The invention discloses a sunscreen lotion for gently repairing and brightening skin. The sunscreen lotion consists of a multi-component sunscreen agent, a humectant, an emollient, an emulsifier, a thickener, a skin conditioner, a preservative, an aromatic agent and balance of water. The invention also discloses a preparation method of the sunscreen lotion. The preparation method comprises the following steps: Step 100, forming a water-phase component, pre-mixing methylenebis-benzotriazolyltetramethylbutylphenol / decylglucoside / xanthan gum / propylene glycol in the multi-component sunscreenagent, adding the mixture into a water-phase tank, mixing the mixture with the water-phase component, heating the water-phase tank in vacuum, carrying out heat preservation and stirring; Step 200, forming an oil-phase component, heating and stirring oil-phase component for dissolving; Step 300, pumping the water-phase component and the oil-phase component into a main tank, carrying out vacuum homogeneous emulsification, cooling, and adding the thickener and the preservative; and Step 400, continuously cooling, adjusting a state of the resulting solution, perform warming, adding the aromatic agent, discharging a semi-finished product from the tank, and completing preparation after detection. The sunscreen lotion has a strong sunscreen function and certain repairing effect, can brighten skin color, and further can reduce irritating components and side effects of the irritating components on the skin.