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H-E-B Solutions Baby SPF 50 Oxybenzone Free Sunscreen

H-E-B Solutions Baby SPF 50 Oxybenzone Free Sunscreen

69/100 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 96
  • +100 Starting score
  • −1 1 declared fragrance allergens
  • −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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White cast

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Eye sting

Medium 43
  • +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
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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

Low 81
  • +100 Starting score
  • −14 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate)
  • −5 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Stearic Acid), weak Malassezia signal
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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
  • → 1 Humectant polyols
  • → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Behenyl Alcohol)
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Finish

Balanced
MatteDewy

Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.

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Makeup base

Okay
PillsPrimer

Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.

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Water resistance

Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant

Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.

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Full ingredient list (23)

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. 5 Water

    Solvent base, the water phase

  6. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  7. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 1 → nourishing humectant polyol
  8. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
  9. Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  10. 10 Behenyl Alcohol

    Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

    • 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
  11. 11 Butylated PVP

    Film former, locks the formula onto skin for water resistance

  12. 12 Stearic Acid

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • ↑ 5 minor malassezia feeder
  13. 13 Lauryl Alcohol

    Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

  14. Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

  15. 15 Cetyl Alcohol

    Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

  16. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  17. 17 Tocopherol

    Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  18. Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  19. 19 Cellulose Gum

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  20. 20 Disodium EDTA

    Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable

  21. 21 Benzyl Alcohol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  22. 22 Benzoic Acid

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  23. 23 Sorbic Acid

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

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