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Avon Anew Reversalist Plump &smooth Day Cream SPF 20

Avon Anew SPF 20
Avon Anew  Reversalist Plump &smooth Day Cream SPF 20

65/100 overall score

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About this sunscreen

Avon Anew Reversalist Plump & Smooth Day Cream is a moisturizer with SPF 20 sun protection from a hybrid chemical filter set including homosalate, octocrylene, and avobenzone. It has a balanced, lightweight finish with a low white cast, but may sting sensitive eyes for some. The SPF 20 rating gives good but limited protection, and the overall score is 65.0/100. Best seen as a day cream with light sun defense rather than a dedicated sunscreen.

Ingredient & SPF scores

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UV protection

Good 58
  • +12 Homosalate at #3, UV filter
  • +15.2 Octocrylene at #4, UV filter
  • +7.6 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #5, UV filter
  • +28.5 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #6, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
  • +17.6 Ethylhexyl Triazone at #8, UV filter
  • −16.6 UVB coverage saturated
  • ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
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Health safety

Medium 46
  • +100 Starting score
  • −40 Homosalate at #3 (regulatory/evidence concern)
  • −10.5 Octocrylene at #4, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
  • −3.5 Avobenzone at #6, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens

Low 67
  • +100 Starting score
  • −18 Fragrance
  • −12 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
  • −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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White cast

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Eye sting

Medium 46
  • +100 Starting score
  • −16 Avobenzone at #6, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −15 Octocrylene at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −9 Homosalate at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −6 Octisalate at #5, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −8 Fragrance
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Heavy feel

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Comedogenic

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Fungal acne

Low 77
  • +100 Starting score
  • −12 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 60)
  • −9 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate)
  • −2 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Cetearyl Glucoside), weak Malassezia signal
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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 #4, co-stains alongside avobenzone
  • −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
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Moisture

Hydrating
LightNourishing
  • ← 1.5 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica)
  • ← 1 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
  • → 16 Glycerin at #2, the anchor humectant
  • → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Finish

Balanced
MatteDewy
  • ← 1 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica)
  • ← 1 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
  • → 6 1 emollient lipids (C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
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Makeup base

Okay
PillsPrimer
  • → 1 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
  • → 2 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
  • ← 1.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Carbomer, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer)
  • ← 7 Humectant syrup tackiness
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Water resistance

Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant

Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.

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Full ingredient list (31)

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.

  1. 1 Water

    Solvent base, the water phase

  2. 2 Glycerin

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 16 → nourishing the anchor humectant
  3. 3 Homosalate

    Legacy UV filter (Homosalate), high in the list, a primary filter

    • ↑ 12 UV protection
    • ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
  4. 4 Octocrylene

    Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene)

    • ↑ 15.2 UV protection
    • ↓ 10.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
    • ↑ 15 migrates into eyes with sweat
    • ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
  5. Legacy UV filter (Octisalate)

    • ↑ 7.6 UV protection
    • ↑ 6 migrates into eyes with sweat
  6. 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
  7. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • 6 → dewy emollient lipid
  8. Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Uvinul T 150), low in the list, likely a minor contributor

    • ↑ 17.6 UV protection
  9. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  10. Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

    • 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
  11. 11 Dimethicone

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  12. Supporting ingredient

  13. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  14. 14 Phytol

    Supporting ingredient

  15. Supporting ingredient

  16. 16 Trisiloxane

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  17. Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  18. 18 Hydroxide K

    pH adjuster

  19. 19 Phenoxyethanol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  20. 20 Isohexadecane

    Volatile hydrocarbon, flashes off for a light finish

    • light ← 1 volatile carrier, flashes off
    • matte ← 1 volatile carrier, flashes off
  21. 21 Silica

    Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish

    • light ← 1.5 sebum-absorbing powder
    • matte ← 1 sebum-absorbing powder
  22. 22 Caprylyl Glycol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  23. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 2 minor malassezia feeder
  24. 24 Fragrance

    Fragrance

  25. 25 Behenyl Alcohol

    Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

  26. 26 Disodium EDTA

    Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable

  27. 27 Carbomer

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  28. Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  29. 29 Polysorbate 60

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
  30. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  31. Supporting ingredient

What SPF is Avon Anew Reversalist Day Cream?

It is SPF 20, which provides good but limited sun protection. It is a day cream with light sun defense rather than a dedicated sunscreen.

Is the Avon Anew Reversalist Plump &smooth Day Cream SPF 20 mineral or chemical?

It is chemical, using a hybrid filter set including homosalate, octocrylene, and avobenzone, with no mineral filters.

Is Avon Anew Reversalist Day Cream any good?

It scores 65.0/100. It wears lightweight with a low white cast, but the SPF 20 rating and dated filters limit it. It may also sting sensitive eyes for some.

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