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Hawaiian Tropic ® Silk Hydration Weightless Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50+

Hawaiian Tropic ® Silk Hydration Weightless Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50+

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Ingredient & SPF scores

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UV protection

No data
  • Only a lone, late Titanium Dioxide, likely the colorant, not a dosed UV active
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Health safety

High 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Allergens

Low 70
  • +100 Starting score
  • −18 Fragrance
  • −1 1 declared fragrance allergens
  • −11 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
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White cast

Low 97
  • +100 Starting score
  • −6 Titanium Dioxide at #25
  • +3 Iron-oxide undertone, partial masking
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Eye sting

Low 98
  • +100 Starting score
  • −8 Fragrance
  • +6 Mineral filter system, low-sting filters
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Heavy feel

Low 93
  • +100 Starting score
  • −2 Titanium Dioxide at #25
  • −5 Cetearyl Alcohol at #7, rich gel-network thickener
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Comedogenic

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Fungal acne

Low 79
  • +100 Starting score
  • −12 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 60)
  • −9 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Ceteth-10 Phosphate)
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Fabric stains

Medium 58
  • +100 Starting score
  • −40 Iron-oxide pigments at #23, makeup-like collar marks (washable)
  • −2 Titanium Dioxide at #25, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture

Balanced
LightNourishing
  • ← 2 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
  • → 1 1 strong humectants (Panthenol)
  • → 1 Humectant polyols
  • → 1 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Finish

Balanced
MatteDewy
  • ← 2 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
  • ← 2 1 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Diisopropyl Adipate)
  • → 9 1 emollient lipids (C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
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Makeup base

Okay
PillsPrimer
  • → 1 Quick-setting carrier, fast, even canvas
  • → 5 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
  • ← 4 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer)
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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
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Full ingredient list (34)

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 Water

    Solvent base, the water phase

  2. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  3. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • 9 → dewy emollient lipid
  4. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • matte ← 2 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
  5. Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  6. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 1 → nourishing humectant polyol
  7. Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

    • ↑ 5 rich gel-network thickener
    • 1 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
  8. 8 Phenoxyethanol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  9. 9 Isohexadecane

    Volatile hydrocarbon, flashes off for a light finish

    • light ← 2 volatile carrier, flashes off
    • matte ← 2 volatile carrier, flashes off
  10. 10 Caprylyl Glycol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  11. Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

    • ↑ 7 film former
  12. 12 Benzyl Alcohol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  13. 13 Fragrance

    Fragrance

  14. 14 Chlorphenesin

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  15. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  16. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  17. 17 Polysorbate 60

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
  18. 18 Xanthan Gum

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  19. 19 Coco-Glucoside

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  20. 20 Disodium EDTA

    Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable

  21. pH adjuster

  22. 22 Mica

    Colorant or pigment

  23. 23 Iron Oxides

    Colorant or pigment

    • ↑ 40 makeup-like collar marks (washable)
  24. Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  25. Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide), low in the list, likely a minor contributor

    • ↑ 2 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
  26. 26 Panthenol

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

    • 1 → nourishing humectant
  27. Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  28. Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin

  29. Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  30. Botanical extract

  31. Botanical extract

  32. Botanical extract

  33. Botanical extract

  34. Botanical extract

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