Sunscreen with no white cast

Lancôme UV Expert Supra Screen SPF 50+ leads with 30 of 30 reviewers saying it leaves no white cast. CeraVe Invisible Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50, La Roche-Posay Anthelios UV Air SPF 50 and IT Cosmetics Hello Sunshine SPF 50 also have a clean record, at 29 of 29, 28 of 28 and 12 of 12, so their order comes down to how many reviewers weighed in. The tinted La Roche-Posay Anthelios Mineral Tinted Fluid SPF 50 is the exception at 10 of 21.

  • 144 store reviews counted
  • Ulta shoppers
  • Oct 2023 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Does it leave a white cast? What buyers said
  1. Lancôme UV Expert Supra Screen SPF 50+ 30 said either way
  2. CeraVe Invisible Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50 29 said either way
  3. La Roche-Posay Anthelios UV Air SPF 50 28 said either way
  4. IT Cosmetics Hello Sunshine SPF 50 12 said either way
  5. La Roche-Posay Anthelios Mineral Tinted Fluid SPF 50 21 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for white cast. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Lancôme UV Expert Supra Screen SPF 50+ Best record Lancôme UV Expert Supra Screen SPF 50+ 30 of 30 say it leaves no white cast See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

La Roche-Posay shows both ends: its UV Air has 28 of 28 saying no white cast, while the Mineral Tinted fluid has 10 of 21, with a white cast in 55% of its reviews.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1 Lancôme UV Expert Supra Screen SPF 50+

Lancôme

UV Expert Supra Screen SPF 50+

Best for an invisible finish

30/30 say it leaves no white cast

97% of its reviews mention no white cast, and 47% call it lightweight. 30% like the glow. Complaints are small: 7% say it costs too much and 7% mention a strong scent. All counted reviews are from Ulta.

What buyers praise

  • Lightweight 47%
  • Nice glow 30%
  • Works under makeup 23%
  • Not greasy 23%
  • Gentle on sensitive skin 13%

What buyers complain about

  • Too expensive 7%
  • Strong scent 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 30 of 30
See price & reviews on Amazon

Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

2 CeraVe Invisible Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50

CeraVe

Invisible Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50

Best for a light, not-greasy feel

29/29 say it leaves no white cast

A mineral formula with a clean record on cast. 63% call it lightweight and 53% say it isn't greasy. Complaints are small, at 10% for scent and 7% for dryness.

What buyers praise

  • Lightweight 63%
  • Not greasy 53%
  • Works under makeup 30%
  • Gentle on sensitive skin 23%
  • No breakouts 17%

What buyers complain about

  • Strong scent 10%
  • Drying 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 29 of 29
3 La Roche-Posay Anthelios UV Air SPF 50

La Roche-Posay

Anthelios UV Air SPF 50

Best for wearing under makeup

28/28 say it leaves no white cast

67% call it lightweight, 47% say it isn't greasy and 37% say it works under makeup. The main complaint is greasiness, with 13% calling it greasy or shiny.

What buyers praise

  • Lightweight 67%
  • Not greasy 47%
  • Works under makeup 37%
  • No sunscreen smell 23%
  • Nice glow 13%

What buyers complain about

  • Greasy or shiny 13%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 28 of 28
4 IT Cosmetics Hello Sunshine SPF 50

IT Cosmetics

Hello Sunshine SPF 50

Best for a little glow

12/12 say it leaves no white cast

A smaller group, all from Ulta, with 12 of 12 saying no white cast. 33% like the glow and 33% call it lightweight.

What buyers praise

  • Nice glow 33%
  • Lightweight 33%
  • Works under makeup 25%
  • No sunscreen smell 25%
  • No breakouts 17%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 12 of 12
  • Brand site 1 of 1 shown, not counted
5

La Roche-Posay

Anthelios Mineral Tinted Fluid SPF 50

10/21 say it leaves no white cast

55% of its reviews mention a white cast. Ulta reviewers had more trouble, with 10 of 21 saying no cast, against 7 of 7 on the brand's own site, which we show but don't count. 14% say it stung or burned their eyes and 14% mention pilling.

What buyers praise

  • Lightweight 14%
  • No breakouts 14%
  • Works under makeup 9%
  • Doesn't sting eyes 9%

What buyers complain about

  • Stings or burns eyes 14%
  • Pills 14%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 10 of 21
  • Brand site 7 of 7 shown, not counted

Share of 22 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 5 products ranked here carry 7,999 reviews at Ulta. We searched them for white cast and read the newest matching reviews, up to 30 per product and store, posted between Oct 2023 and Sep 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Ulta also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. They run much more positive than store reviews of the same products (across 19 products with both, 76% of brand-site reviewers said the product solved the problem, against 55% of Ulta shoppers), so we show them on product cards but never count them.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Lancôme UV Expert Supra Screen SPF 50+ Ulta (30 reviews counted)
  2. CeraVe Invisible Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50 Ulta (30 reviews counted)
  3. La Roche-Posay Anthelios UV Air SPF 50 Ulta (30 reviews counted)
  4. IT Cosmetics Hello Sunshine SPF 50 Ulta (12 reviews counted)
  5. La Roche-Posay Anthelios Mineral Tinted Fluid SPF 50 Ulta (22 reviews counted)

People asking about it on Reddit

  1. What is your favorite sunscreen that's easy to rub in, doesn't cause white cast, and works well under makeup? r/MakeupAddiction, Aug 2023, 298 comments
  2. Drugstore sunscreen that doesn’t leave a white cast and is not greasy? r/MakeupAddictionCanada, Aug 2022, 29 comments
  3. Mineral sunscreen that doesn’t leave a cast? r/beauty, May 2024, 13 comments

Questions buyers ask

Which sunscreen leaves no white cast?

Lancôme UV Expert Supra Screen SPF 50+ leads at 30 of 30, with CeraVe Invisible Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50 at 29 of 29 and La Roche-Posay Anthelios UV Air SPF 50 at 28 of 28. IT Cosmetics Hello Sunshine SPF 50 has a clean record too, at 12 of 12, from a smaller group.

Does mineral sunscreen leave a white cast?

It can. CeraVe Invisible Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50 is a mineral sunscreen and 29 of 29 said it leaves none. La Roche-Posay Anthelios Mineral Tinted Fluid SPF 50 has 10 of 21, with a white cast in 55% of its reviews.

Does CeraVe Invisible Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50 leave a white cast?

Rarely, by these reviews. 29 of 29 said it doesn't, though 7% of its reviews do mention a white cast.

Do these sunscreens work under makeup?

Reviewers often say so: 30% of CeraVe Invisible Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50 reviews and 37% of La Roche-Posay Anthelios UV Air SPF 50 reviews say it works under makeup.

Related problems

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