Sunscreen Ranker journal
The sunscreen
journal.
Daily, evidence-led notes on SPF, UV filters, and sun protection — every claim sourced, no cap.
- Makeup + SPF 'Sunscreen Contouring': The 2025 Trend That Tans Your Face on Purpose Contouring with sun damage instead of bronzer? Dermatologists warn this viral hack courts blotchy, permanent pigmentation — use makeup, not melanoma. Read it →
- Reef-safe Is Sunscreen Bad for You or the Ocean? A 2025 Review Weighs the Evidence Cut through the noise: a 2025 dermatology review puts the real published evidence on chemical versus mineral filters in one place. Read it →
- Seasonal 2024 Was the First Year Above 1.5°C — The Heat That Set Up 2025's Sun Season The hottest year ever recorded rolled straight into 2025 — a useful lens for why high-UV days are creeping into more of the calendar. Read it →
- Sensitive skin A 2025 Clinical Trial Is Testing SPF 50+ Built for Eczema Skin Eczema patients are told to wear SPF but rarely which one — now a purpose-built AD sunscreen is being formally trialed, hinting at gentler options ahead. Read it →
- Seasonal 2025 Was Earth's Third-Hottest Year — What That Means for Your Daily UV Dose Copernicus just confirmed 2025 as the planet's third-warmest year — and warming seasons are nudging sunscreen from a summer habit to a year-round one. Read it →
- Global Europe's 2025 UV-Filter Toolbox vs. America's: ~30 Filters Against an Old US List Why does European and Korean sunscreen feel so much nicer? A lot of it comes down to how many UV filters each market actually allows. Read it →
- Trends How Round Lab's Birch Juice SPF Topped 100+ Rivals for NBC's No. 1 Face SPF of 2025 A Korean drugstore sunscreen out-scored luxury and US classics in a major editorial test — here's what the panel actually measured. Read it →
- Application 'Solar Callus' Is the 2025 TikTok Myth Dermatologists Are Begging You to Ignore TikTok says you can 'train' your skin to handle the sun by skipping SPF — dermatologists say the term is invented and the damage is real. Read it →
- Skin cancer Skin Cancer's $8.9 Billion Bill: The Economic Case for Sunscreen Cheap habits like sunscreen and shade quietly head off billions in cancer treatment — here's the public-health math behind the bottle. Read it →
- Formulation Why Iron-Oxide Tinted Sunscreen Is Now the Move for Pigmentation (2025 Review) Your clear SPF leaves a protection gap against visible light — and a 2025 review explains why the fix is right on the label. Read it →
- Filter chemistry Oxybenzone Hits Tighter EU Caps: What the 2025 Benzophenone-3 Limits Mean The world's most-debated chemical filter is now capped harder in Europe — here's exactly where the EU landed, and why the US still sells it freely. Read it →
- UV science Photoprotection for Eczema-Prone Skin: A 2025 Practical Guide If you have atopic dermatitis, "just wear sunscreen" isn't enough — here's the layered, UV-index-driven routine clinicians now recommend. Read it →