Azarine Cosmetic Azarine Ultralight Hydraglow Day Cream SPF 30 Pa+++ C White
62/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Azarine Ultralight Hydraglow Day Cream SPF 30 PA+++ is an older-style formula mixing homosalate, octisalate and avobenzone with titanium dioxide. It is generally low on white cast, with a balanced, lightweight finish, low sting risk and low pore-clogging concern, sitting okay under makeup. Scoring 62.3/100 with good protection, it is a light daily day cream with sun support.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Good
56
- +12 Homosalate at #3, UV filter
- +7.6 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #4, UV filter
- +31.4 Titanium Dioxide at #6, UV filter (UVA1 +4.8)
- +28.5 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #7, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
- −2.8 UVB coverage saturated
- −1.7 UVA2 coverage saturated
- ×0.72 Avobenzone without a photostabilizer
- +2 Label claims (SPF 30, PA rating)
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Health safety
Medium
57
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Homosalate at #3 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #7, stacked (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
Low
61
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Avobenzone at #7, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −9 Homosalate at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −6 Octisalate at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 Fragrance
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Heavy feel
Low
79
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Titanium Dioxide at #6
- −2 Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit at #20, butter/occlusive fat
- −3 Coconut Oil at #9, heavy oil
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Comedogenic
Low
89
- +100 Starting score
- −7 Coconut Oil at #9, comedogenic oil/butter
- −4 Olea Europaea Fruit Oil at #10, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne
Medium
49
- +100 Starting score
- −37 3 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Coconut Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
- −9 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
Medium
45
- +100 Starting score
- −45 Avobenzone at #7, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- −10 Titanium Dioxide at #6, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Nourishing
LightNourishing
- → 10 Glycerin at #5, the anchor humectant
- → 2 Sodium Hyaluronate at #18, hyaluronic family
- → 1 1 strong humectants (Panthenol)
- → 2 Humectant polyols
- → 5 3 emollient lipids (Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Coconut Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
- → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- → 7 3 emollient lipids (Coconut Oil, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- ← 2 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
- ← 3 Humectant syrup tackiness
- ← 6 High mineral load at #6 greys under foundation
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.
How we rate 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.
- ✨ Panthenol (B5)
- ✨ Niacinamide
Full ingredient list (22)
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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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing humectant polyol
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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 (Octisalate)
- ↑ 7.6 UV protection
- ↑ 6 migrates into eyes with sweat
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5 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 10 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide)
- ↑ 31.4 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 10 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
- pills ← 6 High mineral load greys under foundation
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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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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 5 minor malassezia feeder
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Plant oil, an emollient
- ↑ 3 heavy oil
- ↑ 7 comedogenic oil/butter
- 2 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 3 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
- ↑ 4 moderate comedogenic signal
- 2 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 3 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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13 Panthenol
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
- 1 → nourishing humectant
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14 Niacinamide
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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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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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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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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Botanical extract
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22 Fragrance
Fragrance
Does Azarine Ultralight Hydraglow Day Cream leave a white cast?
No, white cast is generally low. It is mostly chemical with a small amount of titanium dioxide, and it wears with a balanced, lightweight finish.
Is the Azarine Cosmetic Azarine Ultralight Hydraglow Day Cream SPF 30 Pa+++ C White mineral or chemical?
It is mostly chemical (an older-style hybrid) using homosalate, octisalate and avobenzone, with a touch of titanium dioxide.
Is the Azarine SPF 30 day cream a good sunscreen?
It scores 62.3/100 with good protection. It is a light daily day cream with sun support, low on sting and pore-clogging concern.