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Edgewell Sheer Touch Oil-free Sunscreen Lotion SPF 15

Edgewell · Sunscreens

Sheer Touch Oil-free Sunscreen Lotion SPF 15 — 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.

55

Moderate concern

Contains ingredients worth knowing about. Review the flags below against your skin's needs.

Concern score 55/100 · 44 ingredients analyzed

Driven by Titanium Dioxide — IARC Group 2B, EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted)

Risk categories found

Allergy risk3 ingredients · max 7/10Irritation2 ingredients · max 5/10Environmental impact4 ingredients · max 5/10Cancer concern1 ingredient · max 2/10

Flagged ingredients (10)

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

Parfum

fragrance

Severity 7/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Best avoidedPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Allergy risk:Fragrance is the single most common cause of cosmetic contact allergy.
  • Irritation:Frequent trigger of stinging and redness on reactive skin.
Caredermis curated dermatological review

An umbrella term that can hide dozens of undisclosed scent chemicals. Fragrance is the leading cause of allergic contact dermatitis from cosmetics, and dermatologists routinely advise fragrance-free products for eczema, babies and sensitive skin.

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.

Severity 4/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Use with caution
  • Allergy risk:Degradation products can cause photoallergy when unstabilized.

The main UVA filter in US sunscreens. Safe when properly stabilized, but it breaks down in sunlight into potentially sensitizing fragments in poorly formulated products.

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.

Propylparaben

preservative

Pregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with caution

A longer-chain paraben with measurable (though weak) estrogenic activity, prompting the EU to reduce its allowed concentration and Denmark to ban it in products for children under 3.

Homosalate

uv filter

Pregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with caution

A UVB filter the EU sharply restricted in 2022 after its scientific committee flagged potential endocrine effects at former use levels.

Dimethicone

emollient · occlusive

Severity 3/10Editorial
  • Environmental impact:Not biodegradable; accumulates in the environment via wash-off.

The workhorse silicone — inert and non-sensitizing on skin (even FDA-approved as a skin protectant), with persistence in the environment as its main criticism.

Disodium EDTA

chelating agent

Severity 3/10Editorial
  • Environmental impact:Poorly biodegradable; can remobilize heavy metals in waterways.

A metal-binding stabilizer that is safe on skin at the tiny amounts used; its criticism is environmental persistence.

Mica

pigment · pearlescent

Severity 2/10Editorial
  • Environmental impact:Skin-safe; the ingredient's controversy is ethical (mining labor), not toxicological.

The shimmer mineral in highlighters and glowy creams; safe on skin, with sourcing ethics being its real controversy.

No concerns found (20)

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

Recognized ingredients (10)

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.

  • neopentyl glycol diheptanoate· skin conditioning, skin conditioning - e…
  • acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer· emulsion stabilising, film forming, visc…
  • ceteth-10 phosphate· cleansing, surfactant - cleansing
  • propylene glycol dibenzoate· skin conditioning
  • potassium jojobate· skin conditioning
  • colocasia antiquorum root extract· skin conditioning
  • passiflora incarnata fruit extract· skin conditioning, skin protecting
  • plumeria acutifolia flower extract· skin conditioning
  • psidium guajava fruit extract· astringent, skin conditioning
  • sodium ascorbyl phosphate· antioxidant

Not enough data (4)

Not found in any dataset we hold (often trade-name blends or very niche ingredients), so we can't assess them — this is not a safety judgment either way.

  • simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) butter
  • mangifera indica (mango) seed butter
  • carica papaya (papaya) fruit extract
  • mangifera indica (mango) fruit extract

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.

Lower-concern sunscreens

Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

Octisalate 4.5%, homosalate 3%, octocrylene 4%, avobenzone 1.5%, aqua, cetearyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol, VP/eicosene copolymer, mica, diisopropyl adipate, C12-15 alkyl benzoate, glycerin, parfum, neopentyl glycol diheptanoate, acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, methylparaben, coco-glucoside, dimethicone, polymethylsilsesquioxane, propylparaben, sodium hydroxide, ceteth-10 phosphate, dicetyl phosphate, propylene glycol dibenzoate, disodium EDTA, paraffin, xanthan gum, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, jojoba alcohol, potassium jojobate, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) butter, mangifera indica (mango) seed butter, propanediol, tocopheryl acetate, carica papaya (papaya) fruit extract, colocasia antiquorum root extract, mangifera indica (mango) fruit extract, passiflora incarnata fruit extract, plumeria acutifolia flower extract, psidium guajava fruit extract, panthenol, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, sodium ascorbyl phosphate, titanium dioxide

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