Colorescience Sunforgettable® Total Protection® Face Shield Flex SPF 50

Activate. Develop. Set. Dispense onto fingertips and rub gently to release and activate encapsulated pigments. As the shade begins to develop from white to your shade, apply to moisturized face and continue to blend for even coverage. Watch as it adjusts to your skin to immediately blur imperfections and even skin tone. The shade is fully developed when product is no longer white. Allow 1-2 minutes for shade to adjust completely. Set with one of our Total Protection brush-on sunscreens or follow with foundation for full-color coverage.

Pro Tip: Layer underneath your foundation for fuller color coverage or use with Face Shield Glow or Face Shield Bronze to enhance your look.  

One and Done: Evenly apply one layer to entire face, including under eyes for a look that's naturally you and powerfully protected.

The Foundation Replacer: Build your coverage to your ideal level of flawless perfection.  After applying your first layer, wait 1 minute before applying another layer.  

If you find yourself between two shades, feel free to mix and match any Face Shield products to create your ideal shade match. All Face Shields contain the same great all-mineral actives SPF 50 protection so you'll never have to compromise protection for color.

POWERFUL PROTECTION.
Carefully-selected specialty ingredients nourish skin and protect against harmful aggressors.

• Zinc Oxide: Patented, Zinc Oxide 12% provides UVA/UVB and Free Radical Defense.
• Encapsulated Iron Oxides: Micronized pigments used as cosmetic colorants. Encapsulation allows for adjustment to skin’s natural tone. Also proven to protect skin from damage and photoaging caused by blue (HEV) light.
• Niacinamide: Also known as Vitamin B3, it helps soothe skin, aid the skin barrier and balance sebum production.
• LIPOCHROMAN™: A powerful antioxidant that helps prevent skin aging due to pollution and other environmental aggressors.
• Bisabolol: A soothing agent derived from chamomile oil that helps to calm and condition the skin.
• Vital ET™: This bio-available form of vitamin E provides antioxidant support while helping soothe redness related to environmental, bacterial, and mechanical factors. It is also shown to help calm skin both prior to and following UV exposure.
• Silver Ear Mushroom Extract: Significantly more hydrating than hyaluronic acid, this extract is proven to provide immediate hydration and improve skin’s ability to retain moisture. Also, helps provide antioxidant support to defend against premature skin aging.
• Infraguard: This combination of tara tannins (a powerful antioxidant) and organic sunflower sprouts helps to protect skin against the aging effects of infrared radiation (IR).

Why does the formula come out of the bottle as white?

Sunforgettable® Total Protection™ Face Shield Flex SPF 50 features innovative encapsulated pigments within the white sunscreen base. These pigments are the flecks of color that you'll see as you look closely. The pigments are released, or activated, when rubbed gently into your skin, transforming the white to adapt to your skin tone's natural tone and undertones as you blend. Once it has been fully blended and no longer white, any imperfections are immediately blurred and skin tone is even for a flawless look that is powerfully protected.

Does Face Shield Flex work for all skin tones?

Our current shade lineup offers six shades ranging from Fair to Rich Deep - formulated to flexibly accommodate a wide variety of skin tones and undertones. Colorescience® has always been committed to only utilizing the mineral SPF active ingredients Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide in our sunscreen formulations because they are considered GRASE (Generally Recognized as Safe and Effective) by the FDA and recommended by the American Academy of Dermatology- especially for sensitive skin. While that's a good thing, these minerals can be challenging because they are very white and opaque. We utilize iron oxide pigments for a dual benefit of minimizing the chalky effect of Zinc and Titanium while enhancing HEV (blue) light protection of the formula, but in some formulas there is a pigment threshold which prevents us from achieving the deeper shades we're seeking.

Do I need to use any tools, like makeup brushes or sponges, to apply this?

No need! Face Shield Flex SPF 50 should be applied with fingertips. This ensures the flecks of encapsulated pigments are released and fully activated to give you the color coverage you want as well as to ensure product an adequate amount of product (at least a nickel-size!) is applied to your skin for complete protection.

How often should I apply?

Apply Sunforgettable® Total Protection™ Face Shield Flex SPF 50 as your first layer of sun and environmental protection in the AM. Like all SPF products, reapply every 2 hours. Or for convenient all-day reapplication on-the-go or directly over makeup, use one of our Total Protection™ brush-on sunscreens.

What type of color coverage will I receive when using this product?

With one even layer, Sunforgettable® Total Protection™ Face Shield Flex SPF 50 offers medium coverage.