SIZE
40 ml
PROTOCOL
AM
the tinted spf
Coverage, visible-light defence, no white cast.
$176.40 $196.00 Save $19.60
- Coverage and visible-light defence, with no white cast
- SPF 50 hybrid filters plus iron oxides, in five flexible shades
- It is the sunscreen and the base. Same price as untinted
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- Dispatched by Wed 26 Aug
- Delivered Fri 28 Aug – Wed 2 Sep
What it is
SPF 50 hybrid filters plus iron oxides, which is what actually addresses visible light, in five flexible shades. Niacinamide comes along.
Mornings, as the last step, on days you would otherwise reach for base. It is the sunscreen and the base.
What is in it
THE ACTIVE
SPF 50 hybrid filters + iron oxides
with niacinamide, 5 flexible shades
- SIZE
- 40 ml
- FORMAT
- spf
- STEP
- protect
- WHEN
- AM
Where it sits on the ramp
Five flood bands, F-100 to F-500, by how dilute the formula is.
Potent non-copper treats, and every SPF.
How to use it
- 01Last step of the morning, over everything else.
- 02Introduce one new active at a time, so an irritation has one obvious cause.
What’s inside
Every active, and what it is doing there.
The percentage is on the front of the bottle. This is what the percentage is of.
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ACTIVE
SPF 50, hybrid filters
Mineral and organic filters together, for SPF 50 without the cast a mineral-only formula leaves.
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ACTIVE
SPF 50, hybrid filters
Mineral and organic filters together, for SPF 50 without the cast a mineral-only formula leaves.
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ACTIVE
Iron oxides
Pigments that also address visible light, which UV filters alone do not.
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SUPPORTING
Vitamin B3
Used for the look of pores, tone and barrier comfort. One of the few actives that plays well with almost everything.
These are the actives and the supporting ingredients we formulate around. The complete INCI list is being added to every product page.
The difference
Why ANNEAL is different
Every line below is something you can check on the label or the page before you buy. None of it is a claim about how well the product works.
| What you can verify |
ANNEAL
|
Typical serum |
|---|---|---|
| Active concentration printed on the page | Yes | Usually a range, or nothing at all |
| Every active named at its own strength | Yes | Often folded into one “complex” |
| Layering conflicts stated up front | Yes | Rarely mentioned before checkout |
| Price per millilitre you can work out | Yes | Volume often left off the label |
| Hero active capped, not line-extended | Yes | Extended into new SKUs each season |
| One formula per product, kept in stock | Yes | Seasonal colourways and limited runs |
Reviews
What people who bought it say.
Unedited, in their words. Every one is tied to a confirmed order, and the four- and five-star ones are not moved to the top.
4.7/5
6 reviews
6 of 6 rated it 4 stars or higher
3 photos from customers
The visible-light protection matters for my melasma and almost nothing on the market covers it properly. Charging the same as the untinted one is decent of them.
Ten seconds with fingers and I look like I have slept
Texture is lovely, not at all heavy.
No orange, no grey, no ashiness
Sits well all day on combination skin.
This replaced both my sunscreen and my base
Sheer coverage, evens everything out, and no white cast in photos which is where tinted SPFs usually betray you.
Shade works on me but the range is narrow — it is a one-shade-adjusts formula and it will not work for everyone. Worth saying.
Very good, but I do need a powder by the afternoon
Slight shine develops.
No reviews match that filter yet.
Decide for yourself.
The full label, the dose and the price are back at the top of this page.
Questions
Frequently asked
Common questions about the tinted spf
What does the colour on the bottle mean?
It is the dose. Every product floods one of five steps of the same blue: the palest is the cleansers, where water does the work, and full-strength cupric is reserved for the four copper products. A product cannot change band because of a season or a repackage.
Why is copper limited to four products?
Because a flagship that can be extended forever is not a flagship. GHK-Cu at full dose is the most expensive thing we make and it stays on the face, in four products. If we launch a fifth copper SKU, we will have changed our minds in public rather than quietly.
Do you publish the percentages?
On every product, in the first chapter of the page, before any claim is made about it. Where a formula is a blend rather than a single active, the page shows the blend instead of inventing a headline number.
How do I know what not to layer?
It is printed in the how-to-use block on each product, not buried in an FAQ. The short version: copper peptides and direct acids do not go on together, and a retinal night is followed by SPF in the morning.
Where do I start?
The copper protocol — the blue serum, the barrier cream and the daily spf. Treat, repair-adjacent support, and protection, which is the whole argument of the system in three steps.
Before you buy
The percentage is on the bottle.
One active, one declared concentration, and the full ingredient list. Everything you need to judge it is on this page.

