Natural Sunscreen SPF 30 6 oz vs Face and Body Stick SPF 40: which is safer?
Goddess Garden Natural Sunscreen SPF 30 6 oz is the clear pick. Sun Bum Original Face and Body Stick SPF 40 carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Goddess Garden
Natural Sunscreen SPF 30 6 oz
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components
PossibleSkin irritation or photosensitivity from plant oils
Sun Bum Original
Face and Body Stick SPF 40
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleUV filter stability and photodegradation
PossibleContact sensitization from fragrance or preservatives
PossibleWax base occlusion and heat retention
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 Sun Bum Original.
- We flag UV filter stability and photodegradation, Contact sensitization from fragrance or preservatives, Wax base occlusion and heat retention and Oxybenzone or similar chemical UV filter absorption on the Sun Bum Original and not on the Goddess Garden.
- The Goddess Garden is mineral-based UV filters, plant-derived waxes where the Sun Bum Original is wax stick with waterproofing agent (unspecified), 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 Sun Bum Original 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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