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SPF50 Everyday Sunscreen (Face)

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SPF50 Everyday Sunscreen (Face)
Le Rub
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Benefits
  • Barrier-Strengthening
  • Anti-Inflammatory
  • Microbiome Balancing
  • Physical Filters
  • Anti-Redness
  • Antioxidant
  • Plumping
  • Brightening
  • Anti-Dark Circles
  • Hydrating
  • Anti-Wrinkle

Le Rub SPF50 Everyday Sunscreen is a fragrance-free, high-strength mineral face sunscreen offering broad-spectrum protection against UVA, UVB and Blue Light with a silky, invisible finish. Formulated for daily wear, it layers seamlessly under makeup without white cast.

Non-Nano Zinc Oxide forms a photostable physical barrier on the skin's surface, reflecting UV rays without penetrating the skin or marine ecosystems, while also delivering mild anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial benefits.

Grape Ferment Extract — derived from a sugar-yeast fermentation process — promotes natural Vitamin D3 synthesis, addressing one of the most common drawbacks of sunscreen use, and delivers antioxidant hydration to support skin resilience.

Hyaluronic Acid and Glycerin provide humectant hydration, Chamomile Extract soothes, and Vitamin E (Tocopherol) delivers antioxidant barrier protection — leaving the skin luminous, thoroughly protected and nourished.

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Le Rub SPF50 Everyday Sunscreen is a fragrance-free, high-strength mineral face sunscreen offering broad-spectrum protection against UVA, UVB and Blue Light with a silky, invisible finish. Formulated for daily wear, it layers seamlessly under makeup without white cast.

Non-Nano Zinc Oxide forms a photostable physical barrier on the skin's surface, reflecting UV rays without penetrating the skin or marine ecosystems, while also delivering mild anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial benefits.

Grape Ferment Extract — derived from a sugar-yeast fermentation process — promotes natural Vitamin D3 synthesis, addressing one of the most common drawbacks of sunscreen use, and delivers antioxidant hydration to support skin resilience.

Hyaluronic Acid and Glycerin provide humectant hydration, Chamomile Extract soothes, and Vitamin E (Tocopherol) delivers antioxidant barrier protection — leaving the skin luminous, thoroughly protected and nourished.

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More Info

  • - + Who it is for
  • - + How to Apply
  • - + Ingredients
  • - + Smell & Texture
  • - + About the Brand
  • - + Who it is for
  • - + How to Apply
  • - + Ingredients
  • - + Smell & Texture
  • - + About the Brand
Who it is for
Green tick
For you if

Prefer Mineral SPF

Dehydrated Skin

Dry Skin

Antioxidant Support

Sensitive Skin

Red Cross
Not For you if

Prefer Chemical SPF


Not sure? Consult an expert.

How to Apply
Dispense a small amount into your hands and warm it between your palms. Gently press and smooth onto the face and neck as the final step of your morning routine. As this is a mineral formula, a little goes a long way for full SPF30 protection. Reapply every 2 hours when in direct sun, and always after swimming or sweating.
Ingredients

Scroll down the page for a full breakdown of the active ingredients.

Aqua [Water], 24.9% Zinc oxide, C12-15 alkyl benzoate, Butyloctyl salicylate, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Polyglyceryl-4 diisostearate/polyhydroxystearate/sebacate, C13-15 alkane, Hydrogenated ethylhexyl olivate, Quaternium-90 bentonite, Polyhydroxystearic acid, Magnesium sulfate, Pentylene glycol, Zinc stearate, Ascorbic acid, Hyaluronic acid, Saccharomyces/grape ferment extract, Chamomilla recutita (Matricaria) flower extract, Helianthus annuus (Sunflower) seed oil, Polyglyceryl-3 polyricinoleate, Isostearic acid, Hydrogenated olive oil unsaponifiables, Lauroyl lysine, Lecithin, Glycerin, Tocopherol, Aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, Tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, Volcanic soil, Triethyl citrate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Amylopectin

Please note: The ingredients listed in this product are subject to change as the formulation is updated. We aim to update the INCI list as soon as possible, but we encourage you to read the ingredient list on the product itself to ensure it's suitable for your personal use.

