MacKenzie's Spf 30 Ocean Safe Sunscreen
49/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
MacKenzie's SPF 30 Ocean Safe Sunscreen is a mineral formula using Titanium Dioxide as its only UV filter. It has a balanced, lightweight finish with low white cast and is low on pore-clogging, and it generally does not sting. It works okay under makeup. With a score of 49 and only weak protection in our rating, it is best treated as a light supplementary layer rather than primary sun defense.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Weak
21
- +33 Titanium Dioxide at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +5)
- ×0.6 Almost no UVA1, poor aging protection
- +1 Label claims (SPF 30)
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White cast
Low
78
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Titanium Dioxide, 8.8% declared
- −8 Pure mineral formula (8.8% total declared)
- +2.6 PHSA dispersant, fights agglomeration
- +1.6 Coated minerals (Alumina)
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Heavy feel
Low
73
- +100 Starting score
- −20 Titanium Dioxide, 8.8% declared
- −6 Cetyl Palmitate at #12, wax film
- −1 Coconut Oil at #17, heavy oil
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Comedogenic
Low
98
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Coconut Oil at #17, comedogenic oil/butter
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Fungal acne
Medium
42
- +100 Starting score
- −24 2 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Sorbitan Palmitate, Sorbitan Olivate)
- −9 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Coconut Oil)
- −23 2 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Cetyl Palmitate, Cetearyl Olivate)
- −2 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Stearic Acid), weak Malassezia signal
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Fabric stains
Low
85
- +100 Starting score
- −15 Titanium Dioxide at #1, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- ← 2 Titanium Dioxide at #1, mild sebum absorbent
- → 4 Glycerin at #10, the anchor humectant
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Coconut Oil)
- → 2 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
- → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- ← 15 High mineral load at #1 greys under foundation
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +3 1 film-forming polymers that lock the formula on for water resistance
- +4 1 water-locking waxes
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.
- ✨ Green tea
- ✨ Aloe vera
Full ingredient list (27)
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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Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 33 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 18 8.8% declared
- ↑ 20 8.8% declared
- ↑ 15 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
- light ← 2 mild sebum absorbent
- pills ← 15 High mineral load greys under foundation
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2 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Botanical extract
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Supporting ingredient
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 2 → nourishing light emollient
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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10 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 4 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 6 wax film
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
- ↑ 4 wax water lock
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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17 Coconut Oil
Plant oil, an emollient
- ↑ 1 heavy oil
- ↑ 2 comedogenic oil/butter
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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18 Stearic Acid
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 2 minor malassezia feeder
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
- ↑ 3 film former
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
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22 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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23 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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24 Alumina
Supporting ingredient
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Supporting ingredient
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27 Sorbic Acid
Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
Is the MacKenzie's Spf 30 Ocean Safe Sunscreen mineral or chemical?
It is mineral. The only UV filter is Titanium Dioxide, with no chemical filters.
Does the MacKenzie's Spf 30 Ocean Safe Sunscreen leave a white cast?
White cast is low. It wears with a balanced, lightweight finish that generally does not leave a heavy film.
Is it any good?
It is limited. With a score of 49 and only weak protection in our rating, it is best used as a light supplementary layer rather than primary sun defense.