Guideness to Sunscreens

In this space, we rate different types of sunscreens and brands, justifying it with the substances each one contains. Thereby, it would be easier for the customer when buying one, to get the best one for itself and the environment.

Banana Boat

Mineral Sensitive

This sunscreen contains zinc oxide and titanium dioxide as active ingredients, since they aren't nanoparticles, it's safe and could be considered GRASE.

Dry Balance Sport

This product contains homosalate and octocrylene as active ingredients. Thus, using it isn't safe. In addition, this sunscreen is a spray that means it's more dangerous as it could enter through the respiratory track,

Hawaiian Tropic

Mineral - Translucent Powder

It has zinc oxide as an active ingredient, which would be saved in a lotion sunscreen, however since it's a powder, you could inhale it as a result you could develop health issues.

Mineral Face

It has nano-titanium dioxide and zinc oxide as active ingredients in this case. It would be a safe sunscreen if the titanium dioxide isn't in nanoparticles since it will penetrate your skin and get into your organism. Moreover, it will reach corals and accumulate in their tissues, developing through coral bleaching.

Sun Bum

Premium Moisturing Lotion SPF 50

This lotion has avobenzone, homosalate, octisalate, and octocrylene as active ingredients.

Definitely, it's not a safe sunscreen, if you use this these substances will penetrate the skin reach the bloodstream, or work as a hormone disruptor giving the possibility of developing cancer.

Premium Moisturing Lotion SPF 70

This sunscreen contains avobenzone, homosalate, octisalate, and octocrylene as active ingredients. It's not a safe sunscreen, it renders the effects of testosterone in cells as it influences the endocrine system.

Broad Spectrum

This face stick has avobenzone, homosalate, octisalate, and octocrylene as active ingredients. It doesn't have the risk of inhalation or penetrating coral tissues but it does of reaching bloodstream

Mineral Broad Spectrum

It only has zinc oxide as an active ingredient. Because it's a face stick it doesn't have any risk of inhalation. Besides, as it doesn't have nanoparticles it won't penetrate your skin or coral tissues. That's why this is a safe sunscreen.