Clarins Multi-Active Day Cream Spf 20 - All Skin Types
63/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Clarins Multi-Active Day Cream SPF 20 for All Skin Types is a chemical day cream built on older-generation filters, homosalate, avobenzone, and octocrylene. It wears with a balanced finish, low white cast, and a lightweight feel, with a low pore-clogging profile, though it may commonly sting somewhat near the eyes. SPF 20 provides moderate, incidental daily protection rather than full outdoor defense. The score of 63.2/100 reflects a pleasant moisturizing day cream limited by modest SPF and older filters.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Moderate
48
- +12 Homosalate at #2, UV filter
- +28.5 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #6, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
- +12.8 Octocrylene at #8, UV filter
- ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
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Health safety
Medium
46
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Homosalate at #2 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −10.5 Octocrylene at #8, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #6, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens
Low
67
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −12 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
- −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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White cast
Low
98
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Titanium Dioxide as pigment (CI 77891) at #19
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Eye sting
Medium
60
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Avobenzone at #6, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −7 Octocrylene at #8, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −9 Homosalate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 Fragrance
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Fungal acne
Safe
98
- +100 Starting score
- −2 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Cetearyl Glucoside), weak Malassezia signal
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Fabric stains
High
30
- +100 Starting score
- −45 Avobenzone at #6, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- −15 Octocrylene at #8, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
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Moisture
Nourishing
LightNourishing
- → 16 Glycerin at #3, the anchor humectant
- → 2 Sodium Hyaluronate at #25, hyaluronic family
- → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 3 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
- → 2 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 0.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer)
- ← 7 Humectant syrup tackiness
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.
How we rate water resistance →Full ingredient list (46)
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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Legacy UV filter (Homosalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 12 UV protection
- ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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3 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 16 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone)
- ↑ 28.5 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↓ 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 45 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 6 → dewy emollient lipid
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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
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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10 Propanediol
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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12 Fragrance
Fragrance
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13 Cellulose
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 2 minor malassezia feeder
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Botanical extract
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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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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Colorant or pigment
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20 Tromethamine
pH adjuster
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Colorant or pigment
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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24 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
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26 Dimethiconol
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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27 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Botanical extract
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30 Maltodextrin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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33 Citric Acid
pH adjuster
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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pH adjuster
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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pH adjuster
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40 Lactic Acid
pH adjuster
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41 Sea Salt
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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42 Ci 14700
Colorant or pigment
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43 Red 33
Colorant or pigment
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Film former, locks the formula onto skin for water resistance
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
What SPF is the Clarins Multi-Active Day Cream?
It is SPF 20, which is moderate protection. That level is generally suited to incidental daily exposure rather than full outdoor sun defense.
Is the Clarins Multi-Active Day Cream Spf 20 - All Skin Types mineral or chemical?
It is chemical, built on older-generation filters: homosalate, avobenzone, and octocrylene. There are no mineral filters in this formula.
Is the Clarins day cream good for oily or acne-prone skin?
It is lightweight with a low pore-clogging profile and a balanced finish, so it is generally workable for those skin types. Note it may commonly sting somewhat near the eyes.