Health & Beauty Dead Sea Minerals Olive Oil And Honey Face Cream With SPF 20
49/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Health & Beauty Dead Sea Minerals Olive Oil and Honey Face Cream with SPF 20 is a moisturizer with sun protection that uses ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate and titanium dioxide. It has a dewy finish and leaves little white cast, but feels somewhat heavier than a dedicated sunscreen. With only weak protection at SPF 20 and a score of 49.0/100, it is better seen as a lightly protective face cream than as primary sun defense.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Weak
29
- +18 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #2, UV filter
- +31.4 Titanium Dioxide at #7, 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 #30, disputed vitamin-A sunlight signal, under review
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Allergens
Low
68
- +100 Starting score
- −30 10 declared fragrance allergens; EU-banned: Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde
- −2 Essential oils (Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Water)
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Eye sting
Low
76
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Octinoxate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 7 declared fragrance allergens
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Heavy feel
Medium
49
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Titanium Dioxide at #7
- −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
93
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Isopropyl Myristate at #25, heavy comedogenic ester
- −2 Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil at #50, comedogenic oil/butter
- −1 Glycine Soja Oil at #26, moderate comedogenic signal
- −1 Olea Europaea Fruit Oil at #52, moderate comedogenic signal
- −1 Persea Gratissima Oil at #59, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne
High
19
- +100 Starting score
- −12 1 free fatty acids that feed Malassezia (Linoleic Acid)
- −50 5 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Persea Gratissima Oil, Glycine Soja Oil)
- −9 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Isopropyl Myristate)
- −10 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Cetearyl Glucoside), weak Malassezia signal
- +0 Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil at #37, jojoba wax ester, fungal-acne exception (not penalized)
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Fabric stains
Low
90
- +100 Starting score
- −10 Titanium Dioxide at #7, 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, Glycine Soja Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, …)
- → 1 1 slippy emollient esters (Isopropyl Myristate)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- ← 6 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
- ← 6 High mineral load at #7 greys under foundation
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +7 1 water-locking waxes
Full ingredient list (73)
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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6 Ectoin
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
- 4 → nourishing humectant
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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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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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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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12 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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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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18 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Supporting ingredient
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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Botanical extract
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 2 heavy comedogenic ester
- 1 → dewy slippy emollient ester
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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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
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
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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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Supporting ingredient
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Botanical extract
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Supporting ingredient
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Supporting ingredient
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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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Botanical extract
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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40 Citric Acid
pH adjuster
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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42 Benzoic Acid
Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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46 Squalane
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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48 Sea Salt
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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49 Mel
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant
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Plant oil, an emollient
- ↑ 2 comedogenic oil/butter
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Botanical extract
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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
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Solvent base, the water phase
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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
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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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63 Ci 42053
Colorant or pigment
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Supporting ingredient
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Supporting ingredient
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70 Citronellol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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71 Coumarin
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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72 Eugenol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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73 Geraniol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
What SPF is the Health & Beauty Dead Sea Minerals Olive Oil And Honey Face Cream With SPF 20?
It is SPF 20, which is on the lower end and rated as weak protection for sun exposure.
Is the Health & Beauty Dead Sea Minerals Olive Oil And Honey Face Cream With SPF 20 any good?
It scores 49.0 out of 100, a low result. It is better seen as a lightly protective face cream than as primary sun defense.
Is it mineral or chemical?
It uses a mix, combining the chemical filter ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate with mineral titanium dioxide.