Ao 6000X Elemental Screen With Spf 30
71/100 overall score
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Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Moderate
42
- +41 Zinc Oxide at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +18)
- +1 Label claims (SPF 30)
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White cast
Medium
49
- +100 Starting score
- −42 Zinc Oxide, 18.9% declared
- −15 Pure mineral formula (18.9% total declared)
- +5.7 PHSA dispersant, fights agglomeration
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Fungal acne
High
13
- +100 Starting score
- −50 2 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 60, Sorbitan Stearate)
- −18 2 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Lecithin)
- −9 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate)
- −10 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Cetearyl Glucoside), weak Malassezia signal
- +0 Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride at #2, a safe base that does not feed Malassezia
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Fabric stains
Low
85
- +100 Starting score
- −15 Zinc Oxide at #1, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- ← 5 Zinc Oxide at #1, mild sebum absorbent
- → 10 Glycerin at #4, the anchor humectant
- → 1 1 strong humectants (Mel)
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil)
- → 4 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
- → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil)
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Makeup base
Poor
PillsPrimer
- ← 3 Humectant syrup tackiness
- ← 15 High mineral load at #1 greys under foundation
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.
How we rate water resistance →Skincare extras
Beneficial actives this formula contains. Informational only, not part of the rating: their effect depends on a concentration the label does not disclose.
- ✨ Niacinamide
- ✨ Ferulic acid
- ✨ Vitamin E
Full ingredient list (29)
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 (Zinc Oxide), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 41 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 42 18.9% declared
- ↑ 30 18.9% declared
- ↑ 15 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
- light ← 5 mild sebum absorbent
- pills ← 15 High mineral load greys under foundation
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 4 → nourishing light emollient
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3 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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4 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 10 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 30 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 30 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 10 minor malassezia feeder
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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10 Niacinamide
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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11 Ferulic Acid
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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12 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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13 Totarol
Supporting ingredient
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14 Mel
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant
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Botanical extract
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Supporting ingredient
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Botanical extract
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Plant oil, an emollient
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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20 Carrageenan
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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21 Lecithin
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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22 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling