Vaseline Tone Up Sun Cream
49/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Vaseline Tone Up Sun Cream is a hybrid sunscreen combining chemical filters such as homosalate, ethylhexyl salicylate and ethylhexyl triazone with mineral titanium dioxide. It gives a balanced finish with a low white cast and a low pore-clogging profile, so it sits comfortably on most skin. Its overall sun protection rates as weak here, which keeps the score at 49/100. It can work as a light daily tone-up cream, but it is not the choice for high-exposure days.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Weak
22
- +12 Homosalate at #2, UV filter
- +7.6 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #4, UV filter
- +17.6 Ethylhexyl Triazone at #10, UV filter
- +9.9 Titanium Dioxide at #29, UV filter (UVA1 +1.5)
- −10 UVB coverage saturated
- ×0.6 Almost no UVA1, poor aging protection
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Health safety
Medium
60
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Homosalate at #2 (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens
Low
67
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −15 6 declared fragrance allergens; EU-banned: Butylphenyl Methylpropional
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White cast
Low
92
- +100 Starting score
- −6 Titanium Dioxide at #29
- −5 Titanium Dioxide as pigment (CI 77891) at #6
- +1.1 PHSA dispersant, fights agglomeration
- +1.5 Coated minerals (Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Alumina)
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Eye sting
Low
71
- +100 Starting score
- −9 Homosalate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −6 Octisalate at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 Fragrance
- −6 3 declared fragrance allergens
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Heavy feel
Low
96
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Titanium Dioxide at #29
- −2 Petrolatum at #22, heaviest occlusive
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Fungal acne
Medium
73
- +100 Starting score
- −27 3 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Trideceth-6)
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Fabric stains
Low
98
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Titanium Dioxide at #29, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- ← 1.5 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer)
- → 2 Humectant polyols
- → 2 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
- → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Behenyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 1 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer)
- ← 2 1 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Dibutyl Adipate)
- → 1 1 slippy emollient esters (Ethylhexyl Stearate)
- → 1 Occlusives seal moisture in (Petrolatum)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 2 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 4.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Sodium Polyacrylate, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6)
- ← 1 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 (37)
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 (Homosalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 12 UV protection
- ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing humectant polyol
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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate)
- ↑ 7.6 UV protection
- ↑ 6 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- matte ← 2 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
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Colorant or pigment
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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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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Uvinul T 150), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 17.6 UV protection
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 1 → dewy slippy emollient ester
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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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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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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18 Alumina
Supporting ingredient
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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22 Petrolatum
Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 2 heaviest occlusive
- 1 → dewy occlusive
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23 Trideceth-6
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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24 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Supporting ingredient
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Supporting ingredient
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27 BHT
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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28 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 9.9 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 2 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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30 Fragrance
Fragrance
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31 Linalool
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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32 Limonene
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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36 Geranial
Supporting ingredient
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37 Coumarin
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
Is the Vaseline Tone Up Sun Cream mineral or chemical?
It is a hybrid sunscreen, combining chemical filters such as homosalate and ethylhexyl triazone with mineral titanium dioxide. It gives a balanced, tone-up finish.
Does the Vaseline Tone Up Sun Cream leave a white cast?
It has a low white cast despite being a tone-up cream, with a balanced finish and a low pore-clogging profile, so it sits comfortably on most skin.
Is it good for high sun exposure?
Its overall sun protection rates as weak, which keeps it at 49 out of 100. It works as a light daily tone-up cream, but it is not the best choice for long, high-exposure days.