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Aveeno ® Baby Sunscreen Lotion With Zinc Oxide, Spf 50

Aveeno ® Baby Sunscreen Lotion With Zinc Oxide, Spf 50

70/100 overall score

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Ingredient & SPF scores

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UV protection

Moderate 43
  • +41 Zinc Oxide at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +18)
  • +2 Label claims (SPF 50)
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Health safety

High 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Allergens

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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White cast

Medium 41
  • +100 Starting score
  • −55 Zinc Oxide, 21.6% declared
  • −15 Pure mineral formula (21.6% total declared)
  • +7 PHSA dispersant, fights agglomeration
  • +4.4 Coated minerals (Triethoxycaprylylsilane)
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Eye sting

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Heavy feel

Medium 60
  • +100 Starting score
  • −40 Zinc Oxide, 21.6% declared
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Comedogenic

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Fungal acne

Low 91
  • +100 Starting score
  • −9 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Behenate)
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Fabric stains

Low 85
  • +100 Starting score
  • −15 Zinc Oxide at #1, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture

Balanced
LightNourishing
  • ← 3 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica)
  • ← 5 Zinc Oxide at #1, mild sebum absorbent
  • → 4 Glycerin at #10, the anchor humectant
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Finish

Balanced
MatteDewy
  • ← 3 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica)
  • → 9 1 emollient lipids (C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
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Makeup base

Poor
PillsPrimer
  • → 1 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
  • → 3 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
  • ← 8 Powder overload over a film former, some pilling risk
  • ← 15 High mineral load at #1 greys under foundation
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Water resistance

Resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
  • +16 2 film-forming polymers that lock the formula on for water resistance
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Full ingredient list (24)

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. 1 Zinc Oxide

    Mineral UV filter (Zinc Oxide), high in the list, a primary filter

    • ↑ 41 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
    • ↑ 55 21.6% declared
    • ↑ 40 21.6% declared
    • ↑ 15 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
    • light ← 5 mild sebum absorbent
    • pills ← 15 High mineral load greys under foundation
  2. 2 Water

    Solvent base, the water phase

  3. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • 9 → dewy emollient lipid
  4. Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

    • ↑ 13 film former
  5. Supporting ingredient

  6. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  7. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  8. 8 Dimethicone

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  9. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  10. 10 Glycerin

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 4 → nourishing the anchor humectant
  11. 11 Ethyl Methicone

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  12. 12 Silica

    Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish

    • light ← 3 sebum-absorbing powder
    • matte ← 3 sebum-absorbing powder
  13. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  14. Supporting ingredient

  15. 15 Phenoxyethanol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  16. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  17. 17 Sodium Chloride

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  18. Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

    • ↑ 3 film former
  19. 19 Chlorphenesin

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  20. 20 Phenethyl Alcohol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  21. Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  22. 22 Caprylyl Glycol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  23. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  24. Botanical extract

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