Clinique Smart™ Broad Spectrum Spf 15 Custom-Repair Moisturizer
49/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Clinique Smart Broad Spectrum SPF 15 Custom-Repair Moisturizer is a moisturizer with light sun protection from older chemical filters Ethylhexyl Salicylate and Avobenzone. It has a balanced, lightweight finish with low white cast and does not commonly sting. With only weak SPF 15 protection and a score of 49.0/100, it is best treated as a moisturizer with bonus sun defense rather than a standalone sunscreen.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Weak
34
- +8 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #1, UV filter
- +30 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #2, UV filter (UVA1 +16)
- ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
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Health safety
High
90
- +100 Starting score
- −10 Avobenzone at #2 (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Eye sting
Low
67
- +100 Starting score
- −24 Avobenzone at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −9 Octisalate at #1, migrates into eyes with sweat
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Heavy feel
Low
90
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Polyethylene at #13, wax film
- −6 Cetyl Esters at #11, wax film
- −2 Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter at #22, butter/occlusive fat
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Comedogenic
Low
93
- +100 Starting score
- −7 Myristyl Myristate at #10, heavy comedogenic ester
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Fungal acne
Medium
41
- +100 Starting score
- −18 2 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter, Lecithin)
- −41 4 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Myristyl Myristate, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate)
- +0 Saccharomyces Ferment Extract at #24, ferment, disputed Malassezia trigger (not penalized)
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Fabric stains
Medium
50
- +100 Starting score
- −50 Avobenzone at #2, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- ← 1.5 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Nylon-12)
- → 10 Glycerin at #4, the anchor humectant
- → 2 Sodium Hyaluronate at #34, hyaluronic family
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter)
- → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Behenyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 1 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Nylon-12)
- ← 2 1 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Octyldodecyl Neopentanoate)
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- ← 2 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer)
- ← 3 Humectant syrup tackiness
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Water resistance
Resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +13 1 film-forming polymers that lock the formula on for water resistance
- +6 2 water-locking waxes
Full ingredient list (51)
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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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 8 UV protection
- ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 30 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 24 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 50 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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3 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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4 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 10 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Film former, locks the formula onto skin for water resistance
- ↑ 13 film former
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- matte ← 2 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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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 7 heavy comedogenic ester
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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11 Cetyl Esters
Supporting ingredient
- ↑ 6 wax film
- ↑ 4 wax water lock
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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13 Polyethylene
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 2 wax film
- ↑ 2 wax water lock
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14 Nylon-12
Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 1.5 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 1 sebum-absorbing powder
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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17 Steareth-21
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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18 Dimethicone
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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19 Sucrose
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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20 Whey Protein
Supporting ingredient
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Botanical extract
- ↑ 2 butter/occlusive fat
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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27 Trisiloxane
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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29 Caffeine
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Botanical extract
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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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
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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Botanical extract
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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pH adjuster
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44 Lecithin
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
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46 Ci 19140
Colorant or pigment
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Botanical extract
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48 Ci 14700
Colorant or pigment
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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51 Biotin
Supporting ingredient
What SPF is Clinique Smart Custom-Repair Moisturizer?
It is SPF 15, which is light sun protection. It is best thought of as a moisturizer with bonus SPF rather than a standalone sunscreen.
Is this mineral or chemical?
It is a chemical sunscreen, using older filters Ethylhexyl Salicylate and Avobenzone.
Is Clinique Smart Custom-Repair Moisturizer good for sun protection?
It scores 49.0/100 with weak SPF 15 protection, so it does not replace a dedicated sunscreen. It has a balanced, lightweight finish and does not commonly sting.