You know that thick, white paste you slather on when your skin freaks out? La Roche-Posay just gave it a tan. The Cicaplast B5+ now has SPF50 — and it’s the first time I’ve actually wanted to reapply sunscreen.
Most SPF balms feel like frosting. This one sinks in before you finish blinking.
It’s a $19 drugstore balm that claims to repair your barrier AND protect it from UV. I bought it to test the hype. Three weeks later, I’m buying backups.
SPF50 + PA++++
No white cast. None. It disappears into skin like a ghost.
Cicaplast Formula 2.0
Same soothing shea butter + panthenol base, now with SPF filters that don’t sting.
Tinted or Not
They make both. The tinted version is sheer enough for pale girls, dark enough for medium — but not for deep skin tones.
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This isn’t just sunscreen slapped into a moisturizer. The formula is smart — it uses a patented system to keep the UV filters stable while the barrier repair ingredients actually work. Most SPF balms cancel themselves out. This one doesn’t.
- Panthenol (Pro-Vitamin B5): Seals moisture without clogging
- Madecassoside: Calms redness from tret or retinol
- Shea Butter: Feeds dry patches without greasing oil zones
- Mexoryl SX + XL: Photostable filters that don’t degrade in heat
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Squeezes out thick — like a cold cream. But rub it in and it melts into a satin finish. No sticky fingers. No sunscreen smell. My T-zone didn’t revolt.
Week 2: I slapped this over a peeling retinoid disaster. No sting. By morning, the flakes were gone. The SPF didn’t break me out — which shocked me.
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My barrier stopped feeling tight after 4 days. Redness around my nose? Gone. But my oil production stayed the same — this won’t fix sebum. It fixes damage.
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This is the sunscreen you forget you’re wearing — and the balm that remembers to fix you while you wear it. Buy one for your bathroom. Keep one in your bag.