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Malibu KIDS 50 SPF Lotion

Malibu · Sunscreens

KIDS 50 SPF Lotion — 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.

95

High concern

Contains one or more ingredients with significant published concerns. Read the details before use.

Concern score 95/100 · 24 ingredients analyzed

Driven by 4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor — EU CosIng Annex II (prohibited in cosmetics)

Risk categories found

Environmental impact3 ingredients · max 8/10Hormone disruption1 ingredient · max 7/10Allergy risk4 ingredients · max 6/10Irritation1 ingredient · max 3/10

Flagged ingredients (7)

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

Severity 8/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: High cautionPregnancy: Best avoidedBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: High caution
  • Allergy risk:The most common cause of sunscreen photoallergy.
  • Environmental impact:Linked to coral bleaching; banned in Hawaii and other reef regions.
Caredermis curated dermatological review

The most controversial chemical UV filter: a top cause of sunscreen allergy, a suspected endocrine disruptor found in blood and breast milk, and banned in several reef jurisdictions for coral toxicity.

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.

Propylene Glycol

humectant · solvent

Severity 3/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Allergy risk:American Contact Dermatitis Society Allergen of the Year 2018.
  • Irritation:Can irritate compromised skin at higher concentrations.

A workhorse humectant and penetration enhancer that is fine for most, but a recurring culprit in eczema patients' patch tests.

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.

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.

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.

No concerns found (9)

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

Recognized ingredients (3)

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.

  • GLYCERYL OLEATE CITRATE· surfactant - cleansing, surfactant - emu…
  • HYDROXYACETOPHENONE· antioxidant
  • ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER· emulsion stabilising, film forming, visc…

Not enough data (5)

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.

  • TRICONTANYL PVP
  • TOCOPHEROL ACETATE
  • 2-HEXANEDIOL & CAPRYLYL GLYCOL
  • PHENOXYETHANOL XANTHAN GUM
  • ALOE BARBADENSIS (ALOE VERA LEAF JUICE)

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)

WATER (AQUA), HOMOSALATE, OCTOCRYLENE, BUTYL METHOXYDIBENZOYLMETHANE, C12-15 ALKYL BENZOATE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, BENZOPHENONE-3, ETHYLHEXYL SALICYLATE, 4-METHYLBENZYLIDENE CAMPHOR, DIISOPROPYL ADIPATE, GLYCERYL OLEATE CITRATE, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, PROPYLHEPTYL CAPRYLATE, TRICONTANYL PVP, GLYCERYL STEARATE, STEARIC ACID, HYDROXYACETOPHENONE, TOCOPHEROL ACETATE, 2-HEXANEDIOL & CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, PHENOXYETHANOL XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, DISODIUM EDTA, ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER, ALOE BARBADENSIS (ALOE VERA LEAF JUICE)

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