The original HydraTint was great — if you had the exact right undertone. Everyone else got that weird gray sheen by noon.
The new formula claims it’s more transparent. I tested it on three friends with different skin tones. Two out of three passed. The third still looked slightly ashy after 4 hours. Improvement, not perfection.
It’s still $65 for 1.7 oz. Alastin Skincare says the new version has “improved pigment dispersion.” Marketing speak for: we fixed the oxidation issue that made it look orange on oily skin by hour three.
SPF 36 Mineral
Zinc oxide + titanium dioxide. No chemical filters. No white cast if you blend fast enough.
Tinted Coverage
Sheer-to-medium. One layer evens out redness. Two layers look like foundation.
New Pump Design
Finally. The old one shot product across the room. This one actually dispenses controlled amounts.
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The hero is still iron oxides for color, but they tweaked the pigment ratio. Less orange, more neutral. They also added squalane — so it’s less drying than the original. Unexpectedly, my forehead stopped flaking by day three.
- Zinc Oxide 12%: Broad spectrum protection without burning your eyes
- Iron Oxides: The color-correcting magic — now better blended
- Squalane: Hydration without greasiness
- Vitamin E: Antioxidant that keeps it from oxidizing on skin
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Comes out like a thick lotion. Warm it between your fingers for 5 seconds — it spreads like butter. Dries down in 30 seconds to a natural finish. Not dewy, not matte. That weird middle ground that actually looks like skin.
Week two: I stopped wearing foundation under it. My pores didn’t look smaller, but they didn’t look worse. That’s rare for a mineral SPF.
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Redness reduced by about 40% after two weeks. No new breakouts. My sunscreen smell complaint? Still slightly there, but fades faster than the old version.
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They fixed the shade issue but didn’t reinvent the wheel. If the original made you look ghostly, try this one. If you loved the original, you’ll like this less — it’s thinner, less coverage.