Skinfo Vita Lite Protect Sunscreen SPF 50
67/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Skinfo Vita Lite Protect Sunscreen SPF 50 is a pure mineral formula relying on Zinc Oxide as its single UV filter. As a mineral sunscreen it carries a medium white cast and a medium weight on skin, with a balanced finish and no common stinging. Pore- clogging risk is low, but it rates poorly as a makeup base, so it is better worn on bare skin. With a score of 66.8 and moderate protection, it is a middling mineral option best for those who want a simple Zinc-only filter.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Moderate
43
- +41 Zinc Oxide at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +18)
- +2 Label claims (SPF 50)
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Health safety
High
93
- +100 Starting score
- −7 Retinyl Palmitate at #30, disputed vitamin-A sunlight signal, under review
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White cast
Medium
37
- +100 Starting score
- −55 Zinc Oxide, 20.5% declared
- −15 Pure mineral formula (20.5% total declared)
- +7 PHSA dispersant, fights agglomeration
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Heavy feel
Medium
32
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Zinc Oxide, 20.5% declared
- −10 Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit at #5, butter/occlusive fat
- −18 Mineral suspended in a dense emollient base (strong)
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Fungal acne
Medium
51
- +100 Starting score
- −33 2 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit, Lecithin)
- −14 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Ceteth-10 Phosphate)
- −2 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Stearic Acid), weak Malassezia signal
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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
Balanced
LightNourishing
- ← 1.5 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Polymethylsilsesquioxane)
- ← 3 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- ← 5 Zinc Oxide at #1, mild sebum absorbent
- → 4 1 emollient lipids (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
- → 2 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
- → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 1 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Polymethylsilsesquioxane)
- ← 3 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- → 6 1 emollient lipids (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
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Makeup base
Poor
PillsPrimer
- → 3 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
- ← 10 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Acrylates Crosspolymer-4)
- ← 4 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
- ← 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 →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.
- ✨ Vitamin C
Full ingredient list (31)
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)
- ↑ 55 20.5% declared
- ↑ 40 20.5% 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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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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4 Biotin
Supporting ingredient
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Botanical extract
- ↑ 10 butter/occlusive fat
- 4 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 6 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
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Supporting ingredient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 2 → nourishing light 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
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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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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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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12 Dimethicone
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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15 Isododecane
Volatile hydrocarbon, flashes off for a light finish
- light ← 1 volatile carrier, flashes off
- matte ← 1 volatile carrier, flashes off
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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17 Lecithin
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Botanical extract
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 1.5 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 1 sebum-absorbing powder
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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25 Hydroxide K
pH adjuster
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26 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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27 Resveratrol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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28 Stearic Acid
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 2 minor malassezia feeder
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29 Ubiquinone
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↓ 7 disputed vitamin-A sunlight signal, under review
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31 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
Does Skinfo Vita Lite Protect leave a white cast?
It can. As a Zinc Oxide mineral sunscreen it rates medium for white cast, so a slight film is possible, particularly on deeper skin tones.
Does the Skinfo Vita Lite Protect Sunscreen SPF 50 work under makeup?
Not especially well. It rates poorly as a makeup base, so it is better worn on bare skin than layered under foundation.
Is Skinfo Vita Lite Protect any good?
It is a middling mineral option, scoring 66.8 out of 100 with moderate protection at SPF 50. Its simple Zinc-only filter and low pore-clogging risk suit those who want a straightforward mineral sunscreen.