La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 Invisible Fluid SPF50+ On your shelf ✓
Our read, in one look
Tinosorb S is the reason to consider this sunscreen, with Avobenzone behind it.
The case for it
- Tinosorb S, strong evidence for broad spectrum uv protection
- Avobenzone, strong evidence for UVA1 protection
- No fragrance or parabens
Mind this
- A morning step, under sunscreen
- Isopropyl Myristate: rates high on the pore-clogging scale
- Add it on its own for a week or two, so you know what your skin is answering to
Maya's readLa Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 Invisible Fluid SPF50+ is a sunscreen built around Tinosorb S, Avobenzone and Glycerin. It leans strongest on hydration, barrier repair. Best suited to sensitive, dry and dehydrated skin. One caveat: very breakout-prone skin may find it too rich.
Skip it if you're very breakout-prone: it carries isopropyl myristate, which can clog some pores.
The formula, drawn
Every ingredient in label order, coloured by the job it does here.
15 of the 29 sit above the 1% line. The other 14, hatched, are each under 1%. Widths show the ORDER on the label and nothing else: the label never discloses amounts, so we never draw them.
- Actives & signals
- Hydrators
- Texture & base
- Preservation
- Not in our library yet
- No fragrance anywhere on the label
What it delivers
How it feels Finish varies by batch and region, so check matte-vs-dewy before committing if that matters to you. (estimated from the formula)
What's in it that matters
Highly photostable, oil-soluble organic filter that provides strong UVA and UVB protection and stabilizes less stable filters in blends.
Widely used UVA1 filter that needs stabilizing partners to remain photostable but is key for modern broad-spectrum sunscreens.
Classic humectant with strong evidence for improving skin hydration and supporting barrier when combined with emollients.
Oil soluble triazine filter that absorbs UVB strongly and stays photostable, used to build high SPF sunscreens; the EU caps it at 5 percent.
Fat-soluble antioxidant that protects oils from oxidation and can support photoprotection; may be comedogenic or irritating for some.
Slip-enhancing emollient ester that improves spread but is strongly associated with pore clogging for many acne-prone users.
How to use it
The last step of your morning routine, over moisturiser. Reapply through the day if you are outdoors.
Where it acts
The same cross-section as our 500 dalton page, with this formula's actives on the layer each one works on. Depth is the anatomy's, never an ingredient's.
Skin surface
On top of the skin
- Avobenzonederived from what it is
- Ethylhexyl Triazonederived from what it is
- Tinosorb Sderived from what it is
The stratum corneum
- Glycerinderived from what it is
- Isopropyl Myristatederived from what it is
- Vitamin Ederived from what it is
6 of this product's actives have a layer we can defend.
Against the average sunscreen
It sits within 1 point of the median sunscreen on every axis.
A median, not an average: one unusual formula should not move the middle. The numbers are the same 0 to 10 reads the comparison pages use.
The full ingredients list, decoded
Every ingredient on the label, in the order it appears (highest amount first). We link the 19 our library knows, name what each one does, and flag anything that can irritate or clog. The rest we leave plain, nothing is hidden.
All 29 ingredients, decoded
- Aqua/Water/EauSolvent (base)
- Alcohol Denat.Solventcan irritate
- SilicaAbsorbent
- Diisopropyl Sebacate
- Dicaprylyl CarbonateEmollient (ester)
- Ethylhexyl TriazoneUv filter
- Butyl MethoxydibenzoylmethaneUv filtermild irritant
- Diisopropyl Adipate
- GlycerinHumectant
- Isopropyl MyristateEmollientmay clog pores
- PropanediolHumectant
- C12-22 Alkyl Acrylate/Hydroxyethylacrylate CopolymerThickener
- C12-15 Alkyl BenzoateEmollient
- roughly the 1% lineThe rules only require descending order above 1%. From Tocopherol down, these 14 can be listed in any order the brand likes, so position stops telling you anything.
- TocopherolAntioxidantmild irritant
- Methoxypropylamino Cyclohexenylidene Ethoxyethylcyanoacetate
- Perlite
- Drometrizole TrisiloxaneUv filter
- Citric AcidExfoliantmild irritant
- Disodium PhosphatepH buffer
- HydroxyethylcelluloseThickener
- Pentylene GlycolHumectant
- Polysorbate 60Emulsifier
- Sodium PhosphatepH buffer
- Terephthalylidene Dicamphor Sulfonic Acid
- TriethanolaminePh adjuster
Copy the raw INCI list
Aqua/Water/Eau, Alcohol Denat., Silica, Diisopropyl Sebacate, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Ethylhexyl Triazone, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine, Diisopropyl Adipate, Glycerin, Isopropyl Myristate, Propanediol, C12-22 Alkyl Acrylate/Hydroxyethylacrylate Copolymer, Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Tocopherol, Methoxypropylamino Cyclohexenylidene Ethoxyethylcyanoacetate, Perlite, Drometrizole Trisiloxane, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Citric Acid, Disodium Phosphate, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Pentylene Glycol, Polysorbate 60, Sodium Phosphate, Terephthalylidene Dicamphor Sulfonic Acid, Triethanolamine, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
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Common questions
Is La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 Invisible Fluid SPF50+ good for sensitive skin?
By our read of the formula, it suits sensitive, dry, dehydrated skin. La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 Invisible Fluid SPF50+ is a sunscreen built around Tinosorb S, Avobenzone and Glycerin. It leans strongest on hydration, barrier repair. Best suited to sensitive, dry and dehydrated skin. One caveat: very breakout-prone skin may find it too rich.
How do you use La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 Invisible Fluid SPF50+?
The last step of your morning routine, over moisturiser. Reapply through the day if you are outdoors.
What are the key ingredients in La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 Invisible Fluid SPF50+?
The actives that do the work are Tinosorb S, Avobenzone, Glycerin, Ethylhexyl Triazone, Vitamin E, Isopropyl Myristate. The rest of the list is texture, preservatives and emulsifiers that hold the formula together.
Does La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 Invisible Fluid SPF50+ contain fragrance?
No. By our reading of the ingredient list it is fragrance-free, which is a plus for sensitive or reactive skin.
What the 3D scene shows
The scene shows La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 Invisible Fluid SPF50+ beside a cross-section of skin, with 5 of its ingredients drawn at the layer each one acts on and at one shared molecular scale: Avobenzone and Glycerin and Isopropyl Myristate and Tinosorb S and Vitamin E in the stratum corneum, the dead outer layer where most skincare works. Depths come from the same sourced layer data as the rest of this site, and any ingredient whose layer is not established is left out rather than guessed.
