Coppertone Every Tone Sunscreen Lotion
69/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Coppertone Every Tone Sunscreen Lotion is a chemical sunscreen lotion using an older-generation filter set: Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Homosalate, Ethylhexyl Salicylate and Octocrylene. It wears with a balanced, lightweight finish, leaves little to no white cast and has a low pore-clogging tendency, though it can sting somewhat near the eyes. It layers well under makeup and provides good protection. With a score of 68.7/100, it is a serviceable everyday lotion, held back mainly by its dated filter blend.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Good
59
- +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
- Γ0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
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Health safety
Medium
46
- +100 Starting score
- β40 Homosalate at #2 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- β10.5 Octocrylene at #4, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- β3.5 Avobenzone at #1, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens
Low
97
- +100 Starting score
- β3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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Eye sting
Medium
43
- +100 Starting score
- β24 Avobenzone at #1, migrates into eyes with sweat
- β15 Octocrylene at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
- β9 Homosalate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- β9 Octisalate at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
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Fabric stains
High
25
- +100 Starting score
- β50 Avobenzone at #1, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- β15 Octocrylene at #4, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- β10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
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Moisture
Light
LightNourishing
- β 13 Volatile alcohol at #6
- β 1 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- β 1 Glycerin at #17, the anchor humectant
- β 2 1 strong humectants (Glycereth-26)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- β 1 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- β 3 Volatile alcohol at #6
- β 2 2 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Diethylhexyl Carbonate, Diisopropyl Adipate)
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Makeup base
Good
PillsPrimer
- β 6 Quick-setting carrier (alcohol at #6), fast, even canvas
- β 2 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- β 0.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Crosspolymer)
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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.
- β¨ Vitamin E
Full ingredient list (27)
What each ingredient does and how it moves each rating: green helps, red hurts, β / β give the direction, and β / β 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 (Avobenzone), high in the list, a primary filter
- β 30 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- β 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- β 24 migrates into eyes with sweat
- β 50 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Legacy UV filter (Homosalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- β 12 UV protection
- β 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- β 8 UV protection
- β 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene)
- β 15.2 UV protection
- β 10.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- β 15 migrates into eyes with sweat
- β 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
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5 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Volatile alcohol, a drying solvent that can sting eyes
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- matte β 1 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- 2 β nourishing humectant
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
- β 7 film former
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- matte β 1 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
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13 Dimethicone
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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14 Polyamide-8
Supporting ingredient
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15 Isododecane
Volatile hydrocarbon, flashes off for a light finish
- light β 1 volatile carrier, flashes off
- matte β 1 volatile carrier, flashes off
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16 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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17 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 β nourishing the anchor humectant
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Filter booster, photostabilizes the UV filters or lifts their SPF
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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23 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
Does Coppertone Every Tone leave a white cast?
It generally leaves little to no white cast. It is a chemical lotion with a balanced, lightweight finish, so it tends to blend into a range of skin tones.
Is the Coppertone Every Tone Sunscreen Lotion mineral or chemical?
It is a chemical sunscreen built on an older-generation filter set: Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Homosalate, Ethylhexyl Salicylate and Octocrylene.
Is Coppertone Every Tone Sunscreen Lotion good?
It scores 68.7/100 with good protection, so it is a serviceable everyday lotion. Its dated filter blend is the main reason it does not score higher.