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Meaningful Beauty Skin Brightening Decollete And Neck Treatment Broad Spectrum Spf 15

Meaningful Beauty Skin Brightening Decollete And Neck Treatment Broad Spectrum Spf 15

56/100 overall score

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Ingredient & SPF scores

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UV protection

Moderate 48
  • +30 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +16)
  • +18 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #2, UV filter
  • +8 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #3, UV filter
  • +20.9 Benzophenone-3 at #4, UV filter
  • −3.5 UVB coverage saturated
  • −2.4 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 #4 (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 64
  • +100 Starting score
  • −18 Fragrance
  • −12 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
  • −6 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Benzophenone-3)
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White cast

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Eye sting

Medium 31
  • +100 Starting score
  • −24 Avobenzone at #1, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −11 Oxybenzone at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −16 Octinoxate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −9 Octisalate at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −1 Volatile alcohol at #24
  • −8 Fragrance
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Heavy feel

Low 98
  • +100 Starting score
  • −2 Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil at #23, butter/occlusive fat
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Comedogenic

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Fungal acne

High 33
  • +100 Starting score
  • −12 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 60)
  • −9 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Hydrogenated Lecithin)
  • −46 4 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (PEG-40 Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate)
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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 #4, yellow stains on white cotton
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Moisture

Balanced
LightNourishing
  • ← 2 Volatile alcohol at #24
  • → 4 Glycerin at #10, the anchor humectant
  • → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Finish

Balanced
MatteDewy
  • ← 0.5 Volatile alcohol at #24
  • ← 4 2 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate, Dicaprylyl Carbonate)
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Makeup base

Okay
PillsPrimer
  • → 4 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
  • ← 0.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer)
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Water resistance

Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant

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Full ingredient list (37)

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. 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
  2. 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
  3. Legacy UV filter (Octisalate), high in the list, a primary filter

    • ↑ 8 UV protection
    • ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
  4. 4 Benzophenone-3

    Legacy UV filter (Oxybenzone)

    • ↑ 20.9 UV protection
    • ↑ 11 migrates into eyes with sweat
    • ↑ 20 yellow stains on white cotton
  5. 5 Water

    Solvent base, the water phase

  6. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • matte ← 2 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
  7. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • matte ← 2 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
  8. Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

    • 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
  9. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  10. 10 Glycerin

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 4 → nourishing the anchor humectant
  11. 11 PEG-40 Stearate

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
  12. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
  13. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  14. 14 Dimethicone

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  15. Botanical extract

  16. Botanical extract

  17. Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  18. Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  19. 19 Tetrapeptide-21

    Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin

  20. Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  21. Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  22. 22 Caprylyl Glycol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  23. Plant oil, an emollient

    • ↑ 2 butter/occlusive fat
  24. 24 Alcohol

    Volatile alcohol, a drying solvent that can sting eyes

  25. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  26. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  27. 27 Cholesterol

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  28. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  29. 29 Polysorbate 60

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
  30. Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  31. 31 Steareth-20

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  32. 32 Disodium EDTA

    Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable

  33. 33 Potassium Sorbate

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  34. 34 Sodium Hydroxide

    pH adjuster

  35. 35 Chlorphenesin

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  36. 36 Phenoxyethanol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  37. 37 Fragrance

    Fragrance

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