TOP 10 After Suns 🇬🇧

After a day in the sun, your skin deserves a moment of care 💛

Whether you’ve been lounging by the pool or chasing rays, your skin’s been working overtime — now it’s your turn to return the favour.

The right after-sun can cool, calm, and nourish — but it’s worth avoiding products loaded with harsh ingredients that have no place on sun-stressed skin.

As always, we’ve done the legwork for you. With options for every skin type and budget, here are Yuka’s top 10 after-sun picks ☀️

1

After Sun Sensitive Lotion - Cien Sun

Excellent - 100/100

This after-sun lotion blends shea butter, aloe vera, and glycerin to moisturize, soothe, and restore skin after sun exposure.

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After Sun Restorative Lotion - Avène

Excellent - 100/100

With pro-vitamin E, this formula is thick and has antioxidants to soothe and replenish sensitive or sunburned skin.

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3

Hydrating After Sun Oil - Hawaiian Tropic

Excellent - 100/100

This after-sun oil combines sunflower, avocado, and jojoba oils with vitamin E and bisabolol to nourish, repair, and calm sun-exposed skin.

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4

Photoderm After Sun Gel-Cream - Bioderma

Excellent - 100/100

This non-greasy gel formula rehydrates, soothes, and softens the skin with glycerin, while helping to repair your skin barrier.

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5

Sun Secure Moisturizer - SVR Laboratoire Dermatolo

Excellent - 100/100

A blend of coconut oil, aloe vera, niacinamide, and plant extracts, this lotion hydrates, soothes, and supports skin recovery after sun exposure.

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6

Sensitive After Sun Gel - E45

Excellent - 93/100

This fragrance-free after-sun gel is enriched with vitamin B5 to hydrate, calm, and support moisture retention in dry, sensitive, and eczema-prone skin.

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7

Anthelios After Sun Lotion - La Roche Posay

Excellent - 86/100

With added peppermint extract for a refreshing effect, this formula hydrates, soothes, and supports the skin’s barrier after sun exposure.

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8

Lotion & After Sun - Green People

Excellent - 86/100

This after-sun lotion combines sunflower, olive, and calendula oils with aloe vera and myrrh to gently nourish, soothe, and restore sun-exposed skin.

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9

After Sun Lotion - Childs Farm

Excellent - 79/100

With aloe vera leaf juice powder and glycerin to moisturize and soothe sun-exposed skin, this formula is lightweight offering a smooth, non-greasy finish.

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10

After Sun Repairing Lotion - Caudalie

Good - 72/100

This milky after-sun lotion blends aloe vera, organic grape water, and coconut oil to soothe, nourish, and hydrate while helping to promote skin repair.

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Like all our rankings, this one was conducted completely independently, and no brand has paid to be included.

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127 comments

  1. Elaine

    Thank you so much for putting in the leg work. Appreciated

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  2. Sue

    Lovely to know especially for the grandkids. What sun screens do you suggest ‼️‼️

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  3. Veronica Daniels

    What about sun screen Which is good

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  4. Jan

    Very useful, thank you
    I would love you to produce an up to date sun protection email.
    I’m using your search option within the app but everything I check seems to score as “bad”.

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  5. Iwona

    Thanks for recommending I will definitely use it

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  6. Lisa

    Thank you Julie for the information

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  7. Avril

    Interesting. I will be getting the Hawaiian Tropic from this information. Thank you

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  8. patricia

    Thank-you for doing the research, great range of products and prices here.

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  9. Sandra

    Thank you Julie, great, really appreciate this information.

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  10. Michael

    Thank you just what I have been looking for. Keep up the good work

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  11. Lisa

    Thanks
    Love the price range

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  12. Monika

    Love and trust Yuka
    regards
    Monika

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  13. Stuart

    Thanks for telling me about these products. I’ll look onto purchasing some. Thanks again for your help.

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  14. Pauline

    Great to be advised which is the best cream and some don’t get good score out of 100 but some people would buy next thing as as usual prices of the cream also counts.

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  15. Phyllis

    Yuka very good for information on products that you are going to be putting in your mouth and on your skin when I go shopping, I use this fantastic

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  16. Christine

    Many thanks Julie

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  17. MARTIN

    Never seen any of them on a shelf in a supermarket.

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  18. Kazza

    Very informative and helpful. Thanks you.

