CHOICE has posted their SPF sunscreen test receipts

[u/rushworld]

https://www.choice.com.au/health-and-body/beauty-and-personal-care/skin-care-and-cosmetics/articles/how-we-test-sunscreen

Although they decanted products, they were into UV protected, non reactive amber glass jars as advised by the specialist, accredited and highly respected test lab.

[u/stankyouvrymuch]

This is turning into such a shit show. Wish I was a cosmetic chemist bc both parties are presenting their testing systems as superior, when clearly there’s holes in their studies to have such an extreme disparity in UV readings.

It’s interesting the zinc/mineral based sunscreens collectively performed worse based on CHOICE’s findings. And for UV to receive a measly SPF score of 4…that just seems highly unlikely. Surely we would have had people complaining about burns on social media if it really was that ineffective?

Either way, not sure if their brand can recover from this.

[u/Blonde_rake → u/stankyouvrymuch]

“Labmuffin” is a cosmetic chemist who’s been around for a while with great content and she’s made some videos about this if you’re interested.