn my eyes."
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"I really like the Supergoop Glow Screen underneath my makeup because of that glow, it has those optical diffusers in it and it helps me add less makeup."
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"It doubles up as a light foundation and it is just the perfect amount of protection. It's SPF 30, for city living, if you're not somebody spending a day underneath the sun. If you're somebody who wants a little bit more of a glow up, I love the Glow Screen by Supergoop. The only problem for me with this one is that I have sensitive eyes and it burns. But every now and then, after I'm done with my makeup, I do just take a tiny little bit of this just for fun and go like this, because it does give a beautiful sheen to the highlights of my face. Am I using it like I use sunscreen? No, I'm not. But I do love the texture, I love the effect that it gives, and it's just so pretty."
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"I love Supergoop for being innovative and for bringing sunscreens to the forefront of everyone's minds. Their Glow Screen is probably one of my favorite ones because I do use it on top of makeup to add a little bit of sheen to the high points of my face, but it burns the hell out of my eyes, so I do not use it as a normal sunscreen all over my face. I [...] take a tiny bit, [...] just kind of like use it because I like the disco ball effect it gives. I used to use it all over my face, but my eyes got really sensitive one time while I was driving and I had to pull over, and I did not have a pair of eyeglasses with me at the time, I was wearing contacts, and it was a very scary situation, so I stopped putting it all over my face. If you're not sensitive, knock yourself out, even put it on your collar bones, it's just a beautiful product."
~Skip
"Years ago I tried the Supergoop Glow Screen. It's an organic sunscreen, no white cast, it's tinted, not water resistant, and it didn't burn around my eyes. The finish was okay, a little shiny, and the tint is very shimmery, so it gives you that glittery bronze look, which is okay, you may really like that. Personally, for me it just was not my favorite."
~Approved
"The Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen is very similar to the Unseen sunscreen, it has a very similar texture. The difference is that this has glowy pigments in it and it's a little bit less heavy on the skin, feels more like a lightweight foundation rather than a primer. It is gorgeous, it is glowy, but it is also a little expensive. [...] There are multiple shades depending on what skin tone you have. It [...] comes off a slightly darker color and it actually blends in a little bit better, you [...] really rub it in."
~Skip
"This has a creme gel formula, but it feels very different on the skin compared to those other cream gel sunscreens [...] because it has a lot of makeup style pigment and effect particles in it, that's the bismuth oxychloride, mica, titanium dioxide, and iron oxides listed in the ingredients. I actually prefer the texture of this during application, it's a lot easier to get that full amount onto my face, but after it dries down it does feel very noticeable on my skin, probably because of all those shimmer particles. And [...] we need to talk about the shimmer because it is just too much. If you use a sunscreen amount, enough to get that full SPF 40 protection, it looks properly metallic. If you apply a really tiny bit, a primer amount, then it gives you a really beautiful glow, but not with the full amount. There's also this tint which dried kind of orange, and again I don't think this is an issue if you use a lot less, but sunscreen amounts, no, maybe it might work if you just happen to be that exact shade. I think this product is just better suited for people who are looking for a primer with some SPF protection and a glow rather than a sunscreen. So I wouldn't consider this a sunscreen really, I would call this a primer with SPF. I am really curious to know if anyone does like the Glow Screen when they're applying the right amount, I feel like a lot of people just aren't applying enough."
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Common questions

Frequently asked.

What is Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen?

A chemical sunscreen with SPF 40 designed to hydrate and provide a luminous shimmer finish, doubling as a makeup primer.

Is Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen worth it?

The gurus are split. 5 of the 9 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 2 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 68%.

What is Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen's Guru Score?

Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen holds a Guru Score of 68%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 9 expert reviewers we have collected.

Who is Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen best for?

Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen is generally suited to dry skin.

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