Smell & Texture

Fragrance-free

Texture: Weightless, non-greasy, and invisible, perfect under makeup.

About the Brand
Brand logo
Founded in Antwerp by siblings Kim and Raf Maes, Le Rub was created to reimagine sun care as skincare. After three years of development with dermatologists in Italy, they launched a mineral suncare line powered by Mediterranean ingredients. The result is luxurious, protective formulas that merge efficacy, sustainability, and sensorial appeal.

Le Rub transforms sunscreen into a daily ritual worth enjoying. Non-nano Zinc Oxide provides broad-spectrum protection while skincare actives like encapsulated Vitamin C, Hyaluronic Acid, and Grape Ferment nourish and hydrate. Lightweight textures leave no white cast, and Mediterranean-inspired scents make every application feel uplifting.

Le Rub is built on non-nano zinc oxide, the safest and most stable UV filter. Unlike chemical filters, it sits on the skin’s surface to block both UVA and UVB rays without irritation. Its particle size prevents penetration into the skin or marine life, making it reef-safe, protective, and ideal for daily use. This mineral shield is the foundation of Le Rub’s high-performance suncare.

The Benefits

  • - + Increase Vitamin D Levels
  • - + Skin Barrier Strengthening
  • - + Anti-Inflammatory
  • - + Microbiome Balancing
  • - + UV Physical Filters
  • - + Anti-Redness
  • - + Antioxidant
  • - + Plumping
  • - + Brightening (Energising)
  • - + Anti-Dark Circles
  • - + Reduces Trans Epidermal Water Loss
  • - + Hydrating
  • - + Anti-Wrinkle
Increase Vitamin D Levels

Increase Vitamin D Levels focuses on supporting the skin’s natural ability to synthesise and maintain optimal vitamin D, an essential factor in skin health and overall cellular function. Vitamin D plays a key role in regulating cell turnover, strengthening the skin barrier, and modulating immune responses, helping the skin remain resilient and balanced. Advanced skincare approaches work to support these pathways by enhancing the skin’s capacity to utilise available vitamin D and maintain its protective functions, without relying on harmful UV exposure. By optimising vitamin D activity within the skin, this approach contributes to improved barrier strength, healthier renewal processes, and a more robust, well-functioning complexion.

Skin Barrier Strengthening

Strengthening your skin barrier involves replenishing the key elements in the top layer of your skin (stratum corneum), leading to a stronger and healthier barrier. These essential elements include lipids (ceramides, fatty acids, and cholesterol) and Natural Moisturizing Factors (amino acids, hyaluronic acid, etc.). Various factors, such as incorrect skincare use, seasonal changes, and aesthetic treatments, can damage your skin barrier. When this happens, your skin loses excess water through Trans Epidermal Water Loss (T.E.W.L) and becomes less capable of defending against environmental stressors, resulting in dryness, sensitivity, and irritation.

A healthy skin barrier is crucial for overall skin health as it helps prevent hydration loss, protects against environmental damage, and reduces the risk of skin conditions like eczema and acne. By strengthening your skin barrier, you ensure your skin remains well-hydrated, resilient, and protected.

Anti-Inflammatory

Anti-Inflammatory skincare soothes, heal, and balance your skin, the targeted actives are designed to reduce inflammation. Inflammation is your body's natural response to injury or irritation, but continuous inflammation can lead to troublesome skin conditions like acne, rosacea, or eczema. Our anti-inflammatory skincare solutions work to soothe and calm your skin, reducing redness, swelling, and discomfort to provide much-needed relief. By strengthening your skin's barrier, these products help protect against further irritation and damage. Additionally, the anti-inflammatory actives support your skin's natural healing processes, leading to a more balanced and resilient complexion.

Microbiome Balancing

Microbiome Balancing skincare focuses on supporting the skin’s ecosystem through a precise combination of prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics—each playing a distinct and complementary role. Prebiotics act as a targeted nutrient source, feeding and promoting the growth of beneficial microorganisms to maintain balance within the skin’s microbiome. Probiotics then introduce and reinforce these beneficial bacteria, helping to strengthen the skin’s natural defenses and reduce the presence of harmful strains. Postbiotics, the bioactive compounds produced through this process, enhance overall skin function by supporting barrier strength, improving hydration, and calming inflammation. Together, this synergistic approach stabilises the skin environment, resulting in a complexion that is clearer, more resilient, and visibly healthier.

UV Physical Filters

Physical sunscreen protection involves using mineral-based filters like Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide to create a barrier on your skin's surface. These ingredients reflect UV rays, effectively blocking them from penetrating your skin. UVA rays, known as ""A for ageing,"" penetrate deeply into the dermis, causing long-term damage to collagen and elastin fibres, which leads to premature ageing. UVB rays, labelled ""B for burning,"" affect the surface layers of the skin, causing sunburns and direct DNA damage, contributing to skin cancer development. It's crucial to use sunscreen that offers high and lasting protection against both UVA and UVB rays for comprehensive sun protection. Physical sunscreen filters are often preferred by those with sensitive skin, as they are less likely to cause irritation or allergic reactions.

Anti-Redness

Anti-Redness skincare is all about reducing and preventing facial or body redness, which can result from irritation, skin conditions, compromised barriers, and hormonal changes. A targeted approach with multiple strategies works best for tackling redness. Anti-Redness formulations include active ingredients that soothe and strengthen your skin barrier. Their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties calm inflammation and protect against environmental irritants. Additionally, these ingredients have vasoconstrictive properties, meaning they reduce blood vessel dilation to lessen redness. Together, these actions help achieve a more even-toned, balanced complexion that's less prone to redness flare-ups.

Antioxidant

Antioxidant skincare is dedicated to protecting the skin against oxidative stress—one of the primary drivers of premature ageing and cellular damage—while preserving overall skin integrity and vitality. These formulations rely on potent molecules such as vitamin C, vitamin E, and polyphenols, which neutralize free radicals generated by UV exposure and environmental aggressors before they can compromise cellular structures like lipids, proteins, and DNA. Beyond defence, many antioxidants also support repair processes and enhance collagen stability, contributing to improved firmness, brightness and resilience. The result is skin that is not only shielded from ongoing damage but maintained in a healthier, more luminous state over time.

Plumping

Plumping involves using active ingredients to boost the production of key structural components like collagen, the dermal-epidermal junction and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), giving your skin more volume and density. Collagen provides structural support and firmness, while the dermal-epidermal junction, a thin connective layer, ensures smooth, wrinkle-free skin by facilitating cell communication. GAGs, like hyaluronic acid, keep your skin hydrated and plump from within. By stimulating these components, active ingredients help restore your skin's plumpness and radiance.

Brightening (Energising)

Brightening skincare involves using active ingredients to boost your blood circulation, detoxification and cellular energy. Improved blood circulation brings more essential nutrients and oxygen to your skin, while detoxification helps eliminate cell waste and impurities that can make your skin look dull. Certain active ingredients also enhance your skin's metabolism and regeneration. These combined actions restore your skin's vitality and radiant appearance, giving you a fresh, energised complexion.

Anti-Dark Circles

Anti-Dark Circles is a targeted approach for brighter eyes. These products address all types of dark circles: vascular (blue), pigmented (brown) and hollow (shadow).

Vascular dark circles: These blue circles result from poor blood and lymph circulation. Anti-dark circle actives such as caffeine, constricts blood vessels and boosts circulation, effectively reducing their appearance.
Pigmented dark circles: These brown circles are due to melanin accumulation, often influenced by genetics and sun exposure. Lightening actives work to diminish these pigmentation marks, revealing a more even skin tone.
Hollow dark circles: These shadows appear with aging as fat diminishes and skin sags. Peptides stimulate collagen and elastin production, plumping and firming the eye area.

Reduces Trans Epidermal Water Loss

Reducing Trans Epidermal Water Loss (TEWL) is key to maintaining your skin’s optimal hydration levels. By strengthening your skin’s natural barrier, these ingredients prevent water from escaping, keeping your skin well-hydrated and plump. The result is a smoother, more supple complexion with improved texture and resilience, giving you a healthier, more radiant look.

