Vanicream Sunscreen SPF 30: a Guru Score of 71% from 6 experts

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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~Yay

"In the morning, I prefer a zinc-based sunscreen, whether it's from Vanicream or EltaMD. This is going to give you those added additional reparative benefits, lower risk of allergy and irritation, but I really really like the zinc more for the healing benefits, not just because it's a physical sunscreen."

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"This is one of the best mineral budget friendly sunscreens of all time. [...] It's a pure mineral sunscreen with low allergenicity potential but blends incredibly well. You can never say that any sunscreen with zinc oxide is going to have zero white cast, but this is about as good as it gets at the price point. [...] For a pure mineral non-tinted sunscreen, the blend is top tier. There are some great ones out there and this deserves mention with the best of them, any price included."

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"It's good. My first knock on it was that it's a little heavier, but the more I've worn it, the more I realized it actually sits really nicely when it finishes. I've used a lot of it this year already and I really like that one. It's functional, very simple, relatively affordable these days, and it's pretty accessible."

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"Vanicream has a mineral sunscreen that is SPF 30. It's a great product. It blends really really well. Some people might not love it but it's a great product. We discovered it this year so we're actually pretty pumped about it."

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"In the morning, I prefer a zinc-based sunscreen, whether it's from Vanicream or EltaMD. This is going to give you those added additional reparative benefits, lower risk of allergy and irritation, but I really really like the zinc more for the healing benefits, not just because it's a physical sunscreen."

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"One of my favorite sunscreens in this category, especially because it's so affordable, is the Vanicream mineral sunscreen. This is a pure mineral sunscreen, it doesn't have the octisalate booster that you'll find in a lot of other mineral sunscreens' inactive ingredient list."

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"I really like Vanicream's zinc oxide SPF, it actually blends really well for a zinc oxide sunscreen."

Dr Dray

2.69M subs

~Yay

"They're coming back with some of their zinc oxide sunscreens that have been MIA. Oh my gosh, I was so excited to see this."

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"They're coming back with some of their zinc oxide sunscreens that have been MIA. Oh my gosh, I was so excited to see this."

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"The Vanicream SPF 30 leaves a pretty strong cast."

The Budget Dermatologist

724k subs

~Yay

"Vanicream for example is a really great simple SPF product."

No BS Beauty

89k subs

~Nay

"It's got 12% zinc oxide, doesn't have fragrance in, but for me this is super thick, super white, casty, and just didn't like it. Although, I get it, they're in the US, we've got terrible sunscreen filters, they haven't approved a new one in my lifetime, and they haven't approved any new filters. So what do brands do? You really don't have a big choice, so use zinc oxide and hope it's not too terrible. But anyway, I didn't love that, but I'm sure for some people it might work great."

Dr. Jenny Liu

323k subs

~Yay

"I like to choose sunscreens that are fragrance free, really just lightweight on the skin, lightweight textures not too greasy, and then I do like to choose mineral based sunscreens for that reason as well. The Vanicream is incredibly gentle, gentle enough even for babies and children to use, and it's great for sensitive skin. It's free of dyes and all those other things that can irritate the skin."

Dr. Shereene Idriss

1.73M subs

~Yay

"Vanicream, this brand is a great brand if you have sensitive skin. What you're going to notice is that they are very proud of their free of dyes, fragrance, masking fragrance, lanolin, parabens, formaldehyde releasers. But this doesn't come from a place of fear-mongering. People who have sensitive skin tend to get very sensitive to certain ingredients and these are usually the biggest culprits and that's why these products are free of those ingredients."

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Frequently asked.

What is Vanicream Sunscreen SPF 30?

A non-tinted mineral sunscreen with SPF 30 that uses zinc oxide to protect skin from the sun, made without fragrance.

Is Vanicream Sunscreen SPF 30 worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 71%.

What is Vanicream Sunscreen SPF 30's Guru Score?

Vanicream Sunscreen SPF 30 holds a Guru Score of 71%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 6 expert reviewers we have collected.