Your Daily SPF: Our Top Expert Picks

Importance of SPF 

SPF may be the last step in your skincare regime, but it’s one of the most crucial aspects - if not the most crucial. Our amazing range of SPF consists of the top brands available, to protect your skin from UVA, UVB and blue rays. While the caring moisturisers enrich and nourish the skin. It is so important we wear SPF all year round. Your face and body are exposed to UV radiation every day no matter what the weather.

Remember not all sunscreens protect against both UVA and UVB rays. You must look closely at the SPF you are buying, what is on the label and ingredients. Make sure your SPF is labelled Broad Spectrum, which means it contains a combination of ingredients to protect you from both rays.

Here at Millies, we boast a range of the best brands, including Environ, SkinCeuticals, IMAGE Skincare, Murad, and more. It can be difficult to choose which SPF to go for, so we’ve taken our best-selling, expert SPF products that can (and should) be used each and every day. 

CeraVe AM Facial Moisturising Lotion SPF 25

If you’re looking for an SPF that’s more budget friendly, CeraVe is the one for you. A lightweight facial moisturising lotion with SPF25, it’s perfect for normal to dry skin. Plus it’s enriched with three essential ceramides to protect the skin’s natural barrier, as well as Hyaluronic Acid to retain moisture. 

Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream SPF30

The Pro-Collagen Marine Cream is the main hero product and best selling product in the whole Elemis range, and they have now added SPF to this fantastic product. With the same anti-wrinkle ingredients, it now also includes a broad spectrum SPF30 to protect your skin against both UVA and UVB rays. 

Environ Sun Care RAD Shield SPF15 Mineral Sunscreen

Environ is one skincare brand that knocks it out of the park each and every time: and their SPF is, of course, no different. A light but creamy in texture SPF that contains both a physical and chemical sunscreen making it a broad spectrum SPF. Packed with antioxidants and essential nutrients to keep the skin healthy, it leaves the skin feeling soft and supple and is perfect for wearing under makeup. 

Environ Suncare Alpha Day Lotion SPF15

Another Environ option, this time, the Alpha Day Lotion. Also a broad spectrum protection from UVA and UVB rays, but containing Lactic acid to help to moisturise the skin as well as helping to keep it hydrated and even out the appearance of uneven skin tone.

IMAGE Skincare PREVENTION+ Daily Ultimate Protection Moisturiser SPF50

This sheer daily moisturiser delivers SPF 50 broad-spectrum protection against the sun’s harmful UVA and UVB rays. The modernised formula with Digital Aging Defense helps to fight against the effects of blue light and environmental skin stressors that cause dryness, discoloration and other signs of ageing. A specialised pea protein helps to defend against the elements that age our skin, indoors and out. 

IMAGE Skincare PREVENTION+ Daily Matte Moisturizer SPF 30 New Formula

Our second IMAGE Skincare SPF, this time a matte version for those who struggle with oily skin. It protects the skin daily from the sun's harmful UVA and UVB rays, while also priming and protecting the skin while minimising shine and leaving a soft matte finish. 

Murad Environmental Shield Essential-C Day Moisture Broad Spectrum SPF30

If you’re looking for an extra boost of hydration, the Murad Essential-C Day Moisture Broad Spectrum SPF30 helps keep your skin hydrated and shields and protects environmentally stressed skin. Vitamin C stimulates collagen production to keep skin firm and youthful while SPF30 protects against harmful UVA/UVB rays and free radical damage.  

Sculpted By Aimee Connolly Beauty Base Protect SPF 50 Primer

When it comes to skincare and beauty, this Irish product meets the best of both worlds. The Sculpted by Aimee Beauty Base SPF 50 is a universal primer for all skin types, working as the perfect pre-makeup layer to help keep makeup in place for longer - while also an SPF 50 is a broad spectrum with PA+++.

SkinCeuticals Oil Shield UV Defense Sunscreen SPF 50

A lightweight, hydrating formula that’s suitable for daily use and under makeup, and can be used by all skin types, the SkinCeuticals Oil Shield UV Defense Sunscreen SPF 50 provides high, broad-spectrum UVA/UVB protection, as well as simultaneously hydrating and moisturising the skin. 

Skingredients Skin Shield SPF 50

Last, but certainly not least, Skin Shield is the final step in your routine to protect your skin from damaging UVA + UVB rays, blue light emitted from the sun + our screens, pollution and infrared. For added skin benefits, you’ll find niacinamide – otherwise known as vitamin B3 – and vitamin E for the antioxidant protection against pesky environmental aggressors.