Nivea Sun Protect & Dry Touch SPF 30
82/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Nivea Sun Protect & Dry Touch SPF 30 is