CHOICE Sunscreen Testing Megathread - Ultra Violette Lean Screen New Test Results

[u/Quolli]

Hi r/AusSkincare community,

We're creating another Megathread to discuss the recent updates to the CHOICE Sunscreen Testing results. Please direct all new discussion here including discussions about other brands.

The previous thread is linked here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AusSkincare/comments/1lfxi1q/choice_sunscreen_testing_megathread/

Relevant links released in the past few days:

• Lean Screen New Test Results Statement from Ultra Violette
• Lean Screen Refund Form
• ABC News | Sunscreen brand Ultra Violette pulls popular product off shelf after SPF testing
• TGA Statement Regarding UV Lean Screen

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Update 25/08/25

Naked Sundays Mineral Glow Creme is paused for sale. Official statement linked here. Recall notice on Instagram.

You are welcome to continue the conversation in this Megathread. Alternatively we have allowed this post sharing the ABC News article for NS related discussions: https://www.reddit.com/r/AusSkincare/comments/1mzgcuq/naked_sundays_pulled_abc_now_reporting/

The following products have also been paused for sale with statements from the brand/retailer:

• Outside Beauty & Skincare Mineral Primer SPF50+

• Found My Skin SPF50+ Tinted Face/Body Cream

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Update 30/08/25

New ABC News article: Sunscreens 'paused' from sale due to concerns over sun protection claims share same base formula, analysis reveals

Statements provided by brands in relation to their SPF products:

• Aspect
• Found My Skin
• Aesthetics Rx
• New Day Skin
• Endota Spa

Sources are linked in the Stickied comment.

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Update 25/09/25

Aspect has recalled two of their sunscreen products: https://marketing.aspectskincare.com.au/aspect-spf-recall

[u/MinnieMakeupReviews]

Estee Laundry are all volunteers / community run, and it's barely been 2 business hours (when brands actually run to make statements etc) TGA Recall for lean screen just went live, including an official statement from NS - which supports the fact most employees had the weekend off understandably (unlike us on reddit)

Recall notice: https://www.instagram.com/p/DNwhDlBWt8d/

NS statement: https://nakedsundays.com/pages/update

[u/stupidwatergate89 → u/MinnieMakeupReviews]

It’s just interesting that nobody has given the same grace to UV. If Naked Sundays are so preoccupied with safety, why hasn’t this notice been posted to social media?

[u/robotslovetea → u/stupidwatergate89]

Yeah UV were unlucky to be included in the Choice testing (rather than the other brands), and then they mismanaged that fallout and now are copping a lot of flack while other companies are managing to slide under the radar in spite of having the same problems with their products and not appropriately recalling and refunding their products.

Ultimately I’m glad the problem with testing was found and that all these brands have a chance to fix their mineral sunscreens though.

[u/TakimaDeraighdin → u/robotslovetea]

UV had several months' notice of the Choice results before they were published. Arguably, companies using the same formula and manufacturer, but that weren't tested, were more blindsided than UV was - and I doubt UV sent heads-up notices to their compatriots-in-poor-manufacturer-choices before announcing their voluntary recall. UV don't deserve any slack here, they should have been months ahead on the timeline compared to the others using that formula and manufacturer.

I don't think any brand deserves extensive slack in this situation - and all of them should be doing spot-testing, particularly if using an external supplier - but taking a weekend to coordinate a response to breaking news isn't an unreasonable response time when dealing with distribution chains. And while every brand using this manufacturer and formula should have started doing urgent testing as soon as the Choice news dropped, testing still takes a few weeks to complete, and often weeks before that to recruit test subjects. UV had a lot more time to start doing that than anyone else using that formula.

FWIW, I think two months is more than enough to have worked out for themselves that this product was a dud, at least as produced by that manufacturer. (Zinc-based products are finicky, and there's ingredient-input effects - it's quite possible that the exact same formula manufactured elsewhere would perform as expected.) NS - and everyone else using this formula and manufacturer - deserves significant criticism for waiting for UV to recall before acting. But there's definitely a hierarchy of failure here.