Natural Sunscreen SPF 30 6 oz vs Weightless Hydration Clear Spray Sunscreen SPF: which is safer?

Goddess Garden Natural Sunscreen SPF 30 6 oz is the clear pick. Hawaiian Tropic Weightless Hydration Clear Spray Sunscreen SPF carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

Goddess Garden Natural Sunscreen SPF 30 6 oz

Goddess Garden

Natural Sunscreen SPF 30 6 oz

PFAS grade

Excellent 100/100

Overall grade

Excellent 92/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

mineral-based UV filters, plant-derived waxes

Confidence

78%

PossibleFragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components

PossibleSkin irritation or photosensitivity from plant oils

Hawaiian Tropic Weightless Hydration Clear Spray Sunscreen SPF

Hawaiian Tropic

Weightless Hydration Clear Spray Sunscreen SPF

PFAS grade

Poor 30/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

Spray sunscreen with water-resistant/waterproof coating

Confidence

45%

ReportedInhalation risk from aerosol propellant and UV absorbers

PossibleOxybenzone or avobenzone hormone-activity concern

PossibleFragrance allergens and undisclosed components

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Fragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components and Skin irritation or photosensitivity from plant oils on the Goddess Garden and not on the Hawaiian Tropic.
  • We flag Inhalation risk from aerosol propellant and UV absorbers, Oxybenzone or avobenzone hormone-activity concern, Fragrance allergens and undisclosed components and Film-former degradation and accumulation on skin on the Hawaiian Tropic and not on the Goddess Garden.
  • The Goddess Garden is mineral-based UV filters, plant-derived waxes where the Hawaiian Tropic is Spray sunscreen with water-resistant/waterproof coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 70 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Goddess Garden is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Hawaiian Tropic grade, at 45% confidence against 78%, because it discloses less.

Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →

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