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  19. Miriam

    V.helpful thankyou Julie.

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  20. July

    Thank you yuka
    This is very useful information

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  21. Nicky

    How are nano particles listed in any sun product or skin care ? Thank Nicky

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  22. Sarah

    Great info – love the app please could you do it for sun lotion have recommended to lots of friends

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  23. Liz

    Thank you so much for your help in advising me about after sun products as I was thinking about holidays, and what is best for me.

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  24. Trevor

    How many of the top 10 are french?

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  25. Leigh

    Great to see that Greenpeople have made it in the top ten this time. Great products !

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  26. Paul

    Thank you for this after sun information,
    Which is very helpful.

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  27. Mary Pauline

    Thanks for this info Yuka ..Could you do the same report For sun cream??,as I have lupus,,and I am having difficulty Finding a 50+ ..

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  28. Jennny

    Very helpful to know which after sun I could buy for sensitive skin. I downloaded the Yuka App a while ago and find it very useful when out shopping.
    Thank you Yuka.

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  29. Christine Robinson

    Thank you Yuka. I never shop without consulting your app. Anything new or I’m unsure of I use the app and that’s what I decide with what to buy. Thank you.

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  30. Debbie

    Aside from any suntan lotion from Boots (which are horrendous) , it would have been interesting to see the top 10 worse lotions as well !

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  31. Karrie.

    How fantastic that a Lidl cream is coming out on top..off to stock up! Thanks.

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  32. Vanda

    Love, love. Love this app.

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  33. Marion

    Great info as always! Love the Yuka app and have recommended it to family and friends (who are also now using it) 😉

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  34. Rosa

    Disappointed not to see Ringana Sunscreen.They are fresh, 100% natural and ecosystem friendly, not damaging our sea ecosystem for a change.

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  35. Els

    Disappointing not to see Tropic on the top 10 list as it normally rates as excellent!

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  36. Mary

    Thanks great help

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  37. Rose

    Love this app, it’s very helpful have got most of family using it too

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  38. Louise

    This information is very helpful thank you

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  39. Zarema

    Brilliant app. Thank you very much for creating it! I don’t shop without it anymore for the past 3 years . It’s horrendous what’s out there and some people so ignorant and don’t want to know or be informed. Thank you again.

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  40. Paul

    Thank you for that, it’s useful. It would be good to be clear about environmental impacts, though – this list doesn’t address that and I don’t find it easy to see on the app either at first glance. Since almost all this stuff is going to end up down the drain, that seems an important issue.

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  41. Connie

    Using Yuka app is the best! Thanks Julie to you and all the team for keeping us up to date and fully informed 🙂

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  42. Diana

    I love Yuka as they are not affiliated to certain brands and make recommendations for affordable products! Thank you

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  43. Alison

    Thank goodness the best is not so expensive. Well done Lidl

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  44. Geeta

    Nice to know which brand is best
    Thank You

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  45. Lesley

    So helpful. Good to know the healthiest products to use.

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  46. Stella

    This app has changed the way I buy – thank you for taking the guesswork out of trying to find the best products

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  47. Linda

    This info is brilliant, I will certainly act upon it , thank you

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  48. Teresa

    Thanks for sharing this with me

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  49. Giselle

    Thank you, great advice.

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  50. Linda

    Thank you for this information; it is greatly appreciated. I was shocked to see that Lidle brand is at the top. I wouldn’t have bought it, but now I will.
    Linda

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    1. Alison

      Me too

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  51. Maria

    Thank u for your information its greatly appreciated ☺ please to see Lidle is at the top of the list ..
    i am allways searching for sun protection 50 but i find through your app most of them don’t reach the basick standard of protection …so i try to be on the shade ….
    Keep the good work greatly appreciated 🙏.

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  52. Janie

    Thank you.
    I love the app.
    I am saddened by how many people are unaware of what’s in the stuff we slap on and the stuff we ingest.
    I am constantly referring people to your app and the information it holds.

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  53. Michael

    Thank you for the review on the aftersun products. That is very helpful to know. Has there been or will there be a similar review on suntan lotions especially the more intense and prolonged sunshine we are getting and with a lot of holiday destinations getting into the forty plus degrees
    Thank you

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  54. Stella

    Thanks Yuka, I’m pleasantly surprised by some products on the list. Although it would be helpful to include which products leave a white cast, as this is a crucial factor for most people when getting sun cream.

