Marcelle City High Protection Urban Day Cream Spf 30
49/100 overall score
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Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Weak
11
- +5.4 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #25, UV filter
- +4.8 Octocrylene at #26, UV filter
- +2.4 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #27, UV filter
- +9 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #28, UV filter (UVA1 +4.8)
- ×0.6 Almost no UVA1, poor aging protection
- ×0.75 Avobenzone + octinoxate degrade each other in sunlight
- +1 Label claims (SPF 30)
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Health safety
Medium
50
- +100 Starting score
- −36 Octinoxate at #25 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −10.5 Octocrylene at #26, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #28, 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
Low
92
- +100 Starting score
- −3 Avobenzone at #28, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −2 Octocrylene at #26, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −2 Octinoxate at #25, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −1 Octisalate at #27, migrates into eyes with sweat
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Comedogenic
Low
92
- +100 Starting score
- −7 Isopropyl Myristate at #10, heavy comedogenic ester
- −1 Myristic Acid at #23, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne
Medium
74
- +100 Starting score
- −12 1 free fatty acids that feed Malassezia (Myristic Acid)
- −14 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Isopropyl Myristate)
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Fabric stains
Medium
47
- +100 Starting score
- −28 Avobenzone at #28, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- −15 Octocrylene at #26, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- ← 5 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica)
- → 16 Glycerin at #2, the anchor humectant
- → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 6 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica)
- → 2 1 slippy emollient esters (Isopropyl Myristate)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 3 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
- → 3 1 soft-focus powders in moderation
- ← 0.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer)
- ← 3.5 Humectant syrup tackiness (partly offset by the base)
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.
How we rate 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.
- ✨ Vitamin E
Full ingredient list (28)
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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2 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 16 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Supporting ingredient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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7 Silica
Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 5 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 6 sebum-absorbing powder
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 7 heavy comedogenic ester
- 2 → dewy slippy emollient ester
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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11 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Botanical extract
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Botanical extract
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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18 PVP
Film former, locks the formula onto skin for water resistance
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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20 BHT
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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pH adjuster
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22 Citric Acid
pH adjuster
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 1 moderate comedogenic signal
- ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Legacy UV filter (Octinoxate), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 5.4 UV protection
- ↑ 2 migrates into eyes with sweat
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26 Octocrylene
Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 4.8 UV protection
- ↓ 10.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 2 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 2.4 UV protection
- ↑ 1 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 9 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↓ 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 3 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 28 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains