Natural Sunscreen SPF 30 6 oz vs NFT Digital Image 7690 - Vanicream SPF 50+ Sensitive Skin Broad Spectrum Water Resistant 3oz: which is safer?
Goddess Garden Natural Sunscreen SPF 30 6 oz is the clear pick. NFT Digital Image 7690 - Vanicream SPF 50+ Sensitive Skin Broad Spectrum Water Resistant 3oz 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
Vanicream
NFT Digital Image 7690 - Vanicream SPF 50+ Sensitive Skin Broad Spectrum Water Resistant 3oz
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossiblePFAS in water-resistant polymer coating
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 Vanicream.
- We flag PFAS in water-resistant polymer coating on the Vanicream and not on the Goddess Garden.
- The Goddess Garden is mineral-based UV filters, plant-derived waxes where the Vanicream is mineral sunscreen actives (zinc oxide/titanium dioxide) in emollient base; water-resistant polymer film, 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.
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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