Avon Nutra Effects Radiance Tinted Moisturising Day Cream Spf 20
63/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Avon Nutra Effects Radiance Tinted Day Cream SPF 20 is a chemical sunscreen on older filters including homosalate, octocrylene and avobenzone. As a tinted moisturizer it wears lightweight with a balanced finish and keeps white cast low, though it may sting somewhat near the eyes. Its low pore-clogging profile is acne-friendly. With a 63.1/100 score and good measured protection at the modest SPF 20 level, it is a light everyday cream rather than a high-protection sunscreen.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Good
58
- +12 Homosalate at #2, UV filter
- +16 Octocrylene at #3, UV filter
- +7.6 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #5, UV filter
- +28.5 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #7, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
- ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
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Health safety
Medium
46
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Homosalate at #2 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −10.5 Octocrylene at #3, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #7, 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
99
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Titanium Dioxide as pigment (CI 77891) at #36
- +1.4 Tinted formula, pigment masks the cast
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Eye sting
Medium
39
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Avobenzone at #7, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −22 Octocrylene at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −9 Homosalate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −6 Octisalate at #5, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 Fragrance
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Heavy feel
Low
98
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit at #15, butter/occlusive fat
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Fungal acne
Medium
68
- +100 Starting score
- −9 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
- −23 2 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Steareth-2, Steareth-21)
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Fabric stains
High
0
- +100 Starting score
- −45 Avobenzone at #7, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- −15 Octocrylene at #3, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
- −40 Iron-oxide pigments at #32, makeup-like collar marks (washable)
- +10 Penalties exceed the scale, floored at 0
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- ← 3 2 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica, Silica Dimethyl Silylate)
- → 10 Glycerin at #6, the anchor humectant
- → 1 Humectant polyols
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 2 2 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica, Silica Dimethyl Silylate)
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- ← 1 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Carbomer, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer)
- ← 3 Humectant syrup tackiness
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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 (36)
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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Legacy UV filter (Homosalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 12 UV protection
- ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 16 UV protection
- ↓ 10.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 22 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant polyol
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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate)
- ↑ 7.6 UV protection
- ↑ 6 migrates into eyes with sweat
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6 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 10 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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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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Supporting ingredient
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9 PEG-8
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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10 Steareth-2
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Supporting ingredient
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13 Silica
Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 1.5 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 1 sebum-absorbing powder
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14 Steareth-21
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
- ↑ 2 butter/occlusive fat
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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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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19 Tromethamine
pH adjuster
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20 Fragrance
Fragrance
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21 Carbomer
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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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 1.5 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 1 sebum-absorbing powder
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25 Polyester-1
Film former, locks the formula onto skin for water resistance
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Botanical extract
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27 PEG-200
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Supporting ingredient
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Supporting ingredient
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Supporting ingredient
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32 Ci 77491
Colorant or pigment
- ↑ 40 makeup-like collar marks (washable)
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33 Ci 77492
Colorant or pigment
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34 Ci 77499
Colorant or pigment
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35 Mica
Colorant or pigment
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Colorant or pigment
Does Avon Nutra Effects Radiance Day Cream SPF 20 leave a white cast?
No, white cast is low. As a tinted moisturizer it blends in with a balanced finish and stays lightweight on the skin.
Is the Avon Nutra Effects Radiance Tinted Moisturising Day Cream Spf 20 mineral or chemical sunscreen?
It is a chemical sunscreen on older filters including homosalate, octocrylene and avobenzone, with no mineral filters.
What SPF is it and is it good?
It is SPF 20 and scores 63.1/100, with good measured protection at that modest level. It is a light everyday tinted cream rather than a high-protection sunscreen.