Topically applicable, solid UV-photoprotecting compositions suited for the UV-photoprotection and/or makeup and/or care of the lips and/or the face, advantageously shaped as sticks, contain a) at least one fatty phase, a UV-photoprotecting amount of b) at least one organic UV-screening agent and c) a fraction of metal oxide mineral nanopigments, and d) an SPF-increasing amount of at least one octenylsuccinic anhydride-esterified starch salt, formulated into a physiologically acceptable medium therefor.