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Lirene Nourishing Winter Cream SPF 20

Lirene SPF 20
Lirene Nourishing Winter Cream SPF 20

49/100 overall score

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Ingredient & SPF scores

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UV protection

Weak 28
  • +17.1 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #4, UV filter
  • +24 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #12, UV filter (UVA1 +12.8)
  • ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
  • ×0.75 Avobenzone + octinoxate degrade each other in sunlight
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Health safety

Medium 50
  • +100 Starting score
  • −36 Octinoxate at #4 (regulatory/evidence concern)
  • −3.5 Avobenzone at #12, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
  • −11 BHA at #15, on a regulatory carcinogenicity watchlist (IARC 2B)
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Allergens

Medium 52
  • +100 Starting score
  • −18 Fragrance
  • −30 9 declared fragrance allergens; EU-banned: Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde
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White cast

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Eye sting

Low 65
  • +100 Starting score
  • −8 Avobenzone at #12, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −11 Octinoxate at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −8 Fragrance
  • −8 6 declared fragrance allergens
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Heavy feel

Low 73
  • +100 Starting score
  • −12 Cera Alba at #7, wax film
  • −5 Hydrogenated Castor Oil at #9, butter/occlusive fat
  • −10 Paraffinum Liquidum at #3, heavy oil
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Comedogenic

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Fungal acne

Medium 62
  • +100 Starting score
  • −14 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Hydrogenated Castor Oil)
  • −24 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate)
  • +0 Paraffinum Liquidum at #3, a safe base that does not feed Malassezia
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Fabric stains

Low 62
  • +100 Starting score
  • −38 Avobenzone at #12, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Moisture

Hydrating
LightNourishing
  • → 10 Glycerin at #6, the anchor humectant
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Finish

Dewy
MatteDewy
  • → 8 Occlusives seal moisture in (Paraffinum Liquidum)
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Makeup base

Poor
PillsPrimer
  • ← 18 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
  • ← 3 Humectant syrup tackiness
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Water resistance

Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
  • +7 1 water-locking waxes
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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.

  • ✨ Allantoin
  • ✨ Vitamin E

Full ingredient list (33)

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. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  3. Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin

    • ↑ 10 heavy oil
    • 8 → dewy occlusive
  4. Legacy UV filter (Octinoxate)

    • ↑ 17.1 UV protection
    • ↑ 11 migrates into eyes with sweat
  5. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
  6. 6 Glycerin

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 10 → nourishing the anchor humectant
  7. 7 Cera Alba

    Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin

    • ↑ 12 wax film
    • ↑ 7 wax water lock
  8. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  9. Plant oil, an emollient

    • ↑ 5 butter/occlusive fat
    • ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
  10. Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  11. 11 Allantoin

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  12. Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone), low in the list, likely a minor contributor

    • ↑ 24 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
    • ↓ 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
    • ↑ 8 migrates into eyes with sweat
    • ↑ 38 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
  13. Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  14. Botanical extract

  15. 15 BHA

    Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

    • ↓ 11 on a regulatory carcinogenicity watchlist (IARC 2B)
  16. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  17. 17 Butylene Glycol

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  18. Botanical extract

  19. 19 Methylparaben

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  20. 20 Phenoxyethanol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  21. 21 Benzoic Acid

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  22. 22 Dehydroacetic Acid

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  23. Supporting ingredient

  24. 24 Fragrance

    Fragrance

  25. Fragrance component, a declared allergen

  26. Fragrance component, a declared allergen

  27. Supporting ingredient

  28. 28 Citronellol

    Fragrance component, a declared allergen

  29. 29 Geraniol

    Fragrance component, a declared allergen

  30. 30 Limonene

    Fragrance component, a declared allergen

  31. 31 Linalool

    Fragrance component, a declared allergen

  32. Fragrance component, a declared allergen

  33. 33 Hexyl Cinnamal

    Fragrance component, a declared allergen

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