Mario Badescu Aloe Moisturizer Spf 15
58/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Mario Badescu Aloe Moisturizer is an SPF 15 chemical sunscreen using older-school filters, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate and Benzophenone-3. It has a balanced finish, feels lightweight, and leaves low white cast, with low pore-clogging risk, though it can sting a little. It works okay under makeup. With moderate protection and a score of 57.7/100, it is a light daily moisturizer with sun support rather than a high-SPF sunscreen.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Moderate
45
- +30 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +16)
- +18 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #2, UV filter
- +22 Benzophenone-3 at #3, UV filter
- −3 UVA2 coverage saturated
- ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
- ×0.75 Avobenzone + octinoxate degrade each other in sunlight
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Health safety
Low
14
- +100 Starting score
- −70 Oxybenzone at #3 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −12.6 Octinoxate at #2, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #1, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- +0 2 endocrine-scrutinized filters together
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Allergens
Low
94
- +100 Starting score
- −6 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Benzophenone-3)
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Eye sting
Medium
44
- +100 Starting score
- −24 Avobenzone at #1, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −16 Oxybenzone at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −16 Octinoxate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
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Comedogenic
Low
89
- +100 Starting score
- −7 Isopropyl Myristate at #11, heavy comedogenic ester
- −4 Glyceryl Stearate SE at #8, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne
Medium
61
- +100 Starting score
- −37 3 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Isopropyl Myristate, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Ceteareth-20)
- −2 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Stearic Acid), weak Malassezia signal
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Fabric stains
High
30
- +100 Starting score
- −50 Avobenzone at #1, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- −20 Oxybenzone at #3, yellow stains on white cotton
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- → 10 Glycerin at #7, the anchor humectant
- → 1 Humectant polyols
- → 2 1 emollient lipids (Squalane)
- → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- → 3 1 emollient lipids (Squalane)
- → 2 1 slippy emollient esters (Isopropyl Myristate)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- ← 1 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Carbomer, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer)
- ← 3 Humectant syrup tackiness
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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.
- ✨ Aloe vera
Full ingredient list (26)
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 (Octinoxate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 18 UV protection
- ↓ 12.6 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Oxybenzone), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 22 UV protection
- ↑ 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 20 yellow stains on white cotton
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4 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant polyol
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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7 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 10 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 4 moderate comedogenic signal
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Filter booster, photostabilizes the UV filters or lifts their SPF
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10 Squalane
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 2 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 3 → dewy emollient lipid
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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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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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13 Stearic Acid
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 2 minor malassezia feeder
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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17 Ceteareth-20
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Supporting ingredient
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Supporting ingredient
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20 Carbomer
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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pH adjuster
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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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25 Ci 42090
Colorant or pigment
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26 Ci 19140
Colorant or pigment
Is Mario Badescu Aloe Moisturizer a good sunscreen?
It offers moderate protection at SPF 15 and scores 57.7/100. It is better viewed as a light daily moisturizer with sun support than a high-SPF sunscreen.
Does the Mario Badescu Aloe Moisturizer Spf 15 leave a white cast?
No, it leaves low white cast with a balanced, lightweight finish and low pore-clogging risk, though it may sting a little.
Is this sunscreen mineral or chemical?
It is a chemical sunscreen using older-school filters, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate and Benzophenone-3.