Ingredients and actives

SPF and sunscreen

Also written as sunscreen packaging, SPF 50, sun stick, suncare.

Filters suspended in an emulsion. Regulated in most markets, which means the pack has to carry required text and a batch code, and the formula is often thick and white.

What it needs from a bottle

Two constraints fight each other. Regulatory text needs printable surface, and customers want a small pack they will carry. A tube gives you the surface, a stick gives you the carry, and a range that offers both usually outsells one that picks a side.

Formats that suit it

• Tubes
• Sun sticks
• Airless pumps