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Black Girl Sunscreen

Make It Matte SPF 45.

Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Matte SPF 45
Sunscreen

The Guru Index verdict

73%

Mixed

~Mixed · 73% 2 independent gurus · Early signal
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What the gurus are saying

Dr. Aleksandra Brown rate it; Cassandra Bankson is mixed. The dissent from Cassandra Bankson: "If you have oily skin, don't use this if you're someone who struggles with breakouts, it has jojoba and avocado. I love …"
Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take June 2026

Key actives & flags

Vitamin ESPFSqualaneFragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

Avobenzone (3.0%), Homosalate (10.0%), Octisalate (5.0%), Octocrylene (5.0%), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Dimethicone Crosspolymer-3, Isododecane, Silica, Squalane, Tocopheryl Acetate

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What the gurus are saying.

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"Another recommendation, especially for darker skin tones, is Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Matte SPF 45. They also have the kids SPF 50. It has no oxybenzone. Generally, it avoids a lot of the other filters that are older and have raised some questions. You do want to check homosalate on this because the kids one has like 15% homosalate, so if that's an ingredient you want to avoid, that one's going to be kind of tough."
~Mixed
"If you have oily skin, don't use this if you're someone who struggles with breakouts, it has jojoba and avocado. I love it even for my oily skin, but if you hate that look of oily dewiness, this is not for you. It goes on feeling like Vaseline, kind of throws you for a doozy, it's a little bit goopy, but once it actually sets up and rubs in, it's mattifying. If you're oily and want something matte, you can even just put it on certain areas like your forehead and nose and not the rest. A little goes a long way, the Amazon reviews and reviews online didn't lie. It's fragrance free, it's SPF 45, this is worth it. I was very skeptical, but this is probably the most sheer, best sunscreen for oily skin. I'll say this is probably the best sunscreen I've ever used. For the price, for the amount that you get, this is the best mattifying sunscreen that I know of, and I'm going to be multi-sunscreening it."
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Frequently asked.

Is Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Matte SPF 45 worth it?

Dr. Aleksandra Brown rate it; Cassandra Bankson is mixed. The dissent from Cassandra Bankson: "If you have oily skin, don't use this if you're someone who struggles with breakouts, it has jojoba and avocado. I love …"

What is Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Matte SPF 45's Guru Score?

Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Matte SPF 45 holds a Guru Score of 73 out of 100. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 independent expert reviewers we have collected.

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