Current Price $46.00
Highlights
- Best for: Normal skin
- Light coverage
Details & care
What it is: A clinical-grade 24.5% non-nano zinc oxide formula that offers high protection.
What it does: Infused with sheer mineral pigments, it seamlessly blends into your skin for an illuminating finish that helps diffuse imperfections and evens out skin tone. Ectoin deeply soothes and hydrates, while protecting against environmental damage to keep the skin’s barrier healthy and happy sunscreen.
How to use: Use the Illuminating Drops at daytime. Shake well. For face and neck coverage use two fingers-length as a guide OR a nickel-sized amount. Let absorb for 15 minutes before sun exposure. Reapply every 2 hours or after 80 minutes of swimming, sweating or towel drying.
- 1.7 fl. oz.
- Made in the USA
- Item #10277857
Ingredients
Active Ingredient: Zinc Oxide (24.5%) Inactive Ingredients: C13-15 Alkane, Aqua/Water/Eau, Ethyl Macadamiate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Propanediol, Polyglyceryl-4 Diisostearate/Polyhydroxystearate/Sebacate, Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate, Ectoin, Hydroxyectoin, Istostearic Acid, Lecithin, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Quaternium-90 Bentonite, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil, Triethyl Citrate, Tocopherol, Malic Acid, Stearyl Triethoxysilane, Sodium Chloride, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Iron Oxide (CI 77491), Iron Oxide (CI 77492), Iron Oxide (CI 77499)
Ingredients are subject to change at the manufacturer's discretion. For the most complete and up-to-date list of ingredients, refer to the product packaging
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Kate Somerville®
As a skin care expert to the stars for more than 25 years, Kate Somerville has now bottled Hollywood's best skin-changing secrets. Her products—used on some of the most photographed faces in the world and previously available only at her skin care clinic—are now offered for home use. Kate Somerville promises that she can "visibly change your skin through products that can be life-changing."
Most helpful positive review
May 3, 2024
Favorite new sunscreen!
I purchased this from the Nordstrom website with my own money. I’ve been using this sunscreen daily for over a week now and the formulation is very transparent and plays well with my morning serums and moisturizers. The texture is very soft and not slippy, so I feel like this stays well on my skin throughout the day since I’m mostly indoors. I still touch up in the afternoon with an SPF stick from a different brand and the two products are compatible and do not pill/separate.
I like that the packaging is slim and minimal compared to other sunscreens of the same volume.
Annalee S
2found this helpful
Most helpful critical review
Apr 17, 2026
Allergic
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I usually love your products so I was very excited about an SPF product. So bummed that I bought 2 and I am allergic to it. I broke out in a rash within a few minutes of putting it on. Also, it smells a bit like bug spray.
Gabriella
Reposted from Kate Somerville
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fruitbats
Apr 30, 2024
Mixed Feelings
This goes on extremely oily with a long dry-down. If I don't need to put on makeup for about 20-30 minutes, I can use this and it will eventually dry down to a natural, healthy looking sheen vs its immediate state which oily and shiny. It doesn't have a lot of adherence (if you touch your face with a tissue, it will lift off) so I wonder about longevity / actual SPF value if anything is placed on top (makeup or powder to tone down shine). It feels light so it's not uncomfortable or suffocating throughout the day but I think this is best suited to very dry skin. Due to the drawbacks, I won't be repurchasing but ultimately decided to keep it for days I don't need to get ready in a rush.
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krbonill
Size purchased: One Size
July 26, 2024
great product - bad packaging
I liked the sunscreen a lot - 24.5% zinc is really great for me! I like to wear it under makeup. However, the packaging is not great and exploded inside my toiletry bag while traveling. Even when wrapped tightly in a plastic bag. Given the amount of product wasted from one trip this summer, I don’t think I would rebuy as I travel frequently
2found this helpful
Annalee S
May 3, 2024
Favorite new sunscreen!
I purchased this from the Nordstrom website with my own money. I’ve been using this sunscreen daily for over a week now and the formulation is very transparent and plays well with my morning serums and moisturizers. The texture is very soft and not slippy, so I feel like this stays well on my skin throughout the day since I’m mostly indoors. I still touch up in the afternoon with an SPF stick from a different brand and the two products are compatible and do not pill/separate.
I like that the packaging is slim and minimal compared to other sunscreens of the same volume.
2found this helpful
Amanda K.
Reposted from Kate Somerville
Apr 28, 2026
Perfect for my skin
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have combination skin that tends to get oily quick with sunscreen or foundation with SPF. I find this to be the perfect balance for my skin right now, that goes on with a slight dewiness but does not get overly oily throughout the day. It has a slight glow to it too, which allows me to just leave the house with just this and a bit of concealer, and I feel my skin looks great.
Elizabeth H.
Reposted from Kate Somerville
Apr 20, 2026
Fabulous
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Great protective sunscreen! I’m brown. I have been on the lookout for a mineral sunscreen without white cast and have been disappointed. I was worried when I first put it on, but within two minutes it was completely invisible. I put on A LOT too. And it blended right in! I wear it along or under makeup. I’d recommend waiting a few minutes after putting on to apply makeup over.
Gabriella
Reposted from Kate Somerville
Apr 17, 2026
Allergic
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I usually love your products so I was very excited about an SPF product. So bummed that I bought 2 and I am allergic to it. I broke out in a rash within a few minutes of putting it on. Also, it smells a bit like bug spray.
