First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Tinted Moisturizer - SPF 30
64/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Tinted Moisturizer SPF 30 is a chemical tinted moisturizer built on avobenzone, octinoxate, octisalate, and octocrylene, an older-generation filter set. It keeps white cast low, has a balanced finish, feels lightweight, and is rated excellent as a makeup base, fitting its tinted format. It can sting if it reaches the eyes and provides moderate protection at SPF 30. The overall score of 63.9/100 makes it a light cosmetic option rather than a dedicated high-protection sunscreen.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Moderate
45
- +30 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +16)
- +18 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #2, UV filter
- +8 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #3, UV filter
- +15.2 Octocrylene at #4, UV filter
- β5.4 UVB coverage saturated
- Γ0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
- Γ0.75 Avobenzone + octinoxate degrade each other in sunlight
- +1 Label claims (SPF 30)
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Health safety
Medium
50
- +100 Starting score
- β36 Octinoxate at #2 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- β10.5 Octocrylene at #4, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- β3.5 Avobenzone at #1, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens
Low
96
- +100 Starting score
- β1 1 declared fragrance allergens
- β3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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White cast
Low
99
- +100 Starting score
- β2 Titanium Dioxide as pigment (CI 77891) at #35
- +1.4 Tinted formula, pigment masks the cast
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Eye sting
Medium
34
- +100 Starting score
- β24 Avobenzone at #1, migrates into eyes with sweat
- β15 Octocrylene at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
- β16 Octinoxate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- β9 Octisalate at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
- β2 1 declared fragrance allergens
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Heavy feel
Low
99
- +100 Starting score
- β2 Tribehenin at #26, wax film
- +0.5 Volatile silicone at #6, flashes off
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Fungal acne
Medium
69
- +100 Starting score
- β12 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 60)
- β14 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate)
- β5 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Cetearyl Glucoside), weak Malassezia signal
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Fabric stains
High
0
- +100 Starting score
- β50 Avobenzone at #1, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- β15 Octocrylene at #4, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- β10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
- β40 Iron-oxide pigments at #36, makeup-like collar marks (washable)
- +15 Penalties exceed the scale, floored at 0
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- β 5 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- β 1 Glycerin at #14, the anchor humectant
- β 2 Sodium Hyaluronate at #23, hyaluronic family
- β 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- β 4 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
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Makeup base
Excellent
PillsPrimer
- β 8 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
- β 8 1 velvet elastomer fillers, blur and grip
- β 0.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Carbomer)
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +2 1 water-locking waxes
Skincare extras
Beneficial actives this formula contains. Informational only, not part of the rating: their effect depends on a concentration the label does not disclose.
- β¨ Vitamin E
Full ingredient list (39)
What each ingredient does and how it moves each rating: green helps, red hurts, β / β give the direction, and β / β 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 (Avobenzone), high in the list, a primary filter
- β 30 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- β 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- β 24 migrates into eyes with sweat
- β 50 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Legacy UV filter (Octinoxate), high in the list, a primary filter
- β 18 UV protection
- β 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- β 8 UV protection
- β 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene)
- β 15.2 UV protection
- β 10.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- β 15 migrates into eyes with sweat
- β 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
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5 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Volatile silicone, flashes off for a light finish
- light β 5 volatile carrier, flashes off
- matte β 4 volatile carrier, flashes off
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 β nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- β 5 minor malassezia feeder
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- β 14 feeds malassezia
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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14 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 β 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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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- β 12 feeds malassezia
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 β nourishing hyaluronic family
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Botanical extract
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25 Carbomer
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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26 Tribehenin
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- β 2 wax film
- β 2 wax water lock
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27 Limonene
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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pH adjuster
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30 Mandarin
Supporting ingredient
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31 Allantoin
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Colorant or pigment
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36 Ci 77492
Colorant or pigment
- β 40 makeup-like collar marks (washable)
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37 Ci 77499
Colorant or pigment
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38 Ci 77491
Colorant or pigment
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39 Mica
Colorant or pigment
Does First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Tinted Moisturizer work under makeup?
It is rated excellent as a makeup base and is itself a tinted moisturizer, so it layers well or wears alone. It keeps white cast low.
What SPF is the First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Tinted Moisturizer - SPF 30 and how strong is the protection?
It is SPF 30 with protection rated moderate. It uses older-generation chemical filters including avobenzone, octinoxate, and octisalate.
Is it any good?
It scores 63.9/100, a light cosmetic option rather than a dedicated high-protection sunscreen. Note it can sting if it reaches the eyes.