Sunscreen – Natural & Safe
We’d like to chose safe sunscreen which protects from both UVA and UVB. The active ingredients must be non-nano particles.
Most of the sunscreen products which claim “safe and natural” contain harmful chemicals rated higher than 2 in EWG health risk scale: 1 as totally safe and 10 as the most dangerous. When I write “safe“, it means that the ingredient’s EWG risk scale is 1, the safest level.
100% Pure Sun Screen- Green Tea Oil Free Hydration SPF 30 (Made In USA)
Ingredients:
- Titanium Dioxide 6 % (Non-Nano, Risk level 1-3)
- Zinc Oxide 6 % (Non-Nano, Risk level 2-3)
- Aloe Barbadensis (Organic Aloe) Leaf Juice*
- Vegetable Glycerin
- Camellia Sinensis Leaf (Organic Green Tea)* Extract
- Tocopherol (Vitamin E)
- Extracts of Fucus Vesiculosus (Red Algae)
- Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf
- Eucalyptus Globulus (Eucalyptus)
- Euphorbia Cerifera Cera (Candelilla Wax)
- Origanum Vulgar (Oregano)
- Hydrastis Canadensis (Goldenseal)
- Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree)
- Lonicera Caprifolium (Japanese Honeysuckle)
- Grain Alcohol
If you can’t find 100% Pure store nearby, online store is customer friendly and easy to use. They often run sales and promotions throughout the year, so watch for it. Here is 100% Pure Return URL.
Kind of safe Sunscreen
- All Good Kid’s Sunscreen SPF 33 (Made In USA)
成分 (Ingredients):
- Zinc Oxide 22.5% (Non-nanoparticles, Risk level 2-3)
- Organic Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Juice*
- Water (Aqua)
- Organic Camelia Sinensis (Green Tea) Extract*
- Glycerin
- Caprylic Capric Triglyceride
- Organic Chamomilla Recutita Matricaria (Chamomile) Flower Extract*
- Organic Calendula Officinalis (Calendula) Flower Extract*
- Organic Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil*
- Organic Rosa Canina (Rose Hip) Fruit Oil*
- Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters
- Glyceryl Stearate
- Methylcellulose
- Stearic Acid
- Organic Olea Europaea (Olive) Oil*
- Organic Butyrospermun Parkii (Shea Butter)*
- Xanthan Gum
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Sodium Benzoate (Risk level 3)
- Potassium Sorbate
- Ethyhexyl Glycerin
iHerb seems to have the best price overall. They have sale throughout the year, and also they give you points for every order which can be applied for your next order.
- iHerb： ＄12.79 （January 15, 2017）
Other products
It is hard to find safe sunscreen. For example the sunscreen for baby below still contains many harmful chemicals.
- Neutrogena Pure & Free Baby Sunblock Lotion SPF 60+
- ALUMINA （Risk level 2）
- POLYAMINOPROPYL BIGUANIDE（Risk level 2）
- STYRENE/ ACRYLATES COPOLYMER （Risk level 2）
- TITANIUM DIOXIDE (SUNSCREEN GRADE)（Risk level 2）
- TRISILOXANE（Risk level 2）
- ZINC OXIDE (SUNSCREEN GRADE > 100NM)（Risk level 2）
- DIMETHICONE（Risk level 3）
- DIMETHICONE PEG-8 LAURATE（Risk level 3）
- PEG-100 STEARATE（Risk level 3）
- PEG-8（Risk level 3）
- POLYSORBATE-60（Risk level 3）
- POTASSIUM SORBATE（Risk level 3）
- TOCOPHERYL ACETATE（Risk level 3）
- BENZYL ALCOHOL（Risk level 5）
- BHT（Risk level 6）
- METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE（Risk level 7）
- RETINYL PALMITATE (VITAMIN A PALMITATE)（Risk level 9）
As I review more sunscreen products, I’ll update this page.