Coola vs Supergoop 2024 (The Definitive Guide)

Stroll through the sunscreen aisle of your local beauty store and you’ll face a dizzying number of choices—two of the best brands that always stick out to us, though, are COOLA and Supergoop.

We’ll be comparing their best-sellers side-by-side so you can see which would suit you and your skin the best. Enjoy!

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Coola vs Supergoop Sunscreen

If there is one skincare product that you must have all year round—especially in the summer—it’s sunscreen. SPF should be a part of your everyday skincare routine to protect the sensitive skin of your face from harmful UV rays.

COOLA offers a host of incredibly popular sunscreens, however, our pick of the bunch is the best-selling COOLA Classic Face Sunscreen, as it is by far their most popular.

Arguably just as popular is the Supergoop! Unseen Sunscreen, which we will be comparing today. Of course, Supergoop also boast a wide variety of sunscreens - to see the rest of our top picks from Supergoop (and Coola) scroll to the best-sellers section.

Expanding on the point regarding both offering broad-spectrum UVA/UVB protection, both sunscreens actually contain the exact same active ingredients for sun protection, varying only slightly in concentration. To be specific, they contain: Avobenzone, Homosalate, Octisalate, and Octocrylene.

Inspection of the inactive ingredients lists reveals that both sunscreens are also packed with skin-nourishing botanical extracts. The COOLA Classic Face Sunscreen contains an antioxidant-rich "Plant Protection Complex" consisting of Rapeseed, Safflower, Meadowfoam, Buriti, and Raspberry Seed Oil—all of which promote the appearance of healthy-looking skin, and are suitable for all skin types.

The Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen is also targeted towards all skin types. Containing Shea Butter and Jojoba Esters, it offers intense moisturizing benefits, and with Frankincense and Meadowfoam Estolide it offers antioxidant protection as well as soothing and hydrating benefits.

Truth be told, the differences are incredibly marginal. For instance, the Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen provides SPF 40, whereas the COOLA Classic Face Sunscreen provides SPF 50; this represents only a 0.5% difference in sun protection (97.5% vs 98%). The Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen does also contain Vitamin E, though, which provides extra protection against acute UVB damage, and protects against cell mutation caused by sun exposure, perhaps somewhat making up for that 0.5% difference.

With both boasting incredibly similar formulas and skin benefits, clocking in at around the same price per fluid ounce, and with it being a genuine struggle to find any real negative feedback about them anywhere online, it is nigh-on impossible to separate the two by any meaningful metric.

Anecdotally speaking, though, we prefer the Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen for its texture and quality as a makeup primer with high SPF, whereas we prefer the COOLA Classic Face Sunscreen for its skincare benefits and its organic formula.

Coola Best-Sellers

For tinted coverage:
Try the Rosilliance BB Cream

For the body:
Try the Organic Sunscreen

For the scalp & hair:
Try the Scalp & Hair Sunscreen

Supergoop Best-Sellers

For a priming sunscreen:
Try the Glowscreen Sunscreen

For body & face:
Try the PLAY Sunscreen

For kids:
Try the Sunnyscreen Sunscreen

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This article was originally published on May 30th 2022, but it has been reviewed and updated with the latest available information on February 6th 2024 by Sara Mckay, MA.