Chapstick Active With SPF 30, Original Flavour
49/100 overall score
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Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Weak
33
- +22 Benzophenone-3 at #1, UV filter
- +16 Octocrylene at #2, UV filter
- +18 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #3, UV filter
- +7.6 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #4, UV filter
- +9.9 Titanium Dioxide at #27, UV filter (UVA1 +1.5)
- −20.4 UVB coverage saturated
- ×0.6 Almost no UVA1, poor aging protection
- +1 Label claims (SPF 30)
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Health safety
Low
0
- +100 Starting score
- −70 Oxybenzone at #1 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −12.6 Octinoxate at #3, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −10.5 Octocrylene at #2, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- +0 2 endocrine-scrutinized filters together
- −10 Propylparaben at #24, endocrine-scrutinized preservative
- +3.1 Penalties exceed the scale, floored at 0
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Allergens
Low
89
- +100 Starting score
- −9 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Benzophenone-3, Octocrylene)
- −2 Other sensitizers (lanolin)
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White cast
Low
95
- +100 Starting score
- −6 Titanium Dioxide at #27
- +0.6 PHSA dispersant, fights agglomeration
- +0.4 Coated minerals (Alumina)
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Eye sting
Medium
40
- +100 Starting score
- −22 Octocrylene at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −16 Oxybenzone at #1, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −16 Octinoxate at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −6 Octisalate at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
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Heavy feel
Low
61
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Titanium Dioxide at #27
- −14 Petrolatum at #5, heaviest occlusive
- −6 Cera Alba at #10, wax film
- −2 Copernicia Cerifera Wax at #14, wax film
- −12 Paraffin at #6, wax film
- −2 Lanolin at #16, butter/occlusive fat
- −1 Paraffinum Liquidum at #22, heavy oil
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Comedogenic
Low
94
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Isopropyl Myristate at #15, heavy comedogenic ester
- −2 Ethylhexyl Palmitate at #20, heavy comedogenic ester
- −2 Lanolin at #16, comedogenic oil/butter
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Fungal acne
Medium
73
- +100 Starting score
- −9 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Lanolin)
- −18 2 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Isopropyl Myristate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate)
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Fabric stains
Low
63
- +100 Starting score
- −20 Oxybenzone at #1, yellow stains on white cotton
- −15 Octocrylene at #2, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- −2 Titanium Dioxide at #27, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Finish
Dewy
MatteDewy
- ← 1 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica)
- → 2 2 slippy emollient esters (Isopropyl Myristate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate)
- → 7 Occlusives seal moisture in (Petrolatum, Lanolin, Paraffinum Liquidum)
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Water resistance
Resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +13 3 water-locking waxes
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 (30)
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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Legacy UV filter (Oxybenzone), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 22 UV protection
- ↑ 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 20 yellow stains on white cotton
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Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 16 UV protection
- ↓ 10.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 22 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
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Legacy UV filter (Octinoxate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 18 UV protection
- ↓ 12.6 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate)
- ↑ 7.6 UV protection
- ↑ 6 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 14 heaviest occlusive
- 5 → dewy occlusive
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6 Paraffin
Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 12 wax film
- ↑ 7 wax water lock
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Supporting ingredient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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10 Cera Alba
Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 6 wax film
- ↑ 4 wax water lock
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Supporting ingredient
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 2 wax film
- ↑ 2 wax water lock
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 2 heavy comedogenic ester
- 1 → dewy slippy emollient ester
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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16 Lanolin
Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 2 butter/occlusive fat
- ↑ 2 comedogenic oil/butter
- 1 → dewy occlusive
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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18 Alumina
Supporting ingredient
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 2 heavy comedogenic ester
- 1 → dewy slippy emollient ester
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 1 heavy oil
- 1 → dewy occlusive
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
- ↓ 10 endocrine-scrutinized preservative
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25 Saccharin
Supporting ingredient
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26 Silica
Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 1.5 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 1 sebum-absorbing powder
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Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 9.9 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 2 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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28 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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29 BHT
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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30 Aroma
Fragrance