LR Health & Beauty Aloe Vera Sun Cream Spf50
80/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
LR Health & Beauty Aloe Vera Sun Cream SPF50 is a hybrid sunscreen built on octocrylene, the modern filters Tinosorb M and Tinosorb S, avobenzone, and Uvasorb HEB. It has a balanced, lightweight finish with low white cast. Sting potential is rated medium and it is an okay makeup base. Protection is rated excellent and the overall score is high, making it one of the stronger chemical options here.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Excellent
100
- +16 Octocrylene at #2, UV filter
- +45.6 Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol at #4, UV filter (UVA1 +17.1)
- +45.6 Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine at #5, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
- +28.5 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #6, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
- +19.2 Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone at #10, UV filter
- −26.7 UVB coverage saturated
- −25.7 UVA2 coverage saturated
- −2.5 UVA1 coverage saturated
- +2 Label claims (SPF 50)
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Health safety
High
67
- +100 Starting score
- −30 Octocrylene at #2 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #6, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens
Low
63
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −16 5 declared fragrance allergens; EU-banned: Butylphenyl Methylpropional
- −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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White cast
Low
88
- +100 Starting score
- −12 Tinosorb M at #4, may look bluish-grey on deeper skin tones
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Eye sting
Medium
46
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Avobenzone at #6, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −22 Octocrylene at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 Fragrance
- −8 4 declared fragrance allergens
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Fabric stains
High
30
- +100 Starting score
- −45 Avobenzone at #6, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- −15 Octocrylene at #2, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- ← 2 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 2 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- ← 1 1 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Coco-Caprylate/Caprate)
- → 6 1 emollient lipids (C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 2 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
- → 3 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 0.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer)
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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 (33)
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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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 16 UV protection
- ↑ 22 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
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3 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Tinosorb M)
- ↑ 45.6 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 12 may look bluish-grey on deeper skin tones
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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Tinosorb S)
- ↑ 45.6 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
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Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone)
- ↑ 28.5 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↓ 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 45 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 6 → dewy emollient lipid
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Iscotrizinol), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 19.2 UV protection
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Volatile silicone, flashes off for a light finish
- light ← 2 volatile carrier, flashes off
- matte ← 2 volatile carrier, flashes off
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- matte ← 1 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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18 Fragrance
Fragrance
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19 Octadecene
Supporting ingredient
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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pH adjuster
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25 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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28 Lactic Acid
pH adjuster
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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30 Citronellol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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31 Linalool
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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32 Citric Acid
pH adjuster
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33 Geraniol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
Does LR Health & Beauty Aloe Vera Sun Cream SPF50 leave a white cast?
White cast is rated low, so it generally wears clear. As a hybrid built partly on modern filters it has a balanced, lightweight finish.
Will the LR Health & Beauty Aloe Vera Sun Cream Spf50 sting?
Sting potential is rated medium, so most users tolerate it, but very sensitive skin may want to patch test first.
Is it good and what filters does it use?
Protection is rated excellent and the overall score is high. It uses a hybrid set including octocrylene, avobenzone, and modern filters Tinosorb M and Tinosorb S.