MooGoo Natural Moisturising Day Cream Spf 15
69/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
MooGoo Natural Moisturising Day Cream is an SPF 15 pure mineral sunscreen using zinc oxide as its only UV filter. It has a dewy finish, feels somewhat heavier on the skin, and can show a moderate white cast, as zinc-based formulas commonly do. Protection is rated moderate, in line with its lower SPF, and it works poorly as a makeup base. With a score of 68.9/100, it suits those wanting a mineral day cream for light exposure.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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White cast
Medium
37
- +100 Starting score
- −55 Zinc Oxide at #2
- −15 Pure mineral formula
- +7 PHSA dispersant, fights agglomeration
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Heavy feel
Medium
53
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Zinc Oxide at #2
- −2 Cetyl Palmitate at #19, wax film
- −5 Cetearyl Alcohol at #5, rich gel-network thickener
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Fungal acne
High
40
- +100 Starting score
- −50 5 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Cetyl Palmitate, Glyceryl Isostearate, Glyceryl Stearate)
- −10 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Cetearyl Glucoside), weak Malassezia signal
- +0 Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil at #3, jojoba wax ester, fungal-acne exception (not penalized)
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Fabric stains
Low
85
- +100 Starting score
- −15 Zinc Oxide at #2, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- ← 5 Zinc Oxide at #2, mild sebum absorbent
- → 2 Hyaluronic Acid at #22, hyaluronic family
- → 6 1 emollient lipids (Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil)
- → 1 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Makeup base
Poor
PillsPrimer
- ← 2 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Guar Gum)
- ← 4 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
- ← 15 High mineral load at #2 greys under foundation
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +2 1 water-locking waxes
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
- ✨ Niacinamide
- ✨ Allantoin
Full ingredient list (24)
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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Mineral UV filter (Zinc Oxide), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 41 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 15 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
- light ← 5 mild sebum absorbent
- pills ← 15 High mineral load greys under foundation
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Botanical extract
- 6 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 9 → dewy emollient lipid
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 10 minor malassezia feeder
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- ↑ 5 rich gel-network thickener
- 1 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Botanical extract
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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12 Guar Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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13 Allantoin
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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16 Ceteareth-20
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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17 Ceteareth-12
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 2 wax film
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
- ↑ 2 wax water lock
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Botanical extract
Does MooGoo Natural Moisturising Day Cream leave a white cast?
It can show a moderate white cast, as zinc-only mineral formulas commonly do. The finish is dewy and it sits a little heavier on the skin.
Is the MooGoo Natural Moisturising Day Cream Spf 15 mineral or chemical?
It is a pure mineral sunscreen, using zinc oxide as its only UV filter.
What SPF is it and is it good?
It is SPF 15 with protection rated moderate, and it scores 68.9/100. It suits those wanting a mineral day cream for light exposure rather than long outdoor sessions.