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Lean screen.

Ultraviolet Lean screen

About this product

A mineral sunscreen marketed as SPF 50+ in a 75 ml bottle, priced at $52.

The Guru Index verdict

52%

Mixed

~Mixed · 52%
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What the gurus are saying

The gurus who tested Lean Screen found a serious gap between what Ultraviolet advertises and what the product actually delivers. Independent testing returned an SPF of just four, and a second lab in Germany confirmed it at five, far below the claimed SPF 50+. For anyone relying on this for meaningful sun protection, that shortfall is a real problem, and the premium price makes the underperformance especially hard to justify.
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"Ultraviolet's lean screen, which is a mineral sunscreen, cost $52 for 75 milliliters. They advertise this at 50 plus. It came in at an SPF of four. So four is very, very low compared to what they're advertising. They thought that could be a fluke, so they tested it at another lab in Germany to validate the results. In those tests, results came back as an SPF of five, which is pretty much the same. So this was also ironically the most expensive out of all of the sunscreens they tested and ended up doing the worst."
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"Despite being marketed as having SPF rating of 50 plus, Choice revealed that their test returned an SPF rating of just four. This rating was so low that Choice actually sent a sample to another lab in Germany just to double-check the results. They came back with an SPF rating for Lean Screen of five. So slightly better, I guess, but not the rating they promised. A drop from a rating of 50 plus to just four or five would be bad enough for any sunscreen product. But considering that Ultraviolet's products aren't cheap, it was even more disappointing to consumers."
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