Keys Soulcare Protect Your Light Daily Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen
69/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Keys Soulcare Protect Your Light Daily Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30 is a chemical sunscreen-moisturizer using an older-generation filter set of avobenzone, Homosalate, Ethylhexyl Salicylate and Octocrylene. It wears light with a balanced finish and low white cast, and breakout risk is low, though it can sting somewhat near the eyes. Protection rates good for daily SPF 30 use. With a score of 68.6/100 it is a solid everyday facial moisturizer with sun protection.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Good
60
- +30 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +16)
- +12 Homosalate at #2, UV filter
- +8 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #3, UV filter
- +15.2 Octocrylene at #4, UV filter
- ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
- +1 Label claims (SPF 30)
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Health safety
Medium
46
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Homosalate at #2 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −10.5 Octocrylene at #4, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #1, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens
Low
97
- +100 Starting score
- −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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Eye sting
Medium
43
- +100 Starting score
- −24 Avobenzone at #1, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −15 Octocrylene at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −9 Homosalate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −9 Octisalate at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
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Comedogenic
Low
99
- +100 Starting score
- −1 Palmitic Acid at #20, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne
Medium
42
- +100 Starting score
- −12 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Sorbitan Olivate)
- −42 3 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Cetearyl Olivate, Polyglyceryl-3 Distearate, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate)
- −4 2 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Stearic Acid, Palmitic Acid), weak Malassezia signal
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Fabric stains
High
25
- +100 Starting score
- −50 Avobenzone at #1, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- −15 Octocrylene at #4, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- ← 6 2 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica, Aluminium Starch Octenylsuccinate)
- → 10 Glycerin at #6, the anchor humectant
- → 3 2 strong humectants (Panthenol, Trehalose)
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Squalane)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 6 2 sebum-absorbing powders (Aluminium Starch Octenylsuccinate, Silica)
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Squalane)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 1 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
- → 6 2 soft-focus powders in moderation
- ← 1 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Carbomer, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6)
- ← 1.5 Humectant syrup tackiness (partly offset by the base)
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +3 1 film-forming polymers that lock the formula on for water resistance
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
- ✨ Panthenol (B5)
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.
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Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 30 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↓ 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 24 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 50 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Legacy UV filter (Homosalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 12 UV protection
- ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 8 UV protection
- ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene)
- ↑ 15.2 UV protection
- ↓ 10.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 15 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
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5 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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6 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 10 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 3 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 3 sebum-absorbing powder
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10 Dimethicone
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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11 Trehalose
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing humectant
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12 Silica
Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 3 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 3 sebum-absorbing powder
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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Botanical extract
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16 Panthenol
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
- 1 → nourishing humectant
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17 Squalane
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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19 Stearic Acid
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 2 minor malassezia feeder
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 1 moderate comedogenic signal
- ↑ 2 minor malassezia feeder
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
- ↑ 3 film former
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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30 Carbomer
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
Is Keys Soulcare Protect Your Light mineral or chemical?
It is chemical, using an older-generation set of avobenzone, Homosalate, Ethylhexyl Salicylate and Octocrylene.
Does the Keys Soulcare Protect Your Light Daily Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen leave a white cast?
White cast is low. It wears light with a balanced finish and generally absorbs without visible residue.
Is it good for acne-prone skin?
Breakout risk is low, so it generally suits acne-prone skin. It can sting somewhat near the eyes, and it scores 68.6/100 with good SPF 30 protection.