[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] It’s taken a while to try all four of the new Murad Superactive SPF options and I think if you are very much into your skin care, you’re really going to like them for being an impressive upgrade on the merging of the two genres of care. I’m somewhat on the fence here because what you spend on skin care and SPF is entirely your business but I’m shuddering at £59 for 50ml that needs reapplication (as all SPF does) – I think on the general advice grounds of reapplying your SPF every two hours (and it’s suggested for face, neck and chest) you could easily burn through a tube every two weeks. If you consider it a worthwhile investment, which you might, because these moisturising SPFs are good, then read on. If you’re more on the side of Boots SPF50 Hyaluronic Moisturising Lotion at £8.80, avert your eyes :-)).
There are four variants – Superactive Moisturiser SPF50 Wrinkle Fighting (horrible expression), Superactive Moisturiser SPF50 Brightening, Superactive SPF50 Moisturiser Hydrating and Superactive Moisturiser SPF40 Mattifying Oil + Pore Control. All feel more like skin care than sun care and all smell more like sun care than skin care. There’s something about the cap that makes you want to twist, but don’t do that because a twist removes the entire cap from the body of the product – you just pull the cap and it comes away nicely.
So, I’ll quickly run through which one is best for your skin care concern. You’ll choose Mattifying if you have oily skin – and yes, it’s impressively mattifying – the finish feels powdery and looks semi-matte so you’ll definitely get shine control. There’s also a smoothing or blur element which I didn’t notice so much but if you feel your pores benefit from blur, it’s for you. Brightening is for you if you have non-glowy skin and would like a bit more lightfulness on your complexion. The claim is that this formula helps with pigmentation in 4 weeks flat and for that, the brand used a perception study rather than a clinical study. I like the lipid boost aspect of this formula and it’s the most sheer in texture of the four. Hydrating is for you if you like a one stop shop because you won’t need to use a serum underneath thanks to hyaluronic acid and the ‘drenching’ formula. Wrinkle Fighting is for you if you don’t mind paying an age tax – it’s the most expensive and uses a plant based retinoid but if you aren’t interested in retinoids, then opt for Hydrating and save yourself £10. None of them leave any kind of a cast on the skin and all are beautiful formulas. Brightening is £55, Hydrating is £49, Wrinkle Fighting is £59 and Mattifying is £45 – all are HERE.