AR Vitamin E Cream Sun Protect
49/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
AR Vitamin E Cream Sun Protect is a pure mineral sunscreen using Titanium Dioxide, with the labeled SPF unspecified. It runs heavy with a dewy finish and a medium white cast, so it feels richer than most options here. Breakout risk is low but it is rated a poor makeup base. Protection is weak and the score is 49.0/100, placing it near the bottom of this set.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Weak
20
- +33 Titanium Dioxide at #2, UV filter (UVA1 +5)
- ×0.6 Almost no UVA1, poor aging protection
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Health safety
High
90
- +100 Starting score
- −10 Propylparaben at #16, endocrine-scrutinized preservative
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Allergens
Low
68
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −12 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
- −2 Other sensitizers (lanolin)
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White cast
Medium
35
- +100 Starting score
- −50 Titanium Dioxide at #2
- −15 Pure mineral formula
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Eye sting
Low
98
- +100 Starting score
- −8 Fragrance
- +6 Mineral filter system, low-sting filters
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Heavy feel
High
11
- +100 Starting score
- −30 Titanium Dioxide at #2
- −20 Cera Alba at #3, wax film
- −10 Lanolin Oil at #7, butter/occlusive fat
- −6 Paraffinum Liquidum at #4, heavy oil
- −5 Cetyl Alcohol at #6, rich gel-network thickener
- −18 Mineral suspended in a dense emollient base (strong)
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Comedogenic
Low
82
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Lanolin Oil at #7, comedogenic oil/butter
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Fungal acne
High
25
- +100 Starting score
- −18 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 20)
- −38 2 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Lanolin Oil)
- −14 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate)
- −5 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Stearic Acid), weak Malassezia signal
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Fabric stains
Low
85
- +100 Starting score
- −15 Titanium Dioxide at #2, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- ← 2 Titanium Dioxide at #2, mild sebum absorbent
- → 10 Glycerin at #5, the anchor humectant
- → 2 1 emollient lipids (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil)
- → 1 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Dewy
MatteDewy
- → 3 1 emollient lipids (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil)
- → 10 Occlusives seal moisture in (Paraffinum Liquidum, Lanolin Oil)
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Makeup base
Poor
PillsPrimer
- ← 20 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
- ← 3 Humectant syrup tackiness
- ← 15 High mineral load at #2 greys under foundation
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Water resistance
Resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +7 1 film-forming polymers that lock the formula on for water resistance
- +10 1 water-locking waxes
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.
- ✨ Vitamin E
Full ingredient list (17)
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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1 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 33 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 15 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
- light ← 2 mild sebum absorbent
- pills ← 15 High mineral load greys under foundation
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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 20 wax film
- ↑ 10 wax water lock
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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 6 heavy oil
- 5 → dewy occlusive
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5 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 10 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- ↑ 5 rich gel-network thickener
- 1 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 10 butter/occlusive fat
- ↑ 18 comedogenic oil/butter
- 5 → dewy occlusive
- ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
- ↑ 7 film former
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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10 Stearic Acid
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 5 minor malassezia feeder
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 18 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
- 2 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 3 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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13 Fragrance
Fragrance
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
- ↓ 10 endocrine-scrutinized preservative
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17 Ubiquinone
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
Is AR Vitamin E Cream Sun Protect mineral or chemical?
It is a pure mineral sunscreen, filtered with Titanium Dioxide. The labeled SPF is not specified.
Does the AR Vitamin E Cream Sun Protect feel heavy or leave a white cast?
It runs heavy with a dewy finish and a medium white cast, so it feels richer than most options. It is also rated a poor makeup base.
Is it a good sunscreen?
It is limited. Protection is rated weak and the score is 49.0/100, placing it near the bottom of this group.