brought this product because i was looking for a new sunscreen to try and this was an interesting experience because i wanted to see how a tone-up sunscreen would look on my skin. i find that i dont use this sunscreen on its own, but rather, i enjoy layering(?) it with another sunscreen to brighter my skin! if you have a tanner/darker skin tone, the tone-up effect may not be very flattering as its essentially a bad whitecast.