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Sun cream that doesn’t stain clothes?

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Britpopbaby · 08/05/2026 22:23

Is there a sun cream that doesn’t stain clothes and / or easily washes out? I feel I might be looking for the impossible but O hope to be proven wrong. I am looking for a SPF 50+ cream.
Thanks in advance.

OP posts:
benten54 · 09/05/2026 09:30

P20 is the only one that doesn’t stain as long as you let it try before dressing.
i live in a factor 50 country and never found one that doesn’t stain. And they don’t wash out

JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 09/05/2026 09:47

If your clothes get stained, put washing up liquid on the stain, soak in white vinegar and then wash as normal. It comes straight out. I’ve saved a favourite white linen top with this method.

UmberMoose · 09/05/2026 11:13

La roche posay's one is good. I will share my routine with that if that helps:
Morning:
Using water to wash your face,
Sebamed clear face gel,
LRP spf50
Evening:
Merit or LRP moisturizer,
Tretinoin (0.1) from skinorac
Sebamed clear facial gel

Monthlymonster · 09/05/2026 11:23

Think I’ve read about sunbum not staining

EstherGreenwood63 · 09/05/2026 17:11

Ultrasun sport.

Aparecium · 09/05/2026 18:21

P20, as a PP said.

The best approach is to pretreat laundry before washing it. Laundering develops the stain and sets it. Once the stain appears it is very difficult to remove. But if you pretreat cuffs, collar, and any areas that touch sunscreened skin, with oxygen bleach such as Vanish spray, you prevent the stain in the first place. In the summer I routinely pretreat all light clothing like this.

OP posts:
Pinklightning · 10/05/2026 00:19

I tried ultra sun sport after a recommendation on here and have several ruined tops. The stuff is the colour of urine so it’s bound to stain. I’m a pale redhead and need to reapply regularly so can’t be stripping off throughout the day and allowing it to dry before getting redressed. It needs to be something I can use out and about. I wasn’t allergic to it though so that’s a blessing after developing an allergy to Nivea sun after using it most of my life.
I love white tops in the summer but I’m so fed up of them being ruined. I sweat a lot too so stained pits, neckline and arm edges.
I’ve tried the vanish and white vinegar and washing up liquid tricks along either leaving them out in the sun for days on the line to bleach with limited results.

EstherGreenwood63 · 10/05/2026 15:18

Gosh that's never happened to me and mine is transparent not yellow. I don't wear a lot of white though.

MabelAnderson · 10/05/2026 16:06

Mineral sunscreen doesn't stain. Look for one with no chemical filters, only zinc oxide or titanium. Avene do one, and there are Australian brands as well. They will probably say Reef safe .

Fizzink38 · 10/05/2026 16:21

Eucalyptus oil. A friend recommended this and it really works, even after I'd washed stuff normally. Wet the clothes, be generous with the eucalyptus, stick in a cold wash.

UmberMoose · 11/05/2026 11:04

MabelAnderson · 10/05/2026 16:06

Mineral sunscreen doesn't stain. Look for one with no chemical filters, only zinc oxide or titanium. Avene do one, and there are Australian brands as well. They will probably say Reef safe .

Mineral spf's are best

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