I’m a skincare pro – I tried Trader Joe’s Supergoop sunscreen dupe and I was NOT impressed

MOST people don’t like to leave patches of white clumpy sunscreen on their face, especially if it doesn’t even help protect them.

Supergoop sunscreen is known for its velvety feel and its effortless application, and one shopping expert can confirm that its dupe does not compare.

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Supergoop’s Unseen Sunscreen is transparent and has a velvet texture[/caption]

Every sunscreen affects people’s skin differently depending on whether or not they have sensitive, oily, dry, or acne-prone skin.

Supergoop combines skincare nutrients with SPF to create a safe formula for all skin types.

Products range from SPF powder sunscreen to UV protectant shimmery eye shadow.

All of them are either made with clean chemicals or 100 percent minerals.

Supergoop can be purchased on their website, as well as through Ulta, Sephora, Urban Outfitters, and Walmart.

Prices range from $19 to $58 for items sold separately.

TikTok’s skincare queen Faith Allison was encouraged to try the Trader Joe’s Supergoop dupe.

The dupe is called the Daily Facial Sunscreen and can be bought online or in-store.

This sunscreen has SPF 40 and is transparent, just like Supergoop’s popular Unseen Sunscreen.

While the Unseen Sunscreen is $36 for 1.7 oz, the Daily Facial Sunscreen is $8.99.

Faith made a video testing the Trader Joe’s version using SPOTMYUV detection stickers.

If the sunscreen is doing its job, the sticker will be clear.

But if the sticker turns purple, then UV rays are detected, which means your skin isn’t being protected.

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The Trader Joe’s Supergoop dupe isn’t actually a dupe based on its lack of protection[/caption]

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Faith’s UV test comes back, and the result is not good[/caption]

First, Faith tests the sunscreen by placing two UV patches on her leg.

On one patch she squirts about a pump and a half right on top.

The other patch she leaves unprotected.

After a little while, you can see that the patch unprotected stays purple, and the patch with sunscreen starts to fade clear but still has an underlying purple tone.

This means that while the sunscreen does over some protection, it’s not full proof.

Faith then decides to test a patch on her face and puts a more than generous amount of sunscreen on it.

Although this patch turns mostly transparent, a tiny bit of purple is still visible.

“Was in the sun for a while testing this bc I didn’t want to jump to conclusions that it didn’t pass,” Faith commented.

One viewer explained that she shared the same disliking of this product and got burned when she used it.

Faith responded: “Yup not surprised you still got burnt because my sticker test still showed some purple showing up.”

In a later video, Faith tests Supergoop’s Unseen Sunscreen, and the UV patch turns fully transparent.