Christina professional Forever Young Hydra Protective Winter Cream SPF 20
76/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Christina professional Forever Young Hydra Protective Winter Cream is an SPF 20 chemical sunscreen built around modern triazine filters (Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine and Ethylhexyl Triazone). It wears with a dewy, low white cast finish that suits drier or cooler-weather skin, and it tends not to sting or feel heavy. With a score of 76/100 and only moderate measured protection, it is a reasonable daytime moisturizer with SPF, though the SPF 20 rating means it leans more toward incidental than all-day sun exposure.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Moderate
55
- +45.6 Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine at #6, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
- +20.9 Ethylhexyl Triazone at #7, UV filter
- −6 UVB coverage saturated
- ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
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Health safety
High
93
- +100 Starting score
- −7 Retinyl Palmitate at #19, disputed vitamin-A sunlight signal, under review
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Allergens
Low
70
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −12 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
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Heavy feel
Low
67
- +100 Starting score
- −6 Cera Alba at #9, wax film
- −6 Microcrystalline Wax at #12, wax film
- −6 Cetyl Palmitate at #10, wax film
- −10 Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit at #5, butter/occlusive fat
- −5 Hydrogenated Castor Oil at #11, butter/occlusive fat
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Fungal acne
High
14
- +100 Starting score
- −38 2 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit, Hydrogenated Castor Oil)
- −38 2 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Cetyl Palmitate, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate)
- −10 2 different Malassezia-feeding families high in the list
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- → 4 Glycerin at #8, the anchor humectant
- → 4 1 emollient lipids (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
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Finish
Dewy
MatteDewy
- → 15 2 emollient lipids (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 3 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 10 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +12 3 water-locking waxes
Full ingredient list (28)
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
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 9 → dewy emollient lipid
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
- ↑ 10 butter/occlusive fat
- 4 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 6 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
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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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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Uvinul T 150)
- ↑ 20.9 UV protection
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8 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 4 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 6 wax film
- ↑ 4 wax water lock
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 6 wax film
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
- ↑ 4 wax water lock
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Plant oil, an emollient
- ↑ 5 butter/occlusive fat
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 6 wax film
- ↑ 4 wax water lock
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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17 Dimethicone
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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18 Fragrance
Fragrance
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↓ 7 disputed vitamin-A sunlight signal, under review
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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22 Citric Acid
pH adjuster
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23 Dextran
Supporting ingredient
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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25 Dextran
Supporting ingredient
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26 Tripeptide-1
Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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Supporting ingredient
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Supporting ingredient
Does Christina professional Forever Young Winter Cream leave a white cast?
No, it is rated low for white cast, so it should sink in without a noticeable pale film. Its dewy finish leans toward drier or cooler-weather skin rather than a matte look.
Is the Christina professional Forever Young Hydra Protective Winter Cream SPF 20 mineral or chemical sunscreen?
It is a chemical sunscreen, using modern triazine filters: Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine and Ethylhexyl Triazone. There are no mineral filters in this formula.
Is this a good sunscreen?
It scores 76/100 with moderate measured protection at SPF 20, so it is a reasonable everyday moisturizer with sun cover. The SPF 20 rating suits incidental exposure more than long, intense sun.