Osmosis Beauty Protect Spf 30 Broad Spectrum Sunscreen
70/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Osmosis Beauty Protect SPF 30 is a pure mineral sunscreen filtered with zinc oxide alone. It leaves a dewy finish, stays lightweight, and keeps white cast low, which is notable for an all-zinc formula. It is generally gentle, does not tend to sting, and is a low pore-clogging choice. The score of 70.1 and moderate protection make it a reasonable mineral daily, though the SPF 30 rating sits below higher options.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Moderate
42
- +41 Zinc Oxide at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +18)
- +1 Label claims (SPF 30)
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Allergens
Low
68
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −12 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
- −2 Essential oils (Citrus Grandis Peel Oil)
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White cast
Low
68
- +100 Starting score
- −28 Zinc Oxide, 13% declared
- −8 Pure mineral formula (13% total declared)
- +3.6 PHSA dispersant, fights agglomeration
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Eye sting
Low
98
- +100 Starting score
- −1 Volatile alcohol at #23
- −8 Fragrance
- +6.8 Mineral filter system, low-sting filters
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Heavy feel
Low
77
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Zinc Oxide, 13% declared
- −5 Cetyl Alcohol at #6, rich gel-network thickener
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Fungal acne
Medium
56
- +100 Starting score
- −30 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 60)
- −14 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil)
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Fabric stains
Low
85
- +100 Starting score
- −15 Zinc Oxide at #1, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- ← 2 Volatile alcohol at #23
- ← 5 Zinc Oxide at #1, mild sebum absorbent
- → 10 Glycerin at #7, the anchor humectant
- → 2 1 emollient lipids (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil)
- → 1 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
- → 1.5 2 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Dewy
MatteDewy
- ← 0.5 Volatile alcohol at #23
- → 12 2 emollient lipids (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 3 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 3 Humectant syrup tackiness
- ← 15 High mineral load at #1 greys under foundation
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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 (24)
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 (Zinc Oxide), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 41 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 28 13% declared
- ↑ 18 13% declared
- ↑ 15 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
- light ← 5 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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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 9 → dewy emollient lipid
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Botanical extract
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 30 feeds malassezia
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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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7 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 10 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Botanical extract
- 2 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 3 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 1 → nourishing light emollient
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Botanical extract
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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17 Phytic Acid
Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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Plant oil, an emollient
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19 Vanillin
Supporting ingredient
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20 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Solvent base, the water phase
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22 Citric Acid
pH adjuster
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23 Alcohol
Volatile alcohol, a drying solvent that can sting eyes
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24 Fragrance
Fragrance
Does Osmosis Protect SPF 30 leave a white cast?
White cast is low, which is notable since it is filtered with zinc oxide alone. It commonly blends in better than many all-mineral formulas.
Is the Osmosis Beauty Protect Spf 30 Broad Spectrum Sunscreen mineral or chemical?
It is a pure mineral sunscreen, using zinc oxide as its only UV filter.
What SPF is the Osmosis Beauty Protect Spf 30 Broad Spectrum Sunscreen and is it good?
It is rated SPF 30 with moderate protection. The score of 70.1 makes it a reasonable mineral daily, though higher-SPF picks offer more headroom.