L'Oréal · Sunscreens
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.
Moderate concern
Contains ingredients worth knowing about. Review the flags below against your skin's needs.
Concern score 59/100 · 42 ingredients analyzed
Driven by Talc — IARC Group 2A, EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted)
Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.
absorbent · texturizer
A mineral powder at the center of major litigation and a 2024 IARC upgrade to 'probably carcinogenic'. Regulators specifically warn against powder use on babies (inhalation risk); cornstarch is the standard substitute.
fragrance
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.
fragrance · solvent
The citrus-peel scent molecule. Like linalool, it becomes allergenic mainly after oxidizing in opened products.
fragrance
A rose/geranium scent molecule and one of the more frequently positive fragrance allergens in patch testing.
uv filter
A stabilizing UV filter that can degrade into benzophenone as products age, and an increasingly reported allergen — replace old tubes of octocrylene sunscreens.
fragrance
The lemon-scent molecule in lemongrass and citrus oils, a recognized contact allergen requiring EU label declaration.
humectant · solvent
A workhorse humectant and penetration enhancer that is fine for most, but a recurring culprit in eczema patients' patch tests.
uv filter
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.
preservative
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.
fragrance · uv absorber
A floral fixative on the EU allergen list, with early-stage evidence of weak hormonal activity being evaluated by regulators.
preservative · solvent · fragrance
A preservative and fragrance component that must be declared on EU labels because it can trigger contact allergy in a small share of users.
ph adjuster · emulsifier
A pH adjuster that is safe in itself but should not be combined with formaldehyde releasers or bronopol, which can convert it to nitrosamines.
uv filter
A UVB filter the EU sharply restricted in 2022 after its scientific committee flagged potential endocrine effects at former use levels.
uv filter · pigment
A mineral UV filter and pigment that is one of the safest sunscreen choices in cream form; the inhalation-based cancer classification only matters for powder and spray formats.
film former · thickener
A common film-forming polymer scrutinized under the EU's microplastics restriction; skin safety itself is well established.
emollient · occlusive
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.
chelating agent
A metal-binding stabilizer that is safe on skin at the tiny amounts used; its criticism is environmental persistence.
Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.
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.
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.
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.
Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.
AQUA/WATER, HOMOSALATE, ETHYLHEXYL SALICYLATE, Slica, STYRENE/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER, C12-15 ALKYL BENZOATE, TALC, DROMETRIZOLE TRISILOXANE, ETHYHEXYL TRIAZONE, BIS-ETHMHEXYL - OXYPHENOL METHOXYPHENYL TRIAZINE, GLYCERIN, PENTYLENE GLYCOL, BUTYL METHOXYDIBENZOYLMETHANE, POTASSIUM CETYL PHOSPHATE, DIMETHICONE, PERLITE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, ARACHIDYL ALCOHOL, TOCOPHEROL, PHENOXYETHANOL, STIEARYL ALCOHOL, STEARC ACID, PEG-8 LAURATE, BEHENYL ALCOHOL, TRIETHANOLAMINE, LIMONENE, XANTHAN GUM, LINALOO, BENZYL SALICYLATE, BENZYL ALCOHOL, isOPROPYL LAUROYL SARCOSINATE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, TEREPHTHALYLIDENE DiCAMPHOR SULFONIC ACID, ACRYLATES/ CI0-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER, GERANIOL, DISODIUM EDTA, TITANIUM DIOXIDE [NANO]/ TITANIUM DIOXIDE, oCTOCRYLENE, CITRAL, INULIN LAURYL CARBAMATE, ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE, PARFUM/ FRAGRANCE (F.LL C170409/1)
