Alumier Sheer Hydration Spf 40 Versatile Tint
83/100 overall score
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Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Good
74
- +33 Titanium Dioxide at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +5)
- +41 Zinc Oxide at #2, UV filter (UVA1 +18)
- −1 UVA2 coverage saturated
- +1 Label claims (SPF 40)
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White cast
Low
89
- +100 Starting score
- −14 Zinc Oxide, 6.3% declared
- −18 Titanium Dioxide, 7% declared
- −10 Zinc Oxide + Titanium Dioxide together
- −8 Pure mineral formula (13.3% total declared)
- +35 Tinted formula, pigment masks the cast
- +1.5 PHSA dispersant, fights agglomeration
- +2 Coated minerals (Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Alumina)
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Heavy feel
Medium
60
- +100 Starting score
- −8 Zinc Oxide, 6.3% declared
- −20 Titanium Dioxide, 7% declared
- −2 Synthetic Wax at #21, wax film
- −10 Both minerals in the top 3, dual mineral paste
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Fungal acne
Medium
54
- +100 Starting score
- −9 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Lecithin)
- −37 3 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Ceteareth-20)
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Fabric stains
Medium
40
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Iron-oxide pigments at #34, makeup-like collar marks (washable)
- −15 Titanium Dioxide at #1, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
- −5 Both minerals present, heavier deposit
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- ← 5 Zinc Oxide at #2, mild sebum absorbent
- ← 2 Titanium Dioxide at #1, mild sebum absorbent
- → 4 Glycerin at #8, the anchor humectant
- → 1 Humectant polyols
- → 2 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
- → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 2 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 0.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Ammonium Polyacrylate)
- ← 7.5 High mineral load at #1 greys under foundation (tinted)
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +2 1 water-locking waxes
Full ingredient list (36)
What each ingredient does and how it moves each rating: green helps, red hurts, ↑ / ↓ give the direction, and ← / → shift a slider toward its ends (finish, moisture, makeup base). Auto-derived from our scoring rules and the ingredient's position.
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Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 33 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 18 7% declared
- ↑ 20 7% declared
- ↑ 15 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
- light ← 2 mild sebum absorbent
- pills ← 7.5 High mineral load greys under foundation (tinted)
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Mineral UV filter (Zinc Oxide), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 41 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 14 6.3% declared
- ↑ 8 6.3% declared
- light ← 5 mild sebum absorbent
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3 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 6 → dewy emollient lipid
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 2 → nourishing light emollient
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant polyol
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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8 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 4 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Colorant or pigment
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14 Lecithin
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
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16 Resveratrol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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17 Glutathione
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 2 wax film
- ↑ 2 wax water lock
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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23 Ceteareth-20
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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24 Alumina
Supporting ingredient
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Supporting ingredient
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27 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Supporting ingredient
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Supporting ingredient
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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34 Iron Oxides
Colorant or pigment
- ↑ 40 makeup-like collar marks (washable)
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling