Beauty of Joseon tinted sunscreen Review (Review in comments)

For reference, I am shade 33N in tirtir, and 330 in Haus Labs Triclone foundation, and somewhere between 42NC-NC45 in Mac (I don’t buy their foundation, but I couldn’t really tell the difference when I swatched it).

My hand is darker than my face, but as you can see that doesn’t matter here as both sunscreens tested here are basically invisible when blended and dried on my hand. If you shine a light at a specific angle you can kind of see the cast, but even then it’s very hard to see.

I bought the Beauty of Joseon’s tinted sunscreen in MY 210 in hopes that it could be comparable to the Kinlo Golden Rays sunscreen, which is my favorite tinted mineral sunscreen due to its elegant lightweight serumy texture and the beautiful but light coverage. It was kind of like a toneup sunscreen but for darker skin.

It’s packaging could have used work but it was so nice to wear as a skin tint while using the amount required for SPF 50 protection, I didn’t care. Unfortunately I was unable to buy it for a while now, and I have no clue if Naomi Osaka has discontinued it or reformulating it. It’s a shame because all the sunscreens she sold were very pleasant to wear for mineral sunscreen.

As a substitute, I had been using the Babo Botanicals Daily Sheer Fluid Mineral Sunscreen. Compared to the Kinlo it had a watery consistency but dried down into a mildly powdery but virtually invisible finish. I could definitely feel it on my face, but it wasn’t bad. It’s just my skin is naturally very dry, and It just didn’t feel moisturizing or dewy the way Kinlo did, but it was a lot more sheer than Kinlo. It fulfilled its purpose and didn’t bother me very much.

I bought Beauty of Joseon’s sunscreen in hopes it would feel more like Kinlo. But to my surprise, BoJ’s tinted sunscreen was basically identical to Babo with marginal differences in texture and finish.

The BoJ was slightly less forgiving when applied without skin care, but they both had a lightweight, mildly powdery texture and basically invisible finish once dried.

I guess the BoJ was marginally heavier when dried down and had a slightly stronger tint when I shined a light at an angle. It also felt more moisturizing when applied with skin care, but felt more drying than Babo when applied without skin care.

But these differences were so minor they may as well be identical.

Most of their differences are actually see when you dispense the foundation. The Babo sunscreen has a bad habit of separating, so you have to shake the bottle to mix the sunscreen with the tint. It also has a watery texture. BoJ was a fluid sunscreen but it had more body to it and was easier to dispense. It was thin and fluid, but not watery.

The biggest difference is BoJ is SPF 40 with 20.9% zinc oxide while Babo Botanicals is SPF 50 with 20.6% zinc oxide. Babo is also $22 whereas BoJ is $16 right now, and $20 when not on sale.

The Beauty of Joseon is a little more cosmetically elegant when you dispense it compared to Babo, but other than that its so similar I would use the Babo for being SPF50.

The only situation I would recommend BoJ is if you were significantly darker or lighter than me (basically not between LP110-MY220). While being the same color as my shade in BoJ, because the Babo formula being significantly more sheer, it would work on a wider range of skintones compared to BoJ.

On my friend who should be around 300 of BoJ, it had a slight cast, but it wasn’t too bad though any darker than her it would be worse. Its kind of like how white people look with a slight white cast? It’s there but not very noticeable?

On my husband who would be around LP100 in BoJ, it just gives him a natural looking tan, but that is preferable to the white cast for him.