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Bubble Solar Mate Daily Mineral Sunscreen with Broadspectrum SPF 40
Sunscreen

About this product

A mineral sunscreen offering broad-spectrum SPF 40 protection for daily use.

Full ingredients

Guru Score

73%

Mixed

4 experts · Moderate agreement
4Gurus
2Yay
2Mixed
0Nay

What they liked

  • Blends smoothly for a mineral sunscreen
  • Appealing to kids and teens

What they flagged

  • Strong unpleasant foot-like smell

What the gurus are saying

This mineral sunscreen gets kids and teens to actually want to use it, something reviewers found genuinely valuable and distinctive. It also blends notably well for a mineral formula, which is uncommon enough to praise in mineral sunscreens. The downside is the smell straight from the pump, which came through as a real concern in reviews. On balance, reviewers valued it for those two strengths despite the scent caveat.
Synthesized from 4 expert reviews · most recent take March 2024

What the gurus are saying.

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~Mixed
"All of these have gotten really decent reviews"
~Yay
"This is one mineral formula I've never found something like it doesn't feel goopy on the skin, doesn't sting the eyes, and it is completely mineral. This is the Bubble Solar Mate Daily Mineral Sunscreen with Broadspectrum SPF 40 and it is so good. This will actually get kids and teens to want to use their sunscreen and it's in a cute bottle, and again adults love this too. This has also been used on so many different skin tones and it works for all skin tones, and I've never found a mineral sunscreen like this. It is phenomenal."
~Mixed
"This one is quite an interesting sunscreen. I do like it, I think it's close to being a really good sunscreen, but I have to give it a seven out of 10 because as soon as it comes out of the pump it smells like feet, it smells like stinky feet, and I just do not like that. I have a hard time putting this on my face. When you work it in though, that smell goes away, but it's pretty offensive, has a sour smell to it, and so it's quite off-putting for me. I like that it's zinc only and it rubs in really well with very little white cast. I think if you had deeper skin tones you might notice some white cast with this, but for me I think it's good. It's not water resistant. It's SPF 40, so we always want to go for SPF 30 and above, but 40 is just fine. This one was close to being great, it's just the smell. I don't know what happened with the smell, but it is quite off-putting."
~Yay
"Their sunscreen is actually pretty good too. This is their Solar Mate daily mineral sunscreen SPF 40. It actually blended really well for a mineral sunscreen, so for that reason alone it's like worth mentioning. It's good. It doesn't blow me out of the water, it's good."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is Bubble Solar Mate Daily Mineral Sunscreen with Broadspectrum SPF 40?

A mineral sunscreen offering broad-spectrum SPF 40 protection for daily use.

Is Bubble Solar Mate Daily Mineral Sunscreen with Broadspectrum SPF 40 worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 73%.

What is Bubble Solar Mate Daily Mineral Sunscreen with Broadspectrum SPF 40's Guru Score?

Bubble Solar Mate Daily Mineral Sunscreen with Broadspectrum SPF 40 holds a Guru Score of 73%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected.

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