bareMinerals Barepro™ Performance Wear Liquid Foundation Broad Spectrum Spf 20
49/100 overall score
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Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Weak
20
- +33 Titanium Dioxide at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +5)
- ×0.6 Almost no UVA1, poor aging protection
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White cast
Low
98
- +100 Starting score
- −7 Titanium Dioxide, 3.3% declared
- −3 Pure mineral formula (3.3% total declared)
- +7 Tinted formula, pigment masks the cast
- +0.5 Coated minerals (Aluminum Hydroxide, Methicone)
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Heavy feel
Medium
60
- +100 Starting score
- −10 Titanium Dioxide, 3.3% declared
- −8 Trimethylsiloxysilicate at #4, silicone wax film
- −18 Mineral suspended in a dense emollient base (strong)
- +9 Volatile silicone at #3, flashes off
- −13 Dense mineral + wax system, stays heavy after dry-down
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Fungal acne
Medium
71
- +100 Starting score
- −18 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Sorbitan Sesquiisostearate)
- −9 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Hydrogenated Lecithin)
- −2 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Stearic Acid), weak Malassezia signal
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Fabric stains
Medium
45
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Iron-oxide pigments at #26, makeup-like collar marks (washable)
- −15 Titanium Dioxide at #1, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Light
LightNourishing
- ← 5 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica)
- ← 8 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- ← 2 Titanium Dioxide at #1, mild sebum absorbent
- → 1 Humectant polyols
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Finish
Matte
MatteDewy
- ← 6 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica)
- ← 7 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 8 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
- → 4 Transfer-resistant grip resin, holds makeup
- ← 0.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Carbomer)
- ← 7.5 High mineral load at #1 greys under foundation (tinted)
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +7 1 water-locking waxes
Full ingredient list (26)
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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Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 33 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 7 3.3% declared
- ↑ 10 3.3% declared
- ↑ 15 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
- light ← 2 mild sebum absorbent
- pills ← 7.5 High mineral load greys under foundation (tinted)
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2 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Volatile silicone, flashes off for a light finish
- light ← 8 volatile carrier, flashes off
- matte ← 7 volatile carrier, flashes off
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Film former, locks the formula onto skin for water resistance
- ↑ 8 silicone wax film
- ↑ 7 wax water lock
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant polyol
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6 Silica
Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 5 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 6 sebum-absorbing powder
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Botanical extract
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Supporting ingredient
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 18 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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14 Methicone
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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15 Papain
Supporting ingredient
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Supporting ingredient
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17 Stearic Acid
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 2 minor malassezia feeder
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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20 Carbomer
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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21 Algin
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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22 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
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26 Iron Oxides
Colorant or pigment
- ↑ 40 makeup-like collar marks (washable)