innisfree The Minimum Sun Cream Spf25 Pa++
49/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
innisfree The Minimum Sun Cream SPF25 PA++ is a pure mineral sunscreen built on titanium dioxide alone. It has a balanced finish and is unlikely to sting, but the white cast is medium, so it may be more visible on deeper skin tones, and it is rated poor under makeup. Protection is weak at SPF 25, which is the main limitation. The score is 49.0/100, the lowest in this group, suiting only light, casual sun exposure.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Weak
20
- +33 Titanium Dioxide at #3, UV filter (UVA1 +5)
- Γ0.6 Almost no UVA1, poor aging protection
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White cast
Medium
40
- +100 Starting score
- β50 Titanium Dioxide at #3
- β15 Pure mineral formula
- +4.5 Coated minerals (Aluminum Hydroxide)
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Heavy feel
Low
65
- +100 Starting score
- β30 Titanium Dioxide at #3
- β5 Cetearyl Alcohol at #4, rich gel-network thickener
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Fungal acne
Low
84
- +100 Starting score
- β9 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate)
- β7 2 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Stearic Acid, Cetearyl Glucoside), weak Malassezia signal
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Fabric stains
Low
85
- +100 Starting score
- β15 Titanium Dioxide at #3, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- β 2 Titanium Dioxide at #3, mild sebum absorbent
- β 2 Humectant polyols
- β 1 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- β 6 1 slippy emollient esters (Cetyl Ethylhexanoate)
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Makeup base
Poor
PillsPrimer
- β 2 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer)
- β 15 High mineral load at #3 greys under foundation
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.
How we rate water resistance βSkincare extras
Beneficial actives this formula contains. Informational only, not part of the rating: their effect depends on a concentration the label does not disclose.
- β¨ Centella asiatica
Full ingredient list (15)
What each ingredient does and how it moves each rating: green helps, red hurts, β / β give the direction, and β / β 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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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 6 β dewy slippy emollient ester
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Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide), high in the list, a primary filter
- β 33 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- β 15 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
- light β 2 mild sebum absorbent
- pills β 15 High mineral load greys under foundation
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- β 5 rich gel-network thickener
- 1 β nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 β nourishing humectant polyol
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Botanical extract
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 β nourishing humectant polyol
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- β 5 minor malassezia feeder
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Supporting ingredient
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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13 Stearic Acid
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- β 2 minor malassezia feeder
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- β 9 feeds malassezia
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15 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
Does innisfree The Minimum Sun Cream SPF25 leave a white cast?
White cast is rated medium, so it may be more visible on deeper skin tones. The finish is balanced and it is unlikely to sting.
Is the innisfree The Minimum Sun Cream Spf25 Pa++ mineral or chemical?
It is a pure mineral sunscreen, built on titanium dioxide alone with no chemical filters.
Is it good?
Protection is weak at SPF 25 and it is rated poor under makeup, so the score is 49.0/100, suiting mainly light, casual sun exposure.