Balea Beauty Collagen SPF 15
79/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Balea Beauty Collagen SPF 15 is a hybrid day cream using Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Ethylhexyl Triazone, Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine and Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane. It wears with a balanced finish, stays lightweight and keeps white cast low, and is generally non-stinging with a low pore-clogging risk. It works okay under makeup. With a 79.3/100 score, it scores well, though its SPF 15 rating offers only good, lower-level protection best suited to light daily exposure.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Good
68
- +8 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #2, UV filter
- +22 Ethylhexyl Triazone at #3, UV filter
- +28.8 Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine at #16, UV filter (UVA1 +9.6)
- +18 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #17, UV filter (UVA1 +9.6)
- −8.8 UVB coverage saturated
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Health safety
High
90
- +100 Starting score
- −10 Avobenzone at #17 (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
80
- +100 Starting score
- −3 Avobenzone at #17, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −9 Octisalate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 Fragrance
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Heavy feel
Low
95
- +100 Starting score
- −5 Stearyl Alcohol at #6, rich gel-network thickener
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Fungal acne
Low
77
- +100 Starting score
- −9 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil)
- −14 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate)
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Fabric stains
Low
72
- +100 Starting score
- −28 Avobenzone at #17, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- → 10 Glycerin at #5, the anchor humectant
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil)
- → 1 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Stearyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- → 7 2 emollient lipids (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 2 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 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 →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 (30)
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 (Octisalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 8 UV protection
- ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Uvinul T 150), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 22 UV protection
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 6 → dewy emollient lipid
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5 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 10 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- ↑ 5 rich gel-network thickener
- 1 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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10 Propanediol
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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12 Fragrance
Fragrance
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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15 Arginine
pH adjuster
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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Tinosorb S), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 28.8 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
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Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 18 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 3 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 28 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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18 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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pH adjuster
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Botanical extract
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Botanical extract
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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Botanical extract
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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26 Citric Acid
pH adjuster
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27 Sorbic Acid
Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Supporting ingredient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
Does Balea Beauty Collagen SPF 15 leave a white cast?
No, it keeps white cast low. It is a hybrid day cream that wears with a balanced finish and stays lightweight, so it commonly blends in without a cast.
What SPF is Balea Beauty Collagen?
It is SPF 15. That offers lower-level daily protection, so it is generally best for light, everyday exposure rather than long sun sessions.
Is it good?
It scores 79.3/100, which is high, and it is generally non-stinging with a low pore-clogging risk. Keep in mind the SPF 15 rating gives less protection than higher-SPF options.