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Bielenda Professional Power Of Nature Regenerating Face Cream SPF 15

Bielenda Professional Power Of Nature Regenerating Face Cream SPF 15

49/100 overall score

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Ingredient & SPF scores

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UV protection

Weak 16
  • +14.4 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #11, UV filter
  • +12.8 Octocrylene at #12, UV filter
  • +9 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #29, UV filter (UVA1 +4.8)
  • ×0.6 Almost no UVA1, poor aging protection
  • ×0.75 Avobenzone + octinoxate degrade each other in sunlight
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Health safety

Medium 50
  • +100 Starting score
  • −36 Octinoxate at #11 (regulatory/evidence concern)
  • −10.5 Octocrylene at #12, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
  • −3.5 Avobenzone at #29, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens

Medium 53
  • +100 Starting score
  • −18 Fragrance
  • −5 3 declared fragrance allergens
  • −7 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
  • −8 Sensitizing preservatives (DMDM Hydantoin)
  • −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
  • −6 Sensitizers from 3 different categories
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White cast

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Eye sting

Low 71
  • +100 Starting score
  • −3 Avobenzone at #29, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −7 Octocrylene at #12, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −5 Octinoxate at #11, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −8 Fragrance
  • −6 3 declared fragrance allergens
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Heavy feel

Low 90
  • +100 Starting score
  • −10 Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter at #4, butter/occlusive fat
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Comedogenic

Low 67
  • +100 Starting score
  • −18 Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter at #4, comedogenic oil/butter
  • −15 Persea Gratissima Oil at #2, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne

High 0
  • +100 Starting score
  • −12 1 free fatty acids that feed Malassezia (Squalene)
  • −50 4 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Persea Gratissima Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter)
  • −33 2 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate)
  • −10 2 different Malassezia-feeding families high in the list
  • +5 Penalties exceed the scale, floored at 0
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Fabric stains

Medium 47
  • +100 Starting score
  • −28 Avobenzone at #29, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
  • −15 Octocrylene at #12, co-stains alongside avobenzone
  • −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
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Moisture

Nourishing
LightNourishing
  • → 4 Glycerin at #9, the anchor humectant
  • → 2 Sodium Hyaluronate at #17, hyaluronic family
  • → 2 1 strong humectants (Panthenol)
  • → 14 4 emollient lipids (Squalene, Persea Gratissima Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, …)
  • → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Finish

Dewy
MatteDewy
  • → 20 4 emollient lipids (Persea Gratissima Oil, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, …)
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Makeup base

Okay
PillsPrimer
  • ← 10 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
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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.

  • ✨ Vitamin E
  • ✨ Panthenol (B5)

Full ingredient list (37)

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. Plant oil, an emollient

    • ↑ 15 moderate comedogenic signal
    • 6 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 9 → dewy emollient lipid
    • ↑ 36 feeds malassezia
  3. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  4. Botanical extract

    • ↑ 10 butter/occlusive fat
    • ↑ 18 comedogenic oil/butter
    • 4 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 6 → dewy emollient lipid
    • ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
  5. Plant oil, an emollient

    • 4 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 6 → dewy emollient lipid
    • ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
  6. Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  7. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
  8. 8 Panthenol

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

    • 2 → nourishing humectant
  9. 9 Glycerin

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 4 → nourishing the anchor humectant
  10. Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

    • 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
  11. Legacy UV filter (Octinoxate), low in the list, likely a minor contributor

    • ↑ 14.4 UV protection
    • ↑ 5 migrates into eyes with sweat
  12. 12 Octocrylene

    Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene), low in the list, likely a minor contributor

    • ↑ 12.8 UV protection
    • ↓ 10.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
    • ↑ 7 migrates into eyes with sweat
    • ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
  13. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  14. Botanical extract

  15. Botanical extract

  16. Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  17. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
  18. Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  19. 19 Allantoin

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  20. 20 Squalene

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 1 → dewy emollient lipid
    • ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
  21. Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  22. 22 Lecithin

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  23. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  24. 24 Tocopherol

    Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  25. 25 Beta-Sitosterol

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  26. 26 Lactic Acid

    pH adjuster

  27. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  28. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  29. Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone), low in the list, likely a minor contributor

    • ↑ 9 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
    • ↓ 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
    • ↑ 3 migrates into eyes with sweat
    • ↑ 28 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
  30. 30 Disodium EDTA

    Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable

  31. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  32. 32 Phenoxyethanol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  33. 33 DMDM Hydantoin

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  34. 34 Fragrance

    Fragrance

  35. 35 Hexyl Cinnamal

    Fragrance component, a declared allergen

  36. 36 Limonene

    Fragrance component, a declared allergen

  37. 37 Linalool

    Fragrance component, a declared allergen

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