Cara Skin Care Daily Solar Guard SPF 25
49/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Cara Skin Care Daily Solar Guard SPF 25 is a pure mineral sunscreen based on Titanium Dioxide. It wears with a balanced finish, stays lightweight, and shows little white cast, which is favorable for a mineral formula. Pore-clogging risk is low and it sits okay under makeup. Protection is weak, partly reflecting the lower SPF 25, so it is best for low-exposure days; its overall score is 49.0/100.
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
78
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Titanium Dioxide, 8% declared
- −8 Pure mineral formula (8% total declared)
- +2.6 PHSA dispersant, fights agglomeration
- +1.6 Coated minerals (Alumina)
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Fungal acne
Low
89
- +100 Starting score
- −9 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Laureth-7)
- −2 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Stearic Acid), weak Malassezia signal
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Fabric stains
Low
85
- +100 Starting score
- −15 Titanium Dioxide at #1, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- ← 6 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- ← 2 Titanium Dioxide at #1, mild sebum absorbent
- → 1 Glycerin at #16, the anchor humectant
- → 2 Sodium Hyaluronate at #24, hyaluronic family
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Squalane)
- → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 6 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- ← 1 1 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Caprylyl Methicone)
- → 7 2 emollient lipids (Squalane, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 2 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
- → 8 1 velvet elastomer fillers, blur and grip
- → 3 Quick-setting carrier, fast, even canvas
- → 3 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 0.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Polyacrylamide)
- ← 15 High mineral load at #1 greys under foundation
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +2 1 water-locking waxes
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
Full ingredient list (35)
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)
- ↑ 18 8% declared
- ↑ 20 8% declared
- ↑ 15 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
- light ← 2 mild sebum absorbent
- pills ← 15 High mineral load greys under foundation
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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3 Alumina
Supporting ingredient
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Botanical extract
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 6 → dewy emollient lipid
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- light ← 4 volatile carrier, flashes off
- matte ← 4 volatile carrier, flashes off
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- matte ← 1 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Volatile silicone, flashes off for a light finish
- light ← 2 volatile carrier, flashes off
- matte ← 2 volatile carrier, flashes off
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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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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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16 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Botanical extract
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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19 Laureth-7
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
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21 Oryzanol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
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pH adjuster
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26 Squalane
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
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27 Stearic Acid
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 2 minor malassezia feeder
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Botanical extract
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29 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Film former, locks the formula onto skin for water resistance
- ↑ 2 wax water lock
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33 Ubiquinone
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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34 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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35 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
Is Cara Skin Care Daily Solar Guard SPF 25 mineral or chemical?
It is a pure mineral sunscreen based on Titanium Dioxide, at SPF 25. It shows little white cast, which is favorable for a mineral formula.
Is the Cara Skin Care Daily Solar Guard SPF 25 good for acne-prone skin?
It can suit breakout-prone skin: pore-clogging risk is low and it stays lightweight with a balanced finish.
Is its protection strong?
Its protection is weak, partly reflecting the lower SPF 25, so it is best for low-exposure days. Its overall score is 49.0/100.