Dermastine Face Suncare SPF 50
74/100 overall score
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Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Excellent
92
- +30 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #2, UV filter (UVA1 +16)
- +12 Homosalate at #3, UV filter
- +15.2 Octocrylene at #4, UV filter
- +45.6 Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine at #6, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
- +26.4 Titanium Dioxide at #8, UV filter (UVA1 +4)
- +13.2 Ethylhexyl Triazone at #19, UV filter
- −34.5 UVB coverage saturated
- −17.7 UVA2 coverage saturated
- +2 Label claims (SPF 50)
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Health safety
Medium
46
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Homosalate at #3 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −10.5 Octocrylene at #4, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #2, 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
86
- +100 Starting score
- −15 Titanium Dioxide at #8
- +1 Coated minerals (Alumina)
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Eye sting
Medium
44
- +100 Starting score
- −24 Avobenzone at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −15 Octocrylene at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −9 Homosalate at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 Fragrance
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Fungal acne
Medium
59
- +100 Starting score
- −41 4 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-40 Stearate, Oleth-10)
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Fabric stains
High
20
- +100 Starting score
- −50 Avobenzone at #2, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- −15 Octocrylene at #4, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
- −5 Titanium Dioxide at #8, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- → 2 Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer at #25, hyaluronic family
- → 1 1 strong humectants (Glycereth-26)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 2 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
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Water resistance
Resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +16 2 film-forming polymers that lock the formula on for water resistance
Full ingredient list (30)
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 (Avobenzone), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 30 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↓ 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 24 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 50 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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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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Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene)
- ↑ 15.2 UV protection
- ↓ 10.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 15 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 6 → dewy emollient lipid
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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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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
- ↑ 13 film former
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Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 26.4 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 5 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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9 Oleth-10
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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10 Isodeceth-6
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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12 Alumina
Supporting ingredient
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13 Simethicone
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Film former, locks the formula onto skin for water resistance
- ↑ 3 film former
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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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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18 Ceteareth-20
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Uvinul T 150), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 13.2 UV protection
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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21 Glycereth-26
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- 1 → nourishing humectant
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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27 Fragrance
Fragrance
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28 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin