Sea Salt
What Sea Salt is & what it does
Sea Salt is the mineral residue obtained by evaporating sea water, composed mainly of sodium chloride along with trace minerals. In cosmetic formulas it is commonly used as a viscosity-adjusting agent and bulking agent, and it can help thicken or stabilize certain cleansers and body products. It is also used for its mild exfoliating texture in scrubs.
What does Sea Salt do in skincare?
Sea Salt is commonly used as a viscosity-adjusting and bulking agent, where it can thicken or stabilize certain cleansers and body products. In scrubs it also provides a gentle exfoliating texture.
Is Sea Salt safe in skincare?
Sea Salt is mainly sodium chloride with trace minerals and is generally regarded as safe in cosmetics. In rinse-off and body products it is well tolerated, though coarse salt scrubs can feel abrasive on very sensitive or broken skin.
Is Sea Salt natural or synthetic?
Sea Salt is a natural mineral obtained by evaporating sea water. It is mineral-derived rather than animal-derived, so it is generally compatible with vegan formulas.
Sunscreens with Sea Salt
We rate 70 sunscreens that contain it, showing the top 10 by overall score:
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AHC Masters Cream To Sun Sherbet SPF50+ Pa++++
93/100
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Sungboon Editor Green Tomato Pore Blurring Suncream
92/100
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Bielenda C Marine Care Hydro-Cream SPF 50
90/100
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Seacret Soft Feel Sun Cream SPF50
89/100
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Vintage Beauty BB Cream SPF 50+
87/100
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Azio Beauty Age Defy Tinted SPF Perfector
87/100
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almost 1.618 Tinted Sunscreen SPF 30+
84/100
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Medi Natural Ránctalanító Fényvédő Arckrém SPF 30
83/100
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PHI Cosmetics Sunbrella Face Sunscreen SPF 30+
83/100
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Clarins Hydra-Essentiel Silky Cream SPF 15 Normal To Dry Skin
83/100