Health & Beauty Dead Sea Minerals Collagen Firming Face Cream SPF 20
49/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Health & Beauty Dead Sea Minerals Collagen Firming Face Cream SPF 20 pairs an older filter, octinoxate, with titanium dioxide. It has a dewy finish and keeps white cast low, though it sits a touch heavier on skin than a light fluid. SPF 20 with this dated blend reads as weak protection, so it works best as a moisturising day cream rather than a primary sunscreen. The overall score is 49/100.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Weak
29
- +18 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #2, UV filter
- +31.4 Titanium Dioxide at #6, UV filter (UVA1 +4.8)
- −1.2 UVB coverage saturated
- ×0.6 Almost no UVA1, poor aging protection
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Health safety
Medium
57
- +100 Starting score
- −36 Octinoxate at #2 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −7 Retinyl Palmitate at #24, disputed vitamin-A sunlight signal, under review
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Eye sting
Low
78
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Octinoxate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −6 3 declared fragrance allergens
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Heavy feel
Medium
49
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Titanium Dioxide at #6
- −12 Copernicia Cerifera Wax at #5, wax film
- −5 Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit at #9, butter/occlusive fat
- −8 Cetearyl Alcohol at #3, rich gel-network thickener
- −10 Mineral suspended in a dense emollient base (basic)
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Comedogenic
Low
96
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil at #29, comedogenic oil/butter
- −1 Olea Europaea Fruit Oil at #15, moderate comedogenic signal
- −1 Persea Gratissima Oil at #50, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne
High
40
- +100 Starting score
- −50 5 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Persea Gratissima Oil, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil)
- −10 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Cetearyl Glucoside), weak Malassezia signal
- +0 Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil at #19, jojoba wax ester, fungal-acne exception (not penalized)
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Fabric stains
Low
90
- +100 Starting score
- −10 Titanium Dioxide at #6, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- → 5 2 strong humectants (Mel, Ectoin)
- → 8 7 emollient lipids (Squalane, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, …)
- → 2 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Dewy
MatteDewy
- → 9 7 emollient lipids (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, …)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- ← 6 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
- ← 6 High mineral load at #6 greys under foundation
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +7 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.
- ✨ Green tea
Full ingredient list (52)
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 (Octinoxate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 18 UV protection
- ↑ 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- ↑ 8 rich gel-network thickener
- 2 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 10 minor malassezia feeder
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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 12 wax film
- ↑ 7 wax water lock
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Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide)
- ↑ 31.4 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 10 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
- pills ← 6 High mineral load greys under foundation
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7 Ectoin
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
- 4 → nourishing humectant
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
- ↑ 5 butter/occlusive fat
- 2 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 3 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Supporting ingredient
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Supporting ingredient
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Botanical extract
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Supporting ingredient
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Supporting ingredient
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Botanical extract
- ↑ 1 moderate comedogenic signal
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
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Plant oil, an emollient
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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22 Citric Acid
pH adjuster
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↓ 7 disputed vitamin-A sunlight signal, under review
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25 Squalane
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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28 Sea Salt
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Plant oil, an emollient
- ↑ 2 comedogenic oil/butter
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Botanical extract
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31 Mel
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant
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32 Geraniol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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33 Limonene
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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34 Citral
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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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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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Plant oil, an emollient
- 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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Botanical extract
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Plant oil, an emollient
- ↑ 1 moderate comedogenic signal
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
Is this Dead Sea Minerals cream mineral or chemical?
It is mostly chemical, pairing the older filter octinoxate with titanium dioxide.
What SPF is the Health & Beauty Dead Sea Minerals Collagen Firming Face Cream SPF 20 and is it good?
It is SPF 20, but with this dated blend protection reads as weak, so it works best as a moisturising day cream. The overall score is 49/100.
Does the Health & Beauty Dead Sea Minerals Collagen Firming Face Cream SPF 20 leave a white cast?
White cast stays low, with a dewy finish, though it sits a touch heavier on skin than a light fluid.