Simple Truth Mineral Based SPF 50 Sunscreen Lotion
78/100 overall score
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Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Good
75
- +33 Titanium Dioxide at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +5)
- +41 Zinc Oxide at #2, UV filter (UVA1 +18)
- −1 UVA2 coverage saturated
- +2 Label claims (SPF 50)
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White cast
High
26
- +100 Starting score
- −42 Zinc Oxide, 15% declared
- −7 Titanium Dioxide, 3% declared
- −10 Zinc Oxide + Titanium Dioxide together
- −15 Pure mineral formula (18% total declared)
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Heavy feel
Medium
50
- +100 Starting score
- −30 Zinc Oxide, 15% declared
- −10 Titanium Dioxide, 3% declared
- −10 Both minerals in the top 3, dual mineral paste
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Fungal acne
Medium
61
- +100 Starting score
- −30 2 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 60, Sorbitan Tristearate)
- −9 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate)
- +0 Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil at #25, jojoba wax ester, fungal-acne exception (not penalized)
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Fabric stains
Low
80
- +100 Starting score
- −15 Titanium Dioxide at #1, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
- −5 Both minerals present, heavier deposit
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- ← 3 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica)
- ← 5 Zinc Oxide at #2, mild sebum absorbent
- ← 2 Titanium Dioxide at #1, mild sebum absorbent
- → 1 Glycerin at #17, the anchor humectant
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil)
- → 2 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 3 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica)
- ← 2 1 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate)
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil)
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Makeup base
Poor
PillsPrimer
- → 2 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 8 Powder overload over a film former, some pilling risk
- ← 15 High mineral load at #1 greys under foundation
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +7 1 film-forming polymers that lock the formula on for 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 (28)
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)
- ↑ 7 3% declared
- ↑ 10 3% 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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Mineral UV filter (Zinc Oxide), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 41 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 42 15% declared
- ↑ 30 15% declared
- light ← 5 mild sebum absorbent
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3 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- matte ← 2 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 2 → nourishing light emollient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Supporting ingredient
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 18 feeds malassezia
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10 Silica
Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 3 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 3 sebum-absorbing powder
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Supporting ingredient
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Film former, locks the formula onto skin for water resistance
- ↑ 7 film former
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Botanical extract
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17 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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22 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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28 Citric Acid
pH adjuster