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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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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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.
How we rate water resistance →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.
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Plant oil, an emollient
- 6 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 9 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 36 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Supporting ingredient
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Supporting ingredient
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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13 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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16 Milk
Supporting ingredient
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17 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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18 Ghee
Supporting ingredient
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Plant oil, an emollient
- ↑ 1 moderate comedogenic signal
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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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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)
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Supporting ingredient
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin