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Australian Gold Botanical SPF 50 Natural Spray Sunscreen

Australian Gold Botanical SPF 50 Natural Spray Sunscreen

65/100 overall score

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Ingredient & SPF scores

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UV protection

Good 61
  • +30 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +16)
  • +12 Homosalate at #2, UV filter
  • +8 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #3, UV filter
  • +15.2 Octocrylene at #4, UV filter
  • ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
  • +2 Label claims (SPF 50)
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Health safety

Medium 46
  • +100 Starting score
  • −40 Homosalate at #2 (regulatory/evidence concern)
  • −10.5 Octocrylene at #4, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
  • −3.5 Avobenzone at #1, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens

Low 67
  • +100 Starting score
  • −18 Fragrance
  • −12 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
  • −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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White cast

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Eye sting

Medium 35
  • +100 Starting score
  • −24 Avobenzone at #1, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −15 Octocrylene at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −9 Homosalate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −9 Octisalate at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −8 Fragrance
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Heavy feel

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Comedogenic

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Fungal acne

Safe 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Fabric stains

High 25
  • +100 Starting score
  • −50 Avobenzone at #1, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
  • −15 Octocrylene at #4, co-stains alongside avobenzone
  • −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
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Moisture

Balanced
LightNourishing
  • ← 5 Volatile alcohol at #10
  • → 10 Glycerin at #7, the anchor humectant
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Finish

Balanced
MatteDewy
  • ← 1 Volatile alcohol at #10
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Makeup base

Okay
PillsPrimer
  • → 2 Quick-setting carrier (alcohol at #10), fast, even canvas
  • ← 1.5 Humectant syrup tackiness (partly offset by the base)
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Water resistance

Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
  • +7 1 film-forming polymers that lock the formula on for water resistance
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Skincare extras

Beneficial actives this formula contains. Informational only, not part of the rating: their effect depends on a concentration the label does not disclose.

  • ✨ Vitamin E

Full ingredient list (14)

What each ingredient does and how it moves each rating: green helps, red hurts, ↑ / ↓ give the direction, and ← / → shift a slider toward its ends (finish, moisture, makeup base). Auto-derived from our scoring rules and the ingredient's position.

  1. Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone), high in the list, a primary filter

    • ↑ 30 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
    • ↓ 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
    • ↑ 24 migrates into eyes with sweat
    • ↑ 50 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
  2. 2 Homosalate

    Legacy UV filter (Homosalate), high in the list, a primary filter

    • ↑ 12 UV protection
    • ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
  3. Legacy UV filter (Octisalate), high in the list, a primary filter

    • ↑ 8 UV protection
    • ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
  4. 4 Octocrylene

    Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene)

    • ↑ 15.2 UV protection
    • ↓ 10.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
    • ↑ 15 migrates into eyes with sweat
    • ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
  5. Botanical extract

  6. 6 Fragrance

    Fragrance

  7. 7 Glycerin

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 10 → nourishing the anchor humectant
  8. 8 Polyester-8

    Film former, locks the formula onto skin for water resistance

    • ↑ 7 film former
  9. Botanical extract

  10. 10 Sd Alcohol 40-B

    Volatile alcohol, a drying solvent that can sting eyes

  11. Botanical extract

  12. Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  13. Film former, locks the formula onto skin for water resistance

  14. 14 Water

    Solvent base, the water phase

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