Sun Bum

Sunscreen Lip Balm SPF 30.

Lip

About this product

An SPF 30 lip balm with 80-minute water resistance, available in flavored varieties.

Full ingredients

Zinc Oxide (8%), Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Sweet Almond Oil, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Argania Spinosa Kernel (Argan) Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Tocopheryl Acetate, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Tocopherol, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Glyceryl Caprylate, Bisabolol, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate, Isostearic Acid, Lecithin, Glyceryl Undecylenate

Guru Score

65%

Mixed

3 experts · Moderate agreement

3Gurus

2Yay

0Mixed

1Nay

What they liked

Water resistant for 80 minutes
Flavored options for those who want taste

What they flagged

Flavor is a common irritant in lip balm

What the gurus are saying

Flavor and fragrance are built into this lip balm, they're common irritants and can trigger lip-licking, defeating protection. Some recommend it for those wanting flavored lip protection, but those wary of irritants prefer Sun Bum's fragrance-free mineral option. For those unbothered by fragrance, the 80-minute water resistance and chemical formula without white cast appeal.

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take July 2025

Type

LipBalm & ointment

Key actives

Vitamin ESPF

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Dr Dray

2.69M subs

~Yay

"It's water resistant 80 minutes which is a really good feature in an SPF lip balm because it's really being tested to stay on your lips with chewing, talking, licking your lips, all of those things, sipping on drinks. So I value that. This does obviously have fragrance in it because it's watermelon, so that's a possible irritant. It's a chemical sunscreen, it shouldn't leave a white cast. If you're not bothered by fragrance in lip balms, that'd be a good one to try out."

All 3 takes from Dr Dray

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"So yeah, this is really good. Looks like Sun Bum has some new SPF lip balms, or they just repackaged them. They all have flavor, which is a common irritant in lip balm, so be aware of that. Sun Bum makes a fragrance-free, flavorant-free SPF lip balm that's a mineral lip balm. I really, really like it. It comes in a black tube, but I'm not seeing it here."

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"Sun Bum has a mineral SPF lip balm that they never have here at Target, it's really good. But here they have the Sunscreen Lip Balm SPF 30. You know, the fragrance flavorant are common reasons for lip balms to be irritating, but otherwise, you know, this is an option."

Doctorly

3.58M subs

~Nay

"It does smell nice, wow, look how oily it is. I don't like this at all. It tastes like banana, it tastes good, that's a problem. That's a big problem, just like with the sugar lip scrubs it has you licking your lips, it's creating a big problem. I don't like it at all. It's a no for me."

Dr. Jenny Liu

322k subs

~Yay

"Sun Bum is one I recommend for those who want flavoring in their lip protection because if you're really bothered by the taste I think you have like banana or coconut flavors so that way it's not as poor tasting."

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

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Sun Bum Sunscreen Lip Balm SPF 30?

An SPF 30 lip balm with 80-minute water resistance, available in flavored varieties.

Is Sun Bum Sunscreen Lip Balm SPF 30 worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 65%.

What is Sun Bum Sunscreen Lip Balm SPF 30's Guru Score?

Sun Bum Sunscreen Lip Balm SPF 30 holds a Guru Score of 65%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.