Joy Aloe Sun SPF 30
70/100 overall score
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Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Good
62
- +38.4 Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol at #9, UV filter (UVA1 +14.4)
- +10.8 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #14, UV filter
- +19.8 Titanium Dioxide at #19, UV filter (UVA1 +3)
- −1.2 UVB coverage saturated
- ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
- +1 Label claims (SPF 30)
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Health safety
Medium
54
- +100 Starting score
- −36 Octinoxate at #14 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −10 Propylparaben at #16, endocrine-scrutinized preservative
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Allergens
Low
70
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −12 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
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White cast
Low
88
- +100 Starting score
- −6 Titanium Dioxide at #19
- −6 Tinosorb M at #9
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Eye sting
Low
90
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Octinoxate at #14, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 Fragrance
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Heavy feel
Low
90
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Titanium Dioxide at #19
- −8 Cetyl Alcohol at #3, rich gel-network thickener
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Comedogenic
Low
83
- +100 Starting score
- −17 Isopropyl Palmitate at #7, heavy comedogenic ester
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Fungal acne
Medium
50
- +100 Starting score
- −48 2 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Isopropyl Palmitate, Glyceryl Stearate)
- −2 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Stearic Acid), weak Malassezia signal
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Fabric stains
Low
98
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Titanium Dioxide at #19, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- → 2 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- → 4 1 slippy emollient esters (Isopropyl Palmitate)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 3 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
- ← 10 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer)
- ← 2 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.
How we rate 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.
- ✨ Aloe vera
Full ingredient list (21)
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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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- ↑ 8 rich gel-network thickener
- 2 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 17 heavy comedogenic ester
- 4 → dewy slippy emollient ester
- ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Tinosorb M), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 38.4 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
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10 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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13 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Legacy UV filter (Octinoxate), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 10.8 UV protection
- ↑ 2 migrates into eyes with sweat
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15 Fragrance
Fragrance
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
- ↓ 10 endocrine-scrutinized preservative
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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18 Stearic Acid
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 2 minor malassezia feeder
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Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 19.8 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 2 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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pH adjuster
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21 Water
Solvent base, the water phase