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Forest Essentials Soundarya Radiance Cream With 24k Gold & SPF 25

Forest Essentials Soundarya Radiance Cream With 24k Gold & SPF 25

49/100 overall score

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Ingredient & SPF scores

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UV protection

Weak 7
  • +12.3 Zinc Oxide at #22, UV filter (UVA1 +5.4)
  • ×0.6 Almost no UVA1, poor aging protection
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Health safety

High 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Allergens

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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White cast

Low 95
  • +100 Starting score
  • −5 Zinc Oxide at #22
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Eye sting

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Heavy feel

Low 95
  • +100 Starting score
  • −3 Zinc Oxide at #22
  • −2 Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit at #21, butter/occlusive fat
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Comedogenic

Low 99
  • +100 Starting score
  • −1 Avocado Butter at #20, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne

High 34
  • +100 Starting score
  • −12 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Sorbitan Olivate)
  • −45 2 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
  • −9 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Cetearyl Olivate)
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Fabric stains

Low 98
  • +100 Starting score
  • −2 Zinc Oxide at #22, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture

Hydrating
LightNourishing
  • → 1 Glycerin at #17, the anchor humectant
  • → 7 2 emollient lipids (Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
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Finish

Dewy
MatteDewy
  • → 10 2 emollient lipids (Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
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Makeup base

Okay
PillsPrimer
  • ← 4 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
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Water resistance

Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant

Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.

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Full ingredient list (24)

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.

  1. Plant oil, an emollient

    • 6 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 9 → dewy emollient lipid
    • ↑ 36 feeds malassezia
  2. Botanical extract

  3. Botanical extract

  4. Supporting ingredient

  5. Botanical extract

  6. Botanical extract

  7. Botanical extract

  8. Botanical extract

  9. 9 Sandalwood

    Supporting ingredient

  10. Botanical extract

  11. Botanical extract

  12. Botanical extract

  13. 13 Water

    Solvent base, the water phase

  14. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
  15. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  16. 16 Milk

    Supporting ingredient

  17. 17 Glycerin

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 1 → nourishing the anchor humectant
  18. 18 Ghee

    Supporting ingredient

  19. Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  20. 20 Avocado Butter

    Plant oil, an emollient

    • ↑ 1 moderate comedogenic signal
  21. Botanical extract

    • ↑ 2 butter/occlusive fat
    • 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 1 → dewy emollient lipid
    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  22. 22 Zinc Oxide

    Mineral UV filter (Zinc Oxide), low in the list, likely a minor contributor

    • ↑ 12.3 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
    • ↑ 2 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
  23. 23 Colloidal Gold

    Supporting ingredient

  24. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

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