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HighDroxy D Light Fluid Spf 25

HighDroxy SPF 25
HighDroxy D Light Fluid Spf 25

91/100 overall score

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Ingredient & SPF scores

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UV protection

Excellent 85
  • +45.6 Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine at #7, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
  • +38.4 Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol at #8, UV filter (UVA1 +14.4)
  • +24 Tris-Biphenyl Triazine at #9, UV filter
  • −12.3 UVB coverage saturated
  • −11.1 UVA2 coverage saturated
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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 86
  • +100 Starting score
  • −6 Tinosorb M at #8
  • −8 Tinosorb A2B at #9 (particulate filter)
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Eye sting

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Heavy feel

Low 98
  • +100 Starting score
  • −2 Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit at #15, butter/occlusive fat
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Comedogenic

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Fungal acne

High 36
  • +100 Starting score
  • −36 4 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
  • −28 2 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Isoamyl Laurate, Sucrose Stearate)
  • +0 Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride at #3, a safe base that does not feed Malassezia
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Fabric stains

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Moisture

Hydrating
LightNourishing
  • → 1 Glycerin at #19, the anchor humectant
  • → 2 Sodium Hyaluronate at #20, hyaluronic family
  • → 2 Humectant polyols
  • → 7 4 emollient lipids (Squalane, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, …)
  • → 4 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
  • → 1.5 2 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetyl Alcohol, C14-22 Alcohols)
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Finish

Dewy
MatteDewy
  • ← 1 1 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Isoamyl Laurate)
  • → 9 4 emollient lipids (Squalane, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit, …)
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Makeup base

Okay
PillsPrimer
  • → 1 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
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Water resistance

Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant

Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.

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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.

  • ✨ Niacinamide

Full ingredient list (34)

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. 1 Water

    Solvent base, the water phase

  2. 2 Propanediol

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 2 → nourishing humectant polyol
  3. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • 4 → nourishing light emollient
  4. Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

    • 1 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
  5. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  6. 6 Squalane

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • 4 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 6 → dewy emollient lipid
  7. Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Tinosorb S)

    • ↑ 45.6 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
  8. Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Tinosorb M), low in the list, likely a minor contributor

    • ↑ 38.4 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
  9. Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Tinosorb A2B), low in the list, likely a minor contributor

    • ↑ 24 UV protection
  10. 10 Isoamyl Laurate

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • matte ← 1 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
    • ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
  11. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
  12. 12 Cetyl Alcohol

    Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

    • 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
  13. Botanical extract

  14. Plant oil, an emollient

    • 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 1 → dewy emollient lipid
    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  15. Botanical extract

    • ↑ 2 butter/occlusive fat
    • 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 1 → dewy emollient lipid
    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  16. 16 Niacinamide

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  17. 17 Decyl Glucoside

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  18. 18 Butylene Glycol

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  19. 19 Glycerin

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 1 → nourishing the anchor humectant
  20. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
  21. 21 Glycolic Acid

    pH adjuster

  22. 22 Lactic Acid

    pH adjuster

  23. Supporting ingredient

  24. Supporting ingredient

  25. Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  26. 26 Xanthan Gum

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  27. Botanical extract

    • 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 1 → dewy emollient lipid
    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  28. 28 Tocopherol

    Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  29. 29 Lecithin

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  30. Botanical extract

  31. 31 Sodium Citrate

    pH adjuster

  32. 32 Disodium Phosphate

    pH adjuster

  33. Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  34. 34 Citric Acid

    pH adjuster

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