My pregnancy safe makeup and beauty guide has become very popular, and readers have been asking a lot of questions about pregnancy safety! One of the major issues I’ve been having in discussing pregnancy safe skincare is sunscreen. I feel like I tell everyone that emails me that their sunscreen is not safe, and they need to find a pregnancy safe sunscreen, and I’m sorry but I don’t have one to recommend. All of the sunscreens I used when I was pregnant have been reformulated and I can no longer recommend them.
I do not recommend any chemical sunscreens (if you’re not sure what those are, check out my sunscreen guide for more information) as those are actually absorbed by the skin, they’ve even been picked up in urine tests! While many of these ingredients are likely safe, due to ethical reasons it is highly unlikely that clinical trials will ever be completed to prove the safety of these ingredients.
The sunscreens included on this list are all physical sunscreens, with the active ingredient Zinc Oxide, and usually (but not always, check individual products to be sure) Titanium Dioxide as well. This means that all of these products are full spectrum UV coverage.
Ask about Product Safety
Note I have closed the comments here as I had many questions about products that are already on the site. If your product isn’t here, please check the list of pregnancy safe beauty brands. Make sure you look for variations on your product’s name, frequently brands will rename a product very slightly. You can ask about your product on the brand specific page or the list of brands if your brand is not included.
Note: The most up to date product information is always found on brand specific pages. I update those more frequently than round up posts like this one. This post was last updated on 3/3/2024, I have checked all of the ingredient lists below as of today’s date.
Pregnancy and Nursing Safe Sunscreens
• Avene Very High Protection Mineral Fluid SPF50+ Sun Cream for Intolerant Skin
• Avene Very High Protection Mineral Lotion sun protection SPF 50+
• Avene Very High Protection Tinted Mineral Fluid SPF50+ Sun Cream for Intolerant Skin
• Babo Botanicals Daily Sheer for Face Fragrance Free Sunscreen Lotion SPF40 (at ULTA, Amazon)
• Babo Botanicals Daily Sheer Sunscreen Lotion SPF30 Natural Glow Tinted (at ULTA, Amazon, Target)
• Babo Botanicals Tinted Facial Mineral Sunscreen Stick SPF50 – Natural Glow (at Amazon, Target)
• BareMinerals COMPLEXION RESCUE® NATURAL MATTE TINTED MOISTURIZER MINERAL SPF 30
• BeautyCounter Countersun Daily Sheer Defense For Face – SPF 25
• BeautyCounter Countersun Mineral Sunscreen Stick SPF 30
• Blue Lizard Sensitive Face Mineral Sunscreen SPF 30 (at Amazon, Target)
• Blue Lizard Sheer Mineral Sunscreen Lotion for Face SPF 50+ (at Amazon)
• Chantecaille Just Skin Tinted Moisturizer SPF 15 (at Nordstrom, Bluemercury)
• Clinique City Block™ Sheer Oil-Free Daily Face Protector Broad Spectrum SPF 25 (at Sephora)
• DRMTLGY Physical Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF44
• EltaMD UV Luminous Broad-Spectrum SPF 41 (at DermStore)
• EltaMD UV Physical Tinted Broad-Spectrum SPF 41 (at DermStore, Amazon)
• EltaMD UV Pure Broad-Spectrum SPF 47 (at DermStore, Amazon)
• Grown Alchemist Natural Hydrating Mineral Sunscreen SPF30 (at DermStore)
• Hello Sunday The Mineral One SPF 50 Lightweight Serum (at Sephora)
• Honest Beauty CCC Clean Corrective With Vitamin C Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30
• ISDIN Eryfotona Actinica Daily mineral SPF 50+ sunscreen (at Amazon)
• Josie Maran ARGAN DAILY MOISTURIZER MINERAL SPF 47 (at DermStore)
• Josie Maran ARGAN DAILY MOISTURIZER MINERAL SPF 47 PROTECT AND PERFECT (at Sephora)
• Neutrogena Sheer Zinc Face Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50 (at Amazon)
• The Ordinary Mineral UV Filters SPF 15 with Antioxidants
• Sisley-Paris Tinted Sunscreen Cream SPF 30 (at Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus)
• SkinCeuticals Physical Matte UV Defense SPF 50 (at BlueMercury, DermStore)
• SkinMedica Essential Defense Mineral Shield Broad Spectrum SPF 32 (Tinted) (at DermStore, SkinStore)
• SkinMedica Essential Defense Mineral Shield Broad Spectrum SPF 35 (at DermStore, SkinStore)
• Sun Bum Mineral SPF 30 Sunscreen Face Lotion
• Sun Bum Mineral SPF 30 Tinted Sunscreen Face Lotion
• Suntegrity 5-IN-1 Tinted Sunscreen Moisturizer – Broad Spectrum SPF 30 (at Nordstrom, Credo Beauty)
• Suntegrity Impeccable Skin, Broad Spectrum SPF 30 (at Nordstrom, Credo Beauty)
• Suntegrity Milky Mineral Sun Serum Spray, Broad Spectrum SPF 50 (at Credo Beauty)
• Suntegrity Moisturizing Mineral Face Sunscreen & Primer, Broad Spectrum SPF 30 (at Nordstrom, Credo Beauty)
• SuperGoop! (Mineral) Mattescreen SPF 40 (at Sephora)
• Thinkdaily Face Sunscreen SPF30 Naturally Tinted (at Amazon)
• Thinkdaily Sunscreen SPF 30 Aloe & Tea Leaves (at Amazon)
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