SPECIALIST testing NIVEA SUN ANTIPIGMENT LUMINOUS 630 SPF 50+UVA SUNSCREEN: Dark Spot Control Review

Hi guys! In today’s blog post I will be writing about this new Anti-Pigment Sunscreen by Nivea. I saw you guys loving my Nivea videos, and a lot of people actually asked me in the comment section on Youtube to review Nivea’s sunscreens. Brace yourself, they are coming!

The first one in line is this Anti-Pigment sunscreen.

CLAIMS

As always let’s start with claims. This sunscreen gives you both UVA and UVB protection, it’s SPF50 and broad spectrum, which means that UVA protection, is one-third of the claimed UVB protection and that is SPF 50. It’s supposed to be lightweight, and non-greasy, it prevents dark spots/ hyperpigmentation from appearing and reduces dark spots in 4 weeks.

INGREDIENTS

In this sunscreen, you get decent UV filters: Avobenzone, Uvinul T 150 (Ethylhexyl Triazone), Tinosorb S, and Ensulizole.

You don’t get superior UVA protection here as you do with Korean sunscreens, or La Roche Posay Sunscreen, because they have L’oreal Group Exclusive agents like Mexoryl XL and SX. You don’t get protection against long UVA rays, but you get UVA protection, for a drugstore price.

The important ingredient to mention here is Isobutylamido Thiazolyl Resorcinol, or the so-called Thiamidol^®. Sound familiar?

Yes, that is the same ingredient used in the Eucerin’s Antipigment Serum, that I already reviewed, I actually have a whole playlist on that serum you can watch it here.

Eucerin and Nivea are owned by the same company, so that explains the same ingredient. This is actually a patented ingredient.

In this formulation, I believe that this ingredient is representing the Luminous630, because they did not mention Thiamidol in the claims, but only this Luminous630. They registered two different names for this compound I guess.

Anyways, this ingredient works. It’s effective, you can watch the reviews of the Antipigment serum. I have before and after photos in those videos. It works, it can actually reduce dark spots.

So based on the ingredients the claims are backed up.

CONTROVERSIAL INGREDIENTS

Alcohol and Fragrance.

I don’t mind alcohol; it helps with the penetration of active ingredients into the skin. The fragrance isn’t my favorite, especially because this scent isn’t particularly pleasant to me and it’s too strong if you ask me. If you have sensitive skin, this won’t be the best option for you.

DEMO APPLICATION AND HOW IT FEELS ON THE SKIN

This sunscreen has amazing sensor characteristics, it spreads out easily, absorbs quickly, leaves no white cast and it is indeed light-weight. Leaves you with a radiant glow, but it’s not greasy looking, nor sticky. After five minutes it feels as if you applied a regular light-weight moisturizer, not sunscreen. The finish reminds me of Korean sunscreens because those are the most lightweight formulations of sunscreens that I have ever seen and tried out. Watch the Demo Application dow below.

LAYERING

I had no problems with layering; it’s not peeling nor balling up. The second layer looked great and the glow was amazing.

MAKEUP APPLICATION

Acts as a great makeup base, I had no problems with makeup application.

FINAL VERDICT

I love the texture of the sunscreen and I love how light-weight it is, and the glow that it gives you after application. I love that it has Thiamidol.

I don’t know if it will really reduce the dark spot in only 4 weeks, and I cannot test it because I don’t live in the same country as my mom anymore (if you watched the Eucerin reviews, you know that she was my guinea pig because she has dark spots on her face, I tested the serum on her). But what I do know is that Thiamidol is really effective in reducing dark spots because Eucerin Anti-pigment serum gave me really good results.

Another thing that I have to mention is that the Anti-Pigment serum by Eucerin can be applied up to 4 times a day, which tells me that the concentration is of course higher than here in this sunscreen; because this sunscreen has no limitations in how many times daily you can apply it to your skin. This indicates that Eucerin’s serum will of course be more effective in reducing dark spots.

Being that UVA rays are responsible for dark spots and photoaging, even though I love that this sunscreen targets dark spots, it’s not providing protection against long UVA rays like some other sunscreens are, and you don’t get superior UVA protection here. I would say that is the biggest con here because if you really want to protect yourself from dark spots and photo-aging you need to have superior UVA protection in a sunscreen. That is the whole point.

Even though I really want to recommend this sunscreen because of how good the sensor characteristics are, it really feels amazing on the skin, the fact that this sunscreen is at the same time targeting dark spots but not providing good enough protection against UVA rays that cause them, is a NO for me.

If you are struggling with dark spots, a better and more effective option would be to get the Anti-pigment serum by Eucerin and a sunscreen that gives you superior UVA protection.

Some of my recommendations would be The Garnier sunscreens that are in the same price range, which I believe all provide protection against long UVA rays.

My first recommendation would be Garnier Anti-Age Super UV SPF 50, I have a review on that one you can watch down below.

That one also fights the dark spots, it does not have Thiamidol but it has a different resorcinol ingredient that shows moderate results in fading dark spots.

If you have a bigger budget I would recommend La Roche Posay sunscreens, because they all have superior UVA protection.

And even if you are on the budget you can buy the large Face&Body packaging with 200-300ml and use it all year around. Be protected from the sun and on a budget at the same time.

Watch this video to see if this hack would work for you!