Sun Like Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50
60/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Sun Like Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 combines Titanium Dioxide with chemical filters like Octocrylene, Homosalate, Avobenzone, and Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate in an older-school blend. It settles into a balanced finish, stays lightweight, and keeps white cast low. Pore-clogging risk is low and it sits okay under makeup. With good protection and a score of 59.8/100, it is an average everyday lotion built on a more dated filter mix.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Good
57
- +16 Octocrylene at #2, UV filter
- +12 Homosalate at #3, UV filter
- +28.5 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #6, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
- +14.4 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #9, UV filter
- +19.8 Titanium Dioxide at #13, UV filter (UVA1 +3)
- −16 UVB coverage saturated
- −1.5 UVA2 coverage saturated
- ×0.75 Avobenzone + octinoxate degrade each other in sunlight
- +2 Label claims (SPF 50)
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Health safety
Low
26
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Homosalate at #3 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −12.6 Octinoxate at #9, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −10.5 Octocrylene at #2, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #6, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- +0 2 endocrine-scrutinized filters together
- −7 Retinyl Palmitate at #20, disputed vitamin-A sunlight signal, under review
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Allergens
Low
67
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −6 2 declared fragrance allergens
- −6 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
- −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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Eye sting
Medium
36
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Avobenzone at #6, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −22 Octocrylene at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −5 Octinoxate at #9, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −9 Homosalate at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 Fragrance
- −4 2 declared fragrance allergens
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Heavy feel
Low
88
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Titanium Dioxide at #13
- −2 Petrolatum at #14, heaviest occlusive
- −3 Paraffinum Liquidum at #11, heavy oil
- −5 Cetyl Alcohol at #7, rich gel-network thickener
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Fungal acne
Medium
47
- +100 Starting score
- −48 2 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate)
- −5 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Stearic Acid), weak Malassezia signal
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Fabric stains
High
28
- +100 Starting score
- −45 Avobenzone at #6, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- −15 Octocrylene at #2, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
- −2 Titanium Dioxide at #13, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- → 4 Glycerin at #8, the anchor humectant
- → 1 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- → 3 1 emollient lipids (C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
- → 4 Occlusives seal moisture in (Paraffinum Liquidum, Petrolatum)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 1 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 5 Occlusives/waxes float the 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 (23)
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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Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 16 UV protection
- ↓ 10.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 22 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
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Legacy UV filter (Homosalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 12 UV protection
- ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
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Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone)
- ↑ 28.5 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↓ 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 45 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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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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8 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 4 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Legacy UV filter (Octinoxate), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 14.4 UV protection
- ↓ 12.6 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 5 migrates into eyes with sweat
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10 Stearic Acid
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 5 minor malassezia feeder
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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 3 heavy oil
- 3 → dewy occlusive
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 3 → dewy emollient lipid
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Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 19.8 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 2 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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14 Petrolatum
Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 2 heaviest occlusive
- 1 → dewy occlusive
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15 Dimethicone
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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19 Fragrance
Fragrance
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↓ 7 disputed vitamin-A sunlight signal, under review
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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22 Coumarin
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
Does Sun Like Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 leave a white cast?
White cast is rated low despite the small amount of Titanium Dioxide, so it generally blends in well. The balanced, lightweight texture helps.
Is the Sun Like Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 good for acne-prone skin?
Breakout risk is rated low and the finish is balanced, so it generally works for combination and acne-prone skin. It also sits okay under makeup.
Is Sun Like Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 any good?
It scores 59.8/100 with good protection, making it an average everyday lotion. The older-school filter mix keeps it from scoring higher.