Beauté Pacifique Clinical Super 50 High SPF
87/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Beauté Pacifique Clinical Super 50 is a hybrid high-SPF sunscreen built on a mix of modern and classic filters, including Tinosorb S, avobenzone, and Ensulizole. It has a dewy finish, low white cast, and a lightweight feel, and generally sits well under makeup. Protection is rated excellent. With a score of about 87, it is one of the top performers in this group and a reliable choice for serious daily sun defense.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Excellent
84
- +45.6 Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine at #4, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
- +28.5 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #6, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
- +13.3 Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid at #7, UV filter
- −3.6 UVA2 coverage saturated
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Health safety
High
90
- +100 Starting score
- −10 Avobenzone at #6 (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Eye sting
Low
80
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Avobenzone at #6, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −4 Ensulizole at #7, migrates into eyes with sweat
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Comedogenic
Low
98
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Isopropyl Palmitate at #23, heavy comedogenic ester
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Fungal acne
Medium
49
- +100 Starting score
- −24 2 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 60, Sorbitan Isostearate)
- −18 2 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Lecithin)
- −9 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Isopropyl Palmitate)
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Fabric stains
Medium
55
- +100 Starting score
- −45 Avobenzone at #6, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- ← 1 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- → 3 2 emollient lipids (Squalane, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil)
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Finish
Dewy
MatteDewy
- ← 1 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- ← 3 1 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Coco-Caprylate/Caprate)
- → 13 3 emollient lipids (Squalane, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
- → 1 1 slippy emollient esters (Isopropyl Palmitate)
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Makeup base
Good
PillsPrimer
- → 6 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 1 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer)
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Water resistance
Resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +20 2 film-forming polymers that lock the formula on for water resistance
Full ingredient list (27)
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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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- matte ← 3 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 9 → dewy emollient lipid
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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Tinosorb S)
- ↑ 45.6 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
- ↑ 13 film former
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Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone)
- ↑ 28.5 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 45 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Legacy UV filter (Ensulizole)
- ↑ 13.3 UV protection
- ↑ 4 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Filter booster, photostabilizes the UV filters or lifts their SPF
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pH adjuster
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Film former, locks the formula onto skin for water resistance
- ↑ 7 film former
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11 Squalane
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 2 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 3 → dewy emollient lipid
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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13 Arginine
pH adjuster
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Volatile hydrocarbon, flashes off for a light finish
- light ← 1 volatile carrier, flashes off
- matte ← 1 volatile carrier, flashes off
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Botanical extract
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 2 heavy comedogenic ester
- 1 → dewy slippy emollient ester
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
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27 Lecithin
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
Is Beauté Pacifique Clinical Super 50 mineral or chemical?
It is a hybrid sunscreen. It combines modern and classic filters, including Tinosorb S, avobenzone, and Ensulizole.
Does the Beauté Pacifique Clinical Super 50 High SPF leave a white cast?
No, white cast is rated low. The finish is dewy, the feel is lightweight, and it generally sits well under makeup.
Is Beauté Pacifique Clinical Super 50 good?
It scores about 87 out of 100, one of the top results in its group. Protection is rated excellent, making it a reliable choice for serious daily sun defense.