Lanocreme Lanolin Face Cream Plus Sun Protection
49/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Lanocreme Lanolin Face Cream Plus Sun Protection is a lanolin face cream with light sun protection from a single older-school filter, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate. It has a dewy finish, low white cast, and does not commonly sting, but the feel is medium-weight and it works poorly under makeup. Its score of 49.0/100 reflects weak measured protection, so it is best seen as a moisturizer with incidental SPF rather than a dedicated sunscreen.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Weak
9
- +14.4 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #8, UV filter
- ×0.6 Almost no UVA1, poor aging protection
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Health safety
High
64
- +100 Starting score
- −36 Octinoxate at #8 (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens
Low
62
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −1 1 declared fragrance allergens
- −11 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
- −2 Other sensitizers (lanolin)
- −6 Sensitizers from 3 different categories
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Eye sting
Low
87
- +100 Starting score
- −5 Octinoxate at #8, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 Fragrance
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Heavy feel
Medium
51
- +100 Starting score
- −22 Petrolatum at #3, heaviest occlusive
- −10 Lanolin at #7, butter/occlusive fat
- −6 Paraffinum Liquidum at #4, heavy oil
- −1 Ricinus Communis Seed Oil at #14, heavy oil
- −5 Cetyl Alcohol at #5, rich gel-network thickener
- −5 Stearic Acid at #6, rich gel-network thickener
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Comedogenic
Low
80
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Isopropyl Myristate at #15, heavy comedogenic ester
- −18 Lanolin at #7, comedogenic oil/butter
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Fungal acne
Medium
48
- +100 Starting score
- −33 2 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Lanolin)
- −9 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Isopropyl Myristate)
- −10 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Stearic Acid), weak Malassezia signal
- +0 Petrolatum at #3, a safe base that does not feed Malassezia
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- → 16 Glycerin at #2, the anchor humectant
- → 1.5 2 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Dewy
MatteDewy
- → 1 1 slippy emollient esters (Isopropyl Myristate)
- → 14 Occlusives seal moisture in (Petrolatum, Paraffinum Liquidum, Lanolin)
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Makeup base
Poor
PillsPrimer
- ← 0.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Carbomer)
- ← 20 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
- ← 7 Humectant syrup tackiness
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.
How we rate water resistance →Full ingredient list (20)
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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1 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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2 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 16 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 22 heaviest occlusive
- 8 → dewy occlusive
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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 6 heavy oil
- 5 → dewy occlusive
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- ↑ 5 rich gel-network thickener
- 1 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 5 rich gel-network thickener
- ↑ 10 minor malassezia feeder
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7 Lanolin
Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 10 butter/occlusive fat
- ↑ 18 comedogenic oil/butter
- 5 → dewy occlusive
- ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
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Legacy UV filter (Octinoxate), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 14.4 UV protection
- ↑ 5 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Supporting ingredient
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12 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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13 Sorbic Acid
Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Botanical extract
- ↑ 1 heavy oil
- 1 → dewy occlusive
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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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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pH adjuster
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17 Fragrance
Fragrance
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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19 Carbomer
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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20 Ci 19140
Colorant or pigment
Is Lanocreme Lanolin Face Cream a real sunscreen?
It offers only light sun protection from a single older-school filter, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, and scores 49.0/100 with weak measured protection. It is best seen as a moisturizer with incidental SPF rather than a dedicated sunscreen.
Is the Lanocreme Lanolin Face Cream Plus Sun Protection mineral or chemical?
It is a chemical formula, using Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate as its only UV filter.
Does it leave a white cast?
No, white cast is rated low and the finish is dewy, though the feel is medium-weight and it works poorly under makeup.