La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 SPF50+ 50ml

Anthelios UVMune 400 is La Roche-Posay's most advanced face sunscreen, built around Mexoryl 400, a filter developed over a decade specifically to absorb ultra-long UVA rays (380 to 400nm). These rays make up about 30% of the UV reaching skin, penetrate deepest into the dermis, pass through glass and cloud, and drive pigmentation, wrinkles and long-term photo-damage, yet most sunscreens barely cover them. Combined with a full broad-spectrum filter system for SPF50+, UVMune 400 offers the widest protection available in a pharmacy sunscreen. It is water-resistant, non-comedogenic, fragrance-free and tested on sensitive skin, and its light texture suits daily wear under make-up for pigment-prone, ageing and sensitive skin alike.

The UV that causes melasma, dark spots and wrinkles is largely long UVA, which reaches you through windows and on cloudy days and which ordinary sunscreens cover poorly. Protection against it is the difference between a pigment routine that holds and one that keeps slipping back. This filter was made for exactly that.