Nivea Visage Daily Essentials Light Moisturising Day Cream SPF 15
65/100 overall score
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Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Moderate
45
- +15.2 Octocrylene at #6, UV filter
- +24 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #8, UV filter (UVA1 +12.8)
- +11.2 Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid at #9, UV filter
- ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
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Health safety
High
67
- +100 Starting score
- −30 Octocrylene at #6 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #8, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens
Low
67
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −9 5 declared fragrance allergens
- −3 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
- −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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Eye sting
Medium
58
- +100 Starting score
- −8 Avobenzone at #8, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −15 Octocrylene at #6, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −2 Ensulizole at #9, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −1 Volatile alcohol at #23
- −8 Fragrance
- −8 4 declared fragrance allergens
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Heavy feel
Low
87
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Microcrystalline Wax at #16, wax film
- −5 Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit at #11, butter/occlusive fat
- −1 Paraffinum Liquidum at #21, heavy oil
- −5 Cetearyl Alcohol at #4, rich gel-network thickener
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Fungal acne
Medium
62
- +100 Starting score
- −14 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
- −24 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate)
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Fabric stains
Medium
37
- +100 Starting score
- −38 Avobenzone at #8, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- −15 Octocrylene at #6, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
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Moisture
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- ← 2 Volatile alcohol at #23
- ← 3 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Tapioca Starch)
- → 16 Glycerin at #2, the anchor humectant
- → 2 Humectant polyols
- → 2 1 emollient lipids (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
- → 1 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 3 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Tapioca Starch)
- ← 0.5 Volatile alcohol at #23
- → 4 2 emollient lipids (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
- → 4 1 slippy emollient esters (Ethylhexyl Stearate)
- → 1 Occlusives seal moisture in (Paraffinum Liquidum)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 3 1 soft-focus powders in moderation
- ← 0.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer)
- ← 3 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
- ← 3.5 Humectant syrup tackiness (partly offset by the base)
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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
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.
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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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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing humectant polyol
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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
- 4 → dewy slippy emollient ester
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Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene)
- ↑ 15.2 UV protection
- ↑ 15 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
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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
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Legacy UV filter (Ensulizole), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 11.2 UV protection
- ↑ 2 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 3 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 3 sebum-absorbing powder
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Botanical extract
- ↑ 5 butter/occlusive fat
- 2 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 3 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
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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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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 2 wax film
- ↑ 2 wax water lock
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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18 Dimethicone
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 1 heavy oil
- 1 → dewy occlusive
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Volatile alcohol, a drying solvent that can sting eyes
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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pH adjuster
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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27 Limonene
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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28 Linalool
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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30 Citronellol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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31 Geraniol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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32 BHT
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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33 Fragrance
Fragrance