At a glance
Texture — Moisturizing lotion
Key Active — Avobenzone 3%, homosalate 10%, octisalate 5%, octocrylene 2.75%
Best For — Deep and melanin-rich skin tones; normal to dry skin
Price Tier — $
What stands out
The reason this brand exists is that mineral sunscreens leave deep skin ashy, and for years the industry did not care.
It uses only chemical filters, which is exactly the right call. Chemical filters absorb UV rather than scattering it, so there is nothing to sit on the skin and turn it grey. It goes on clear. This is not a formulation trick — it is the whole design.
It moisturizes properly. Shea butter, avocado oil, jojoba, carrot seed oil. On dry skin it can stand in for a moisturizer.
No added fragrance on the FDA ingredient label, and no oxybenzone.
For roughly $16, it does something most $40 sunscreens still cannot.
Watch out for
It stings the eyes. This complaint comes up constantly and you should expect it. The label lists no fragrance, so the likely culprits are the chemical filters plus the oil base migrating as you sweat. Keep it well away from the eyelid margin.
It has a noticeable scent even though it is technically fragrance-free — that comes from the botanical oils, not added perfume. If you are sensitive to smells, you will notice.
It can feel greasy, particularly on oily skin. The rich base that makes it good for dry skin works against it here.
Check the SPF you're buying. The line spans SPF 30, 45, and 50, and only some are water-resistant. The base SPF 30 lotion does not carry a water-resistance claim.
Key ingredients
💧 Jojoba Oil — moisturizes
💧 Avocado Oil — nourishes skin
⛑️ Sunflower Seed Oil — antioxidant
ℹ️ SPF 30 · Chemical
Full ingredient list
Formulation Notes
No mineral filters at all — that is the entire design decision, and everything else follows from it. Zinc oxide and titanium dioxide are white powders; suspend enough of either in a lotion to reach SPF 30 and you get a grey film on brown skin. There is no way around it except tinting, and a tint cannot match every skin tone.
Going fully chemical sidesteps the problem rather than compensating for it. The trade-off — chemical filters are more likely to sting and irritate — is exactly what shows up in the reviews.