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Sheer Touch Oil-free Sunscreen Lotion SPF 15

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We predict Sheer Touch Oil-free Sunscreen Lotion SPF 15 is likely to underdeliver for the price — actives are underdosed or unverifiable.

Edgewell Sheer Touch Oil-free Sunscreen Lotion SPF 15
D
51/100
Efficacy grade · how?

Actives pyramid

What's actually in it, ranked by how well it's dosed.

Hero actives (dosed to work)
Octocrylene 4%
Supporting actives (recognized)
Glycerin
Underdosed
Avobenzone 1.5%
Other listed actives
Octisalate 4.5%homosalate 3%aqua cetearyl alcohol phenoxyethanol VP/eicosene copolymer mica diisopropyl adipate C12-15 alkyl benzoate parfum neopentyl glycol diheptanoate acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer methylparaben coco-glucoside dimethicone polymethylsilsesquioxane propylparaben sodium hydroxide ceteth-10 phosphate dicetyl phosphate propylene glycol dibenzoate disodium EDTA paraffin xanthan gum butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter jojoba alcohol potassium jojobate simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) butter mangifera indica (mango) seed butter propanediol tocopheryl acetate carica papaya (papaya) fruit extract colocasia antiquorum root extract mangifera indica (mango) fruit extract passiflora incarnata fruit extract plumeria acutifolia flower extract psidium guajava fruit extract

What it does

Evidenced benefit intensity, derived from dosed actives.

Hydration
51
Barrier
48

The receipt

Every point of this grade, traced to the active, its dose, and the evidence.

Octocrylene at 4% — effective dose

Meets the ~3% threshold. Octocrylene is an organic UVB/short-UVA filter approved up to 10% that also photostabilizes avobenzone; about 3.6% has been shown to raise avobenzone photostability substantially.

Avobenzone at 1.5% — underdosed

Below the ~2% effective threshold, so the labeled benefit is unlikely.

Glycerin present — concentration not disclosed

A recognized active, but without a labeled % we can't confirm it reaches the effective ~3% dose.

Pros & cons

The honest tradeoffs.

  • Octocrylene dosed to the effective threshold (4%)
  • Avobenzone appears underdosed (1.5%) — labeled benefit unlikely
  • Glycerin concentration not disclosed — can't confirm it's effective

Best for

Who and when this fits.

Dry / sensitive Dryness AM (last step)

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Based on published concentration thresholds and formulation science. Our algorithm predicts likely efficacy — it does not test the product. Individual results vary. Not evaluated by the FDA. You can't pay to move a grade — Visage Theory is paid only for optional audits and seal licenses, never to change a letter. Ingredient data for this product is community-sourced and may be incomplete.