Sun face cream — ingredient safety report

Every ingredient on the label, checked against published safety data. Profile tags on each card show who should take extra care. Label data from Open Beauty Facts, a community database — formulations change, so verify against your packaging.

Low concern

No strongly flagged ingredients in our database. As always, individual sensitivities vary.

Concern score 25/100 · 22 ingredients analyzed

Driven by Octocrylene (Caredermis editorial assessment)

Risk categories found

Allergy risk1 ingredient · max 5/10Environmental impact1 ingredient · max 5/10Irritation2 ingredients · max 3/10

Flagged ingredients (3)

Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.

Octocrylene

uv filter

Severity 5/10Editorial

Sensitive skin: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution

Allergy risk:Rising cause of contact and photoallergy, especially in children.
Environmental impact:Accumulates in aquatic life; degrades into benzophenone over time.

A stabilizing UV filter that can degrade into benzophenone as products age, and an increasingly reported allergen — replace old tubes of octocrylene sunscreens.

Phenoxyethanol

preservative

Severity 3/10

Babies & kids: Use with caution

Irritation:Occasional stinging and irritation, mostly around eyes and on damaged skin.

EU CLP Eye Dam. 1 ↗

Today's most common preservative, considered safe by the SCCS up to 1%. French authorities advise avoiding it in wipes and diaper-area products for children under 3 as a precaution.

Sodium Benzoate

preservative

Severity 2/10Editorial

Irritation:Can cause transient, non-allergic flushing/stinging on reactive skin.

A food-grade preservative generally regarded as one of the gentler options; occasional non-immune stinging is its main drawback.

No concerns found (17)

Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.

Recognized ingredients (2)

Catalogued in official cosmetic-ingredient inventories (EU CosIng and others) with no safety flag on record. Being recognized isn't a safety guarantee — it means the ingredient is on record but no authority has published a concern.

Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer· emulsion stabilising, film forming, visc…
Polyglycerin-4· humectant

This report is informational, not medical advice. Assessments summarize published findings (EU CosIng, IARC, ECHA, CIR, SCCS and others) about ingredients — not clinical testing of this specific product. Exposure, concentration and individual sensitivity all matter. Consult a dermatologist for medical concerns.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

Aqua, Octocrylene, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine, Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate, Myristyl Myristate, Glycerin, Propanediol, Diglycerin, Ethylhexyl Triazone, Cetearyl Alcohol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Phenoxyethanol, Canola Oil, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Polyglycerin-3, Polyglycerin-4, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Benzoate