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  55. Paul

    Thank you for your info on after sun lotions, very useful information.

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  56. Pauline

    Thank you Julia and your team for all the excellent information you provide for us and the safe alternatives. I have made many adjustments and recommend your app to all my family & friends. There is one area where I am struggling and wondered if you could help and that is I cannot find a factor 50 Sun protection cream, even my dermatologist says “ any good factor 50 cream/ lotion will be ok” Have you done any research on sun protection? Thank you from Pauline.

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  57. Maria

    Thank you very much for being so helpful, your are doing amazing job by helping people looking after their health.

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  58. Carol

    Very helpful, thank you.

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  59. Erika

    Thank you so much for all your hard work!
    You are amazing!

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  60. Jayne

    Love Yuka! So great to get some suggestions of products with no nasties. I used your lip balm suggestions to find a replacement for the blistex I had been using for years but swopped to one on your list when I found it in a local store, and it cost a fraction of my usual for a pack of 4! I will definitely be using your Aftersun suggestions for my next purchase.
    I Keep these ideas in an email folder to refer to when needed, so keep them coming please, great work and very much appreciated!
    Maybe a face cream next? I found Garnier do a couple of options, but I’m still trying to source one that gives me the moisture that my mature post menopausal skin needs, such a confusing market these days!
    Keep up the good work!😊

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    1. Sarah

      I’ve started using Byoma face creams as recommended by the app for my really dry skin and they’ve been great. You have to get the blue packaged ones though and not the orange ones as they rate poor.

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    2. Debbie

      try Weleda Skin Food – its a thick cream but it works so well on the face and leaves a lovely glow

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  61. Stuart

    Very surprised by the Hawaiian Tropic product, as every other product from them that you have rated is Bad or Poor.

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  62. El hadi Djebar

    Very good

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  63. Anne

    Thanks for that and goes to show once again that the most expensive product is not always the best product to use

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  64. Nasim

    Which SPF 50 is good for pigmented on face please

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  65. Christine

    I’m disappointed that you didnt include Tropic’s Sun Sooth in your top 10. You scored it 79 and excellent but included a 72 and good. Could you tell me why please?

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  66. June

    Thank you.

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  67. Entesar

    Thanks for the advice

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  68. Carol

    I disagree with the previous comment from Phillip. You will always get someone who is negative, when all you are doing is trying to help us. I think that it is extremely helpful when you inform us, as not everyone has the time to check their app, especially if they have young children distracting them or there is such poor Internet reception in the supermarket. Thank you for all your help and information you provide us.

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    1. Jayne

      I agree with your comment…. I don’t always have time to use the app or if I’ve got my special needs daughter with me she doesn’t have the patience so if I have this information upfront it is very useful.

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  69. Helen

    This is so very useful. Thank you

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  70. Darrall

    Many thanks Julie.

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  71. Steph

    Thank you for your tips i would never buy after sun made by Cien , i really didn’t think it would be that good !! But you have changed my mind i am off to buy some ☺️

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  72. Jacqueline

    I have been having issues with yellow residue on sheets from sun creams and after sun creams. In your research is something you have come across

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  73. Philip

    Thank you Yuca, you are doing very valuable and essential work in today’s diverse marketplace. We did not know how much we needed something like your app. However I am a bit worried about your latest information sheet on the “ Top 10 after Sun” as some might infer that you are being sponsored by the manufacturers. We always check the ingredients using your app before buying anyway, hence you do not need to recommend specific products may I suggest as it might subtract from your impartially.

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  74. Joan

    Thank you

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  75. Ann

    Thank you

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  76. Misia

    I love MIDI12 – the whole range is graded excellent by you. Its a little-known independent brand I much prefer supporting over major conglomerates. You can buy it from salons so you’re supporting their business too. Take a look at Luxury Skincare Brands website.

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  77. Lu

    Thanks this is great! Would be very useful to have a typical buying price so we can also assess the relationship between ranking on your survey and retail price.

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  78. Sian

    Thankyou. Thats really useful!

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  79. Philippa

    What about Boots, after sun.

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  80. Karen

    Thank you for your brilliant work. You have changed the way that I shop. I recommend your app to who ever listens to me.

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  81. Pamela

    Thanks for taking the time to post these so very helpful given there is so much rubbish out there !!

