An unspoken feeling arrives this time of year in the UK. The boosted morale enters with the first warm breeze, as pub gardens reopen and the sun sets past 8pm. Honestly, if I could bottle it, I would. So when the latest complexion launch from Merit, The Uniform Tinted Mineral SPF 50, arrived, the timing couldn't have been better.
That early taste of summer always nudges me towards lighter formulas and sheer make-up textures. Much like packing away my winter knits, I give my heavier foundations their seasonal send-off and reach for skin tints and tinted moisturisers that allow my skin to breathe. My approach to beauty shifted after I lived in Australia, where sun protection is taken seriously. I now want products that enhance my skin as well as, more crucially, protect it. A tinted SPF ticks a lot of these boxes.
