Artistry Skin Nutrition™ Balancing Matte Day Lotion SPF 30
65/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Artistry Skin Nutrition Balancing Matte Day Lotion SPF 30 is a chemical sunscreen on older-generation filters: Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Octocrylene and Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane. It wears light with a balanced finish and low white cast, and a low breakout-trigger rating makes it generally acne-friendly, though makeup layering is only okay. With a 65.3/100 score and moderate protection, it is a middle-of-the-road daily lotion.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Moderate
48
- +8 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #3, UV filter
- +15.2 Octocrylene at #5, UV filter
- +28.5 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #6, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
- ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
- +1 Label claims (SPF 30)
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Health safety
High
67
- +100 Starting score
- −30 Octocrylene at #5 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #6, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens
Low
67
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −7 3 declared fragrance allergens
- −5 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
- −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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Eye sting
Medium
46
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Avobenzone at #6, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −15 Octocrylene at #5, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −9 Octisalate at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 Fragrance
- −6 3 declared fragrance allergens
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Comedogenic
Low
99
- +100 Starting score
- −1 Glycine Soja Oil at #30, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne
Medium
44
- +100 Starting score
- −18 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 80)
- −36 4 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Glycine Soja Oil, Oenothera Biennis Oil)
- −2 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Cetearyl Glucoside), weak Malassezia signal
- +0 Dimethicone at #2, a safe base that does not feed Malassezia
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Fabric stains
High
30
- +100 Starting score
- −45 Avobenzone at #6, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- −15 Octocrylene at #5, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- ← 1.5 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Kaolin)
- → 4 Glycerin at #9, the anchor humectant
- → 2 Sodium Hyaluronate at #45, hyaluronic family
- → 1 Humectant polyols
- → 3 3 emollient lipids (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Glycine Soja Oil, Oenothera Biennis Oil)
- → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
- → 6 Ceramide barrier lipids
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 1 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Kaolin)
- → 3 3 emollient lipids (Glycine Soja Oil, Oenothera Biennis Oil, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 4 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
- ← 2 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer)
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.
How we rate water resistance →Full ingredient list (52)
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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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 8 UV protection
- ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene)
- ↑ 15.2 UV protection
- ↑ 15 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
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Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone)
- ↑ 28.5 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↓ 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 45 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant polyol
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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9 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 4 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 18 feeds malassezia
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Botanical extract
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Colorant or pigment
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 2 minor malassezia feeder
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Botanical extract
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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21 Allantoin
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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22 Carnosine
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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24 Fragrance
Fragrance
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25 Kaolin
Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 1.5 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 1 sebum-absorbing powder
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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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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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29 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Plant oil, an emollient
- ↑ 1 moderate comedogenic signal
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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31 Maltodextrin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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32 Citric Acid
pH adjuster
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33 Lecithin
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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36 Carrageenan
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Supporting ingredient
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Botanical extract
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39 Zinc Pca
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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42 Ceramide NP
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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43 Sea Salt
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
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Plant oil, an emollient
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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49 BHT
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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51 Linalool
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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52 Geraniol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
Does Artistry Balancing Matte Day Lotion SPF 30 leave a white cast?
No. Its ghost-mode rating is low, so it generally disappears into the skin with a balanced finish.
Is the Artistry Skin Nutrition™ Balancing Matte Day Lotion SPF 30 good for oily or acne-prone skin?
Generally yes for acne-prone skin, given a low breakout-trigger rating, and the finish reads balanced. Makeup layering is only okay, however.
Is the Artistry Skin Nutrition™ Balancing Matte Day Lotion SPF 30 any good?
It is a middle-of-the-road option. It scores 65.3/100 with moderate protection from an older chemical filter blend.