Hydrating

Hydration is a fundamental part of healthy skincare, focusing on maintaining and restoring the skin’s water content. Well-hydrated skin appears plump, smooth and radiant, while dehydration can lead to dullness, tightness, fine lines and increased sensitivity.
Hydrating the skin can work through a fascinating mix of ingredients with different roles. Humectants like hyaluronic acid and glycerin act like water magnets, pulling water into the skin to instantly plump and smooth, while Natural Moisturizing Factors (NMFs)—such as urea, amino acids and sodium PCA—mimic the skin’s own hydration system, helping it hold onto water and stay balanced from within.
Adding humectants like hyaluronic acid to your routine will restore your skin's healthy glow, minimize fine lines, and provide a plumping effect.

Anti-Wrinkle

Anti-wrinkle skincare is focused on both preventing and visibly reducing the formation of lines by targeting the structural and dynamic causes of wrinkles within the skin. Fine lines and deeper wrinkles develop as collagen and elastin decline, cell turnover slows and repeated facial movements create creases that become etched over time. Advanced formulations address these mechanisms through a combination of elastin-stimulating actives, smoothing peptides that help relax the appearance of expression lines, and deeply hydrating ingredients that plump the skin from within. By reinforcing the skin’s architecture while softening surface contractions and improving elasticity, anti-wrinkle skincare delivers a visibly smoother complexion.

  • - + Increase Vitamin D Levels
  • - + Skin Barrier Strengthening
  • - + Anti-Inflammatory
  • - + Microbiome Balancing
  • - + UV Physical Filters
  • - + Anti-Redness
  • - + Antioxidant
  • - + Plumping
  • - + Brightening (Energising)
  • - + Anti-Dark Circles
  • - + Reduces Trans Epidermal Water Loss
  • - + Hydrating
  • - + Anti-Wrinkle

Active Ingredients

  • - + Grape Ferment Extract
  • - + Non Nano Zinc Oxide
  • - + Stabilised Vitamin C
  • - + High Moleclular Weight Hyaluronic Acid (Hyaluronic Acid)
  • - + Glycerin
  • - + Chamomile Extract
Grape Ferment Extract

Derived through the bio-fermentation of red grapes with Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, this postbiotic active stimulates the expression of Vitamin D receptors in the skin. By enhancing the skin’s own synthesis and utilisation of active Vitamin D (calcitriol), it supports the skin barrier, regulates inflammatory responses, and promotes a healthier, more resilient complexion, especially under reduced sun exposure.

Non Nano Zinc Oxide

A naturally occurring mineral filter, zinc oxide forms a physical shield on the skin’s surface, reflecting both UVA and UVB radiation to prevent photodamage. This formula uses non-nano, uncoated zinc oxide ensuring they do not penetrate the skin barrier. Photostable, non-irritating, and ideal for sensitive skin.

Stabilised Vitamin C

Stabilised vitamin C is a chemically modified derivative of Vitamin C engineered to maintain potency and resist oxidation caused by exposure to light, heat, and oxygen, offering enhanced stability and controlled release into the skin. Once absorbed, they function as potent antioxidants, neutralising free radicals generated by UV radiation and pollution to prevent oxidative stress and premature cellular ageing. Stabilised vitamin C also inhibits tyrosinase activity, reducing melanin synthesis and promoting a more even, luminous skin tone. Additionally, it stimulates collagen synthesis by supporting fibroblast activity, improving skin firmness and elasticity over time. Because of their lower irritation potential and greater formulation stability, these forms are accepted by most skin types; including sensitive, acne-prone, or reactive skin.

High Moleclular Weight Hyaluronic Acid (Hyaluronic Acid)

High Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid has a larger molecular size (>1000kDA), which tends to sit on the top layer of the skin, providing surface hydration and improving water retention. It acts as a potent humectant, drawing hydration from the environment into the skin, which helps to plump and smooth the skin's surface texture. Its larger size limits its ability to penetrate deeply into the skin compared to lower molecular weight Hyalurons, making it ideal for providing surface-enhancing hydration provided from other forms of hyalurons and maintaining skin suppleness.

Glycerin

Glycerin is a potent humectant commonly used in skincare for its powerful hydrating properties. It works by attracting water molecules from the atmosphere and retaining them in the deeper layers of the skin, effectively boosting hydration reservoir. This helps to plump up the skin, resulting in reduced dehydration lines and a soft, supple complexion.

Chamomile Extract

Chamomile Extract, derived from chamomile flowers, is one of the most potent anti-inflammatory actives. This gentle extract not only soothes and calms but also deeply nourishes and hydrates the skin. With its potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, it effectively heals and protects, promoting skin health and resilience.

  • - + Grape Ferment Extract
  • - + Non Nano Zinc Oxide
  • - + Stabilised Vitamin C
  • - + High Moleclular Weight Hyaluronic Acid (Hyaluronic Acid)
  • - + Glycerin
  • - + Chamomile Extract
Non-Nano Zinc Oxide

Non-Nano Zinc Oxide is a next-generation mineral sunscreen active renowned for its ability to provide broad-spectrum protection against both UVA and UVB rays. As a physical UV filter, it forms a reflective layer on the skin’s surface, deflecting harmful radiation before it can trigger inflammation, DNA damage, or pigmentation.

The “non-nano” distinction refers to its particle size: larger than 100 nanometres, ensuring it remains on the skin’s surface rather than being absorbed into the body.

In addition to its photoprotective properties, Non-Nano Zinc Oxide offers mild anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial benefits, soothing redness and supporting barrier function, particularly under sun-induced stress. It is also inherently photostable, maintaining efficacy without degrading in sunlight.

With consistent use, Non-Nano Zinc Oxide supports long-term skin health by helping to prevent photo ageing, uneven skin tone, and oxidative stress, making it a foundational ingredient in high-performance mineral sun care.

Spotlight

Non-Nano Zinc Oxide

Non-Nano Zinc Oxide is a next-generation mineral sunscreen active renowned for its ability to provide broad-spectrum protection against both UVA and UVB rays. As a physical UV filter, it forms a reflective layer on the skin’s surface, deflecting harmful radiation before it can trigger inflammation, DNA damage, or pigmentation.

The “non-nano” distinction refers to its particle size: larger than 100 nanometres, ensuring it remains on the skin’s surface rather than being absorbed into the body.

In addition to its photoprotective properties, Non-Nano Zinc Oxide offers mild anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial benefits, soothing redness and supporting barrier function, particularly under sun-induced stress. It is also inherently photostable, maintaining efficacy without degrading in sunlight.

With consistent use, Non-Nano Zinc Oxide supports long-term skin health by helping to prevent photo ageing, uneven skin tone, and oxidative stress, making it a foundational ingredient in high-performance mineral sun care.

Why I love it

  • Le Rub brings a rare elegance to mineral sun care, this SPF feels like skincare, wears invisibly, and delivers protection without compromise. It's a daily essential we genuinely reach for.

    X Natalie K-F

    Founder, Embassy of Beauty

  • Le Rub SPF50 Everyday Sunscreen
    Le Rub

    SPF50 Everyday Sunscreen (Face)

    £43

    Le Rub SPF50 Everyday Sunscreen is a fragrance-free, high-strength mineral face sunscreen offering broad-spectrum protection against UVA, UVB and Blue Light with a silky, invisible finish. Formulated for daily wear, it layers seamlessly under makeup without white cast.

    Non-Nano Zinc Oxide forms a photostable physical barrier on the skin's surface, reflecting UV rays without penetrating the skin or marine ecosystems, while also delivering mild anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial benefits.

    Grape Ferment Extract — derived from a sugar-yeast fermentation process — promotes natural Vitamin D3 synthesis, addressing one of the most common drawbacks of sunscreen use, and delivers antioxidant hydration to support skin resilience.

    Hyaluronic Acid and Glycerin provide humectant hydration, Chamomile Extract soothes, and Vitamin E (Tocopherol) delivers antioxidant barrier protection — leaving the skin luminous, thoroughly protected and nourished.

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