Dr. C. Tuna Resurface Essential Day Cream SPF 30
61/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Dr. C. Tuna Resurface Essential Day Cream SPF 30 is a chemical day cream built on older-generation filters: homosalate, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, octocrylene and avobenzone. It wears with a balanced finish, low white cast and a lightweight feel, though it may sting slightly near the eyes. Breakout risk is generally low. SPF 30 gives only moderate protection, and the score of 60.9/100 reflects a basic day cream rather than a dedicated sunscreen.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Moderate
45
- +12 Homosalate at #1, UV filter
- +18 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #2, UV filter
- +16 Octocrylene at #3, UV filter
- +28.5 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #4, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
- −10 UVB coverage saturated
- ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
- ×0.75 Avobenzone + octinoxate degrade each other in sunlight
- +1 Label claims (SPF 30)
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Health safety
Medium
33
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Homosalate at #1 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −12.6 Octinoxate at #2, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −10.5 Octocrylene at #3, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #4, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- +0 2 endocrine-scrutinized filters together
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Allergens
Low
97
- +100 Starting score
- −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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Eye sting
Medium
37
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Avobenzone at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −22 Octocrylene at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −16 Octinoxate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −9 Homosalate at #1, migrates into eyes with sweat
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Heavy feel
Low
93
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Cetyl Palmitate at #14, wax film
- −5 Cetyl Alcohol at #6, rich gel-network thickener
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Comedogenic
Low
96
- +100 Starting score
- −4 Glyceryl Stearate SE at #12, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne
Medium
59
- +100 Starting score
- −9 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil)
- −32 3 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Cetyl Palmitate, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate)
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Fabric stains
High
30
- +100 Starting score
- −45 Avobenzone at #4, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- −15 Octocrylene at #3, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- ← 1.5 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Polymethylsilsesquioxane)
- → 1 Glycerin at #18, the anchor humectant
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil)
- → 1 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
- → 1 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 1 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Polymethylsilsesquioxane)
- ← 2 1 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Dicaprylyl Carbonate)
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 2 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 0.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Sodium Polyacrylate)
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +2 1 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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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 (Octinoxate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 18 UV protection
- ↓ 12.6 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 16 UV protection
- ↓ 10.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 22 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
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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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5 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- ↑ 5 rich gel-network thickener
- 1 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- matte ← 2 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 1 → nourishing light emollient
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Botanical extract
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 4 moderate comedogenic signal
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 2 wax film
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
- ↑ 2 wax water lock
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15 Hexyldecanol
Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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18 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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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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Botanical extract
- 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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24 Niacinamide
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 1.5 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 1 sebum-absorbing powder
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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27 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
What SPF is the Dr. C. Tuna Resurface Day Cream?
It is SPF 30, which gives moderate protection. It is a day cream with sun protection rather than a dedicated high-SPF sunscreen.
Is the Dr. C. Tuna Resurface Essential Day Cream SPF 30 mineral or chemical?
It is a chemical formula on older-generation filters: homosalate, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, octocrylene and avobenzone.
Is it any good?
It scores 60.9/100, a basic result. Breakout risk and white cast are low, but the moderate SPF and dated filters keep the rating modest.