Sukin Spf 30 Sheer Touch Facial Sunscreen
70/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Sukin Spf 30 Sheer Touch Facial Sunscreen is a pure mineral formula built on Zinc Oxide. It has a matte finish but a medium white cast and a somewhat heavier feel, so it leans toward those who prefer a mattifying mineral wear. It is generally non-stinging with low breakout potential, which suits sensitive and combination skin. With moderate protection and a score of 69.8/100, it is a decent everyday mineral choice that trades a little cosmetic elegance for a clean filter list.
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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White cast
Medium
37
- +100 Starting score
- −55 Zinc Oxide, 21% declared
- −15 Pure mineral formula (21% total declared)
- +7 PHSA dispersant, fights agglomeration
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Heavy feel
Medium
55
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Zinc Oxide, 21% declared
- −5 Cetearyl Alcohol at #6, rich gel-network thickener
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Fungal acne
High
0
- +100 Starting score
- −30 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Sorbitan Stearate)
- −9 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Rosa Canina Fruit Oil)
- −50 3 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Isoamyl Laurate, Glyceryl Isostearate, Sucrose Cocoate)
- −2 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Cetearyl Glucoside), weak Malassezia signal
- −10 2 different Malassezia-feeding families high in the list
- +1 Penalties exceed the scale, floored at 0
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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
- ← 5 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate)
- ← 5 Zinc Oxide at #1, mild sebum absorbent
- → 1 Glycerin at #17, the anchor humectant
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Rosa Canina Fruit Oil)
- → 2 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
- → 1 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Matte
MatteDewy
- ← 6 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate)
- ← 3 1 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Isoamyl Laurate)
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Rosa Canina Fruit Oil)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 3 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 2 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Xanthan Gum)
- ← 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 (19)
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 21% declared
- ↑ 40 21% 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
- matte ← 3 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
- ↑ 36 feeds malassezia
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 2 → nourishing light emollient
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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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Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 5 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 6 sebum-absorbing powder
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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11 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 2 minor malassezia feeder
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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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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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
Does Sukin Sheer Touch leave a white cast?
It can. The white cast is rated medium, which is common for a Zinc Oxide mineral formula, so a little blending helps.
Is the Sukin Spf 30 Sheer Touch Facial Sunscreen good for oily skin?
It has a matte finish and low breakout potential, which suits oily and combination skin. The feel is a touch heavier, so very oily types may want to apply sparingly.
Is this sunscreen mineral or chemical?
It is pure mineral, built on Zinc Oxide alone with no chemical filters.