Nivea Nourishing Day Cream 24H Moisture Natural Almond Oil Dry & Sensitive Skin Spf 15
57/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Nivea Nourishing Day Cream 24H Moisture Natural Almond Oil for Dry and Sensitive Skin SPF 15 is a moisturizer with chemical sunscreen, using an older filter set including octocrylene, ensulizole, and avobenzone. It has a dewy finish suited to dry skin, a low white cast, and it does not commonly sting. Pore-clogging risk is low. Protection is rated moderate and the score is 57.1/100, so it is a light daily moisturizer rather than serious sun cover.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Moderate
43
- +12.8 Octocrylene at #8, UV filter
- +11.2 Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid at #9, UV filter
- +24 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #11, UV filter (UVA1 +12.8)
- ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
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Health safety
Low
27
- +100 Starting score
- −30 Octocrylene at #8 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #11, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −40 Benzophenone at #33, on a regulatory carcinogenicity watchlist (IARC 2B)
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Allergens
Medium
60
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −19 8 declared fragrance allergens; EU-banned: Butylphenyl Methylpropional
- −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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Eye sting
Low
67
- +100 Starting score
- −8 Avobenzone at #11, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −7 Octocrylene at #8, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −2 Ensulizole at #9, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 Fragrance
- −8 5 declared fragrance allergens
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Heavy feel
Low
80
- +100 Starting score
- −15 Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit at #3, butter/occlusive fat
- −5 Cetearyl Alcohol at #4, rich gel-network thickener
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Fungal acne
High
16
- +100 Starting score
- −50 2 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
- −24 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate)
- −10 2 different Malassezia-feeding families high in the list
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Fabric stains
Medium
37
- +100 Starting score
- −38 Avobenzone at #11, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- −15 Octocrylene at #8, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
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Moisture
Nourishing
LightNourishing
- → 16 Glycerin at #2, the anchor humectant
- → 1 Humectant polyols
- → 8 2 emollient lipids (Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
- → 1 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Dewy
MatteDewy
- → 15 3 emollient lipids (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 1 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 0.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer)
- ← 7 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
- ← 7 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.
- ✨ Vitamin E
Full ingredient list (34)
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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Botanical extract
- ↑ 15 butter/occlusive fat
- 6 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 9 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 36 feeds malassezia
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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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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant polyol
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
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Supporting ingredient
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Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 12.8 UV protection
- ↑ 7 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
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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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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 3 → dewy emollient lipid
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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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Plant oil, an emollient
- 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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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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17 Dimethicone
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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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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pH adjuster
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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24 BHT
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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26 Linalool
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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27 Citronellol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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29 Limonene
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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30 Geraniol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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32 Citral
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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33 Benzophenone
Supporting ingredient
- ↓ 40 on a regulatory carcinogenicity watchlist (IARC 2B)
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34 Fragrance
Fragrance
Is the Nivea Nourishing Day Cream 24H Moisture Natural Almond Oil Dry & Sensitive Skin Spf 15 good for dry skin?
Yes, it has a dewy finish suited to dry and sensitive skin, and it does not commonly sting. Pore-clogging risk is rated low.
Is the Nivea Nourishing Day Cream 24H Moisture Natural Almond Oil Dry & Sensitive Skin Spf 15 mineral or chemical?
It is a moisturizer with chemical sunscreen on an older filter set, including octocrylene, ensulizole, and avobenzone.
Is it good as a sunscreen?
It scores 57.1/100 with protection rated moderate at SPF 15. It is best seen as a light daily moisturizer rather than serious sun cover.