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Beaute Mediterranea Dragon’s Blood Regenerative Cream SPF 12

Beaute Mediterranea Dragon’s Blood Regenerative Cream SPF 12

49/100 overall score

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About this sunscreen

Beaute Mediterranea Dragon's Blood Regenerative Cream SPF 12 is a skincare cream with low SPF, using the older filters Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate and Benzophenone-3. It has a balanced, lightweight finish with low white cast and a medium chance of slight stinging. With a 49.0/100 score and weak protection, the SPF 12 rating is too low for dependable sun defense, so it is better seen as a treatment cream than a sunscreen.

Ingredient & SPF scores

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UV protection

Weak 23
  • +18 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #2, UV filter
  • +20.9 Benzophenone-3 at #5, UV filter
  • ×0.6 Almost no UVA1, poor aging protection
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Health safety

Low 17
  • +100 Starting score
  • −70 Oxybenzone at #5 (regulatory/evidence concern)
  • −12.6 Octinoxate at #2, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
  • +0 2 endocrine-scrutinized filters together
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Allergens

Low 63
  • +100 Starting score
  • −18 Fragrance
  • −13 4 declared fragrance allergens; EU-banned: Butylphenyl Methylpropional
  • −6 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Benzophenone-3)
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White cast

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Eye sting

Medium 59
  • +100 Starting score
  • −11 Oxybenzone at #5, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −16 Octinoxate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −8 Fragrance
  • −6 3 declared fragrance allergens
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Heavy feel

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Comedogenic

Low 79
  • +100 Starting score
  • −17 Decyl Oleate at #7, heavy comedogenic ester
  • −4 Glyceryl Stearate SE at #10, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne

Medium 50
  • +100 Starting score
  • −50 3 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Decyl Oleate, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Glyceryl Stearate)
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Fabric stains

Low 80
  • +100 Starting score
  • −20 Oxybenzone at #5, yellow stains on white cotton
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Moisture

Balanced
LightNourishing
  • → 1 Glycerin at #13, the anchor humectant
  • → 1 Humectant polyols
  • → 1 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
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Finish

Balanced
MatteDewy

Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.

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Makeup base

Okay
PillsPrimer
  • ← 0.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Carbomer)
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Water resistance

Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant

Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.

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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.

  • ✨ Aloe vera
  • ✨ Vitamin E

Full ingredient list (33)

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.

  1. 1 Water

    Solvent base, the water phase

  2. Legacy UV filter (Octinoxate), high in the list, a primary filter

    • ↑ 18 UV protection
    • ↓ 12.6 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
    • ↑ 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
  3. Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  4. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  5. 5 Benzophenone-3

    Legacy UV filter (Oxybenzone)

    • ↑ 20.9 UV protection
    • ↑ 11 migrates into eyes with sweat
    • ↑ 20 yellow stains on white cotton
  6. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 1 → nourishing humectant polyol
  7. 7 Decyl Oleate

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • ↑ 17 heavy comedogenic ester
    • ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
  8. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  9. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • 1 → nourishing light emollient
  10. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 4 moderate comedogenic signal
    • ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
  11. 11 Propanediol

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  12. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
  13. 13 Glycerin

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 1 → nourishing the anchor humectant
  14. Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin

  15. Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  16. 16 Tocopherol

    Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  17. 17 Allantoin

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  18. Botanical extract

  19. Supporting ingredient

  20. 20 Carbomer

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  21. 21 Cetyl Phosphate

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  22. 22 Triethanolamine

    pH adjuster

  23. 23 Dimethicone

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  24. 24 BHT

    Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  25. 25 Tropolone

    Supporting ingredient

  26. 26 Caprylyl Glycol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  27. 27 1,2-Hexanediol

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  28. 28 Phenoxyethanol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  29. 29 Fragrance

    Fragrance

  30. 30 Geraniol

    Fragrance component, a declared allergen

  31. Fragrance component, a declared allergen

  32. 32 Citronellol

    Fragrance component, a declared allergen

  33. 33 Linalool

    Fragrance component, a declared allergen

What SPF is Dragon's Blood Regenerative Cream?

It is SPF 12, which is low. Protection rates as weak, so it is better seen as a treatment cream than as your main sunscreen.

Is the Beaute Mediterranea Dragon’s Blood Regenerative Cream SPF 12 mineral or chemical?

It is chemical, using the older filters Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate and Benzophenone-3.

Is the Beaute Mediterranea Dragon’s Blood Regenerative Cream SPF 12 good?

It scores 49.0/100. The SPF 12 rating is too low for dependable sun defense, though it has a balanced, lightweight feel with low white cast.

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