Dune Suncare’s Gel Based Sunscreens Have No White Cast and Plenty of Skincare Benefits

It’s crucial to use sunscreen to protect your skin from dangerous UV and UVB rays, especially if you’re planning to spend a day out in the sun. As the summer season continues to heat up, it’s even more important to reapplySPF every two hours. We all know this, and yet so many sunscreens are so greasy, chalky, or sticky, that it makes it easy to skip applying in the first place.

Hoping to do away with those outdated formulas that can leave skin looking ghostly, DUNE Suncare co-founders Emily Doyle and Mei Kwok decided to create their own all-gel sun care line that’s suitable for every skin tone. “As avid sunscreen users, we were frustrated by the lack of innovation and practicality in the suncare space,” Doyle tells Review2Coupon exclusively. 

She continues, “We saw the industry broken out into two sectors: mass and specialty. The mass brands we all have been using since we were babies felt like they were lacking innovation in both product offering and branding, while hosting a number of toxic ingredients. Whereas, the newer, more specialty brands felt like they were marketed more towards women, inaccessible at retail, and frankly, fairly unaffordable.”

Using the time allotted from the pandemic, the team knew it was up to them to make the skincare essential inclusive of all skin tones and types. “We started building the company in March 2020, ideating on what we were both passionate about and wanted to put all our muscle behind,” Doyle explains. 

That meant developing products with nontoxic, inclusive, and unisex formulations that are affordable in terms of price and (soon-to-be) footprint. “Convenience in suncare is a paramount after-product,” Doyle says.

Ahead, learn more about the inspiration behind the brand, the products, and the formula. 

The Inspiration

As the team’s ideation process took shape, they knew they wanted the formulas to be innovative, especially since this was an all-gel suncare line with skincare benefits. Doyle explains, “Our formulas took about a year and a half to make from start to finish after loads of testing, clinical trials, a bazillion samples—and man, was it all worth it!”

The products went through months of clinical trials, and the results were astounding. Part of the research, according to Doyle, involved testing the products on the “darkest of complexions” to ensure the brand lived up to its invisibility claims. 

While the formula is completely invisible on every skin tone, the solution itself is actually green. Doyle says that green is neutral on most skin tones, making it perfect to offset the white appearance.

All three products absorb immediately, are non-piling, and provide 72-hour hydration, the highest hydration claim available in the beauty and suncare industries. Doyle says the formula is “game-changing.”

”We are proud and humbled to offer a revolutionary, clear gel suncare line for all, packed with clinically proven skincare benefits,” Doyle concludes.

My Review

After a long day swimming in the pool, I decided to try The Lifeguard. Unfortunately, I had sunburned due to a lack of reapplication of my drugstore SPF (I didn’t get to try the brand’s sunscreen because I couldn’t find it in my luggage at the time. That’s another story for another day, believe me).

When I realized I was sunburned, I immediately applied the after-sun product all over my décolletage area, hoping to alleviate the mild pain. Despite the fact that I’m normally allergic to aloe, this product used just enough of the desert plant to help soothe the pain and irritation I was experiencing without causing a reaction. My skin was no longer red or painful after just a few hours of application.

The Lifeguard from Dune Suncare will forever be in my beach bag! 

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