Avon Care Sun+ Protecting Bronzing Oil SPF 15
70/100 overall score
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Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Moderate
53
- +11.4 Homosalate at #5, UV filter
- +7.6 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #6, UV filter
- +34.2 Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate at #7, UV filter (UVA1 +20.9)
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Health safety
Medium
60
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Homosalate at #5 (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens
Low
70
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −12 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
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Eye sting
Medium
57
- +100 Starting score
- −6 Homosalate at #5, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −6 Octisalate at #6, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −18 Volatile alcohol at #1
- −5 Alcohol high up speeds filter migration
- −8 Fragrance
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Heavy feel
Low
99
- +100 Starting score
- −1 Coconut Oil at #14, heavy oil
- +0.4 Volatile alcohol at #1, evaporating texture
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Comedogenic
Low
98
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Coconut Oil at #14, comedogenic oil/butter
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Fungal acne
Medium
73
- +100 Starting score
- −18 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 20)
- −9 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Coconut Oil)
- +0 Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride at #3, a safe base that does not feed Malassezia
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Fabric stains
Low
85
- +100 Starting score
- −15 Uvinul A Plus (DHHB) at #7, oil-soluble UVA filter, fabric stains
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Moisture
Light
LightNourishing
- ← 22 Volatile alcohol at #1
- → 4 Glycerin at #12, the anchor humectant
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Coconut Oil)
- → 4 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 5 Volatile alcohol at #1
- → 7 2 emollient lipids (Coconut Oil, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
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Makeup base
Good
PillsPrimer
- → 10 Quick-setting carrier (alcohol at #1), fast, even canvas
- → 2 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +7 1 film-forming polymers that lock the formula on for 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.
- ✨ Vitamin E
Full ingredient list (15)
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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Volatile alcohol, a drying solvent that can sting eyes
- ↑ 5 Alcohol high up speeds filter migration
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 4 → nourishing light emollient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 6 → dewy emollient lipid
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Legacy UV filter (Homosalate)
- ↑ 11.4 UV protection
- ↑ 6 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate)
- ↑ 7.6 UV protection
- ↑ 6 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Uvinul A Plus)
- ↑ 34.2 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 15 oil-soluble UVA filter, fabric stains
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Fragrance
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
- ↑ 7 film former
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10 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 18 feeds malassezia
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12 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 4 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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13 Arginine
pH adjuster
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14 Coconut Oil
Plant oil, an emollient
- ↑ 1 heavy oil
- ↑ 2 comedogenic oil/butter
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin