How we check sunscreen
Skin Index records the AUST L number, UV filters and percentages from each product's ARTG public summary. A product enters the comparison only with a current ARTG entry and a checked regular price.
Regular prices come from the brand or stockist product page. Member, subscription and app-only prices are excluded. A promotional price does not change a product's position.
Rankings use the lowest regular price per 10 ml across checked stockists. Products sold in grams form a separate group, compared per 10 g. We round half up to the nearest cent.
Compare a unit price
Regular price divided by pack size, multiplied by 10. Rounded half up to the nearest cent.
The register and the label
Filter percentages come from ARTG public summaries. SPF, water resistance and age labels come from the pack or the brand's Australian page. Market actions apply to the specific AUST L number named by the TGA.
Categories
Face: face or facial label. Tinted: a tint or shade label. Mineral: zinc oxide and titanium dioxide filters only. SPF moisturiser: moisturiser or moisturising in the label. Sensitive skin: sensitive label or a full ingredient list without parfum, fragrance or aroma. Oily skin: oily, matte, mattifying, oil-free, dry touch or oil control label. Body: a body label or a pack size of 100 or more.
Spray: spray or mist format. Kids and baby: a published age label, quoted in the row. Korean and Japanese: the brand's own About page establishes its headquarters in South Korea or Japan, with an ARTG entry required for every product. Homosalate-free: no homosalate in the ARTG filters. Without oxybenzone: no benzophenone-3 or octyl methoxycinnamate in the ARTG filters. Cheapest: SPF 50+ products sold in ml, ordered by regular price per 10 ml.
Refresh cycle
Regular prices are checked within 31 days. ARTG entries are checked within 62 days. TGA market actions are checked weekly on Mondays. The date changes when the underlying data changes.
Coverage records
Coverage files record products without an ARTG match, cancelled entries, missing prices, blocked stockists, lip products and formats outside the scope. Products with fewer checked sources can still appear when at least one regular price is verified.
Report a wrong figure
Email hello@skinindex.com.au with the product name, AUST L number and the source page.
Source: ARTG public summaries (tga.gov.au), brand and stockist product pages. Checked 13 Nov 2026.