REN Clean Screen Mineral Spf 30
65/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
REN Clean Screen Mineral SPF 30 is a pure-mineral sunscreen built on zinc oxide as its only UV filter. It has a balanced finish with a medium white-cast rating, so some tint may show, and a medium heaviness that gives it noticeable presence. It does not commonly sting and is rated low for pore-clogging, but it scores poorly as a makeup base, so it works best worn on its own. Protection is moderate and the overall score is 65.3/100, a middle-of-the-road mineral option.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Moderate
42
- +41 Zinc Oxide at #2, UV filter (UVA1 +18)
- +1 Label claims (SPF 30)
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Allergens
Medium
58
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −8 4 declared fragrance allergens
- −4 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
- −6 Essential oils (Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil, Cinnamomum Camphora Linalloliferum Leaf Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil)
- −6 Sensitizers from 3 different categories
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White cast
Medium
37
- +100 Starting score
- −55 Zinc Oxide at #2
- −15 Pure mineral formula
- +7 PHSA dispersant, fights agglomeration
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Eye sting
Low
96
- +100 Starting score
- −8 Fragrance
- −8 4 declared fragrance allergens
- +12 Mineral filter system, low-sting filters
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Fungal acne
Medium
64
- +100 Starting score
- −18 2 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Lecithin)
- −18 2 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Oleate, Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate)
- +0 Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride at #3, a safe base that does not feed Malassezia
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Fabric stains
Low
85
- +100 Starting score
- −15 Zinc Oxide at #2, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- ← 3 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Oryza Sativa Starch)
- ← 5 Zinc Oxide at #2, mild sebum absorbent
- → 10 Glycerin at #5, the anchor humectant
- → 1 Humectant polyols
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil)
- → 4 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
- → 1 2 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol, Arachidyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 3 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Oryza Sativa Starch)
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil)
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Makeup base
Poor
PillsPrimer
- ← 3 Humectant syrup tackiness
- ← 15 High mineral load at #2 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 →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 (44)
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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Mineral UV filter (Zinc Oxide), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 41 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 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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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 4 → nourishing light emollient
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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5 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 10 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant polyol
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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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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Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 3 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 3 sebum-absorbing powder
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Botanical extract
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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18 Lecithin
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Botanical extract
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
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25 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Botanical extract
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29 Mandarin
Supporting ingredient
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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33 Glucose
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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34 Fragrance
Fragrance
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Botanical extract
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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36 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Botanical extract
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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39 Citric Acid
pH adjuster
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pH adjuster
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41 Citronellol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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42 Geraniol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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43 Limonene
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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44 Linalool
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
Does REN Clean Screen Mineral work under makeup?
It is rated poorly as a makeup base, so it works best worn on its own rather than layered under foundation.
Is REN Clean Screen mineral or chemical?
It is a mineral sunscreen, with zinc oxide as its only UV filter.
Does it leave a white cast?
It has a medium white-cast rating, so some tint may show. It does not commonly sting and is rated low for pore-clogging.