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  82. Leah

    Amazing thank you I was surprised to see Cien was top rated.

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  83. Dorian

    Thanks for this, Julie, much appreciated. An important and very useful study, made even more special by its independent approach.
    What I’m not seeing, however, but assuming via your clear dedication to “all things pure & healthy”, is the assurance that no chemical nasties of whatever format are resident in any of the above chosen products, even items relatively low on the harmful scale, e.g. “parfum”, etc.
    It’s one thing to trust people like yourself, which we all do, but it’s quite another to have a full exposé of the full picture, esp. with a formal test exercise like this one.
    So, whilst I accept the above exercise at face value, I’d still like to be able to obtain the fuller, ingredient picture, even if it’s simply for complete assurance.

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    1. Christine

      If you have the app and click on the items listed it will give you a list of all ingredients

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  84. Richard

    If you haven’t already done so,
    could you list a top ten of sun creams for spending time in the sun.
    I have recently thrown several way after YUKA testing them.
    A few were found to contain very harmful additives.

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    1. Kinga

      Hi Richard, there was one back in May. Here is the link to it 🙂

      https://yuka.io/en/tops/sunscreens-uk/

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  85. Ju

    Very helpful, I get prickly heat I’m very interested in sunscreen if you have any info on that please.

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    1. Renata

      Hi, if you click on the blog link, you will find the sunscreen top 10 list.

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  86. Zahida

    Thank you this was very helpful and informative.
    Have you done the sunscreens too? That would be good to share. Love your website 👍🏼

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    1. Natalie

      I was just going to ask this !

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    2. Leah

      In the menu, select blog , scroll down and there’s an article on best suncreams.
      I’ve just bought one that’s recommended (Nivea babies and kids) as the ones we had were 0/100 when I scanned them! 😱

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  87. Annabelle

    Thanks for info it’s surprising which ones are the best , not always an expensive option.

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  88. Carmelina

    Thanks can you do the same for suncreams?

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  89. Marlene

    Thanks for sharing

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  90. Bryan petty

    I have been using your number 1 aftersún my sister in law told me about your app and I have been using it ever since have 2 grandchildren so I check everything was looking for sun cream and aftersún thank you for this app

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  91. Christine

    That’s great thanks for sharing 👍

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  92. Sivagini

    Thank so much for good things find

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    1. Frankie

      Really useful information -thanks- am going on holiday soon so was looking for an after sun cream that wasn’t full of “nasties”

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  93. Sivagini

    I need to

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  94. Jane Warren

    Although I find Yuka great and very helpful, majority of these aftersuns are not cruelty free! Which I feel is very disappointing and upsetting that they are being promoted, in 2025 this should not still be happening!

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    1. Jo

      The aldi/lidl ones are

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  95. Sue

    Such great information! Thank you. So hard to find good products. I scan so many products each time I go shopping.

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  96. Keren

    Wow eye opener

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  97. Mandy

    Very helpful, could you do the same for sunscreen please.

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    1. Jo

      Hi, they did sunscreen a month or so back, see if you can find it, maybe on the website

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  98. Marie

    Thank you excellent important information.

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  99. Roz

    Very helpful. Sunscreen info would be good too.

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  100. PJ

    Brilliant to know thank you

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  101. Rose

    Thanks for sharing this great information

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  102. Janet

    Would love to know how suncreams rate as well

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  103. Birdie douglas

    Good to know thanks 🤩

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  104. Theresa

    Really good information. Thank you very much.

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  105. Jane

    Amazing – thank you

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  106. Dee

    Great piece if information. Thanks

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  107. Abs

    Thank you. Very useful.

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  108. Lindsay

    This is great thanks. Will you do a sunscreen one too please. Would be great to see more of these, unless you do and I’ve missed it! Shampoo, conditioner. Moisturizer, toner, cuticle cream, eyelash serum, mascara, eyeliner…

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  109. Gary Parker

    Thank you for the advice

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    1. Terry

      These reviews are soooo useful. Thank for taking time and trouble to do them. Very much appreciated

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  110. Rebekah

    Thank you for conducting this, well worth knowing.

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  111. Alison

    Can you please do a sunscreen one

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  112. Helen

    Good to know thanks for informing me

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  113. nicola

    I would like to put Apivita after sun on the list
    It is a very nice cream .
    Leaves skin soft soothed and non greasy

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