Be Bodywise Be Body Wise Sunscreen Lotion With SPF 50
49/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Be Bodywise Sunscreen Lotion With SPF 50 is a chemical lotion built on older-generation filters: homosalate, ethylhexyl salicylate, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, and octocrylene. It has a balanced finish, stays lightweight, and keeps white cast low, with an okay makeup fit, and it does not generally sting. Despite the SPF 50 label, the engine rates its measured protection as weak. With a score of 49.0, it is a light-feeling lotion whose protection lands below its number.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Weak
24
- +12 Homosalate at #2, UV filter
- +8 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #3, UV filter
- +17.1 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #4, UV filter
- +15.2 Octocrylene at #5, UV filter
- −16.5 UVB coverage saturated
- ×0.6 Almost no UVA1, poor aging protection
- +2 Label claims (SPF 50)
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Health safety
Medium
37
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Homosalate at #2 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −12.6 Octinoxate at #4, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −10.5 Octocrylene at #5, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- +0 2 endocrine-scrutinized filters together
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Allergens
Low
97
- +100 Starting score
- −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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Eye sting
Medium
56
- +100 Starting score
- −15 Octocrylene at #5, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −11 Octinoxate 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
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Heavy feel
Low
95
- +100 Starting score
- −5 Cetearyl Alcohol at #7, rich gel-network thickener
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Fungal acne
Medium
72
- +100 Starting score
- −28 2 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate)
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Fabric stains
Low
85
- +100 Starting score
- −15 Octocrylene at #5, co-stains alongside avobenzone
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- → 10 Glycerin at #6, the anchor humectant
- → 1 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 1 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 3 Humectant syrup tackiness
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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
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.
- ✨ Niacinamide
- ✨ Vitamin E
Full ingredient list (18)
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.
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1 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Legacy UV filter (Homosalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 12 UV protection
- ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 8 UV protection
- ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octinoxate)
- ↑ 17.1 UV protection
- ↓ 12.6 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 11 migrates into eyes with sweat
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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
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6 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 10 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- ↑ 5 rich gel-network thickener
- 1 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
- ↑ 7 film former
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 3 → dewy emollient lipid
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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12 Kojic Acid
Supporting ingredient
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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14 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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15 Niacinamide
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
Is Be Bodywise SPF 50 Lotion good protection?
It is labeled SPF 50, but our engine rates the measured protection as weak, so it scores 49.0. It is best treated as a light daily lotion rather than strong sun defense.
Is the Be Bodywise Be Body Wise Sunscreen Lotion With SPF 50 mineral or chemical?
It is fully chemical, using older-generation filters: homosalate, ethylhexyl salicylate, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, and octocrylene.
Does it work for oily or acne-prone skin?
It can. The finish is balanced, it stays lightweight, and the breakout-trigger rating is low, so clogging risk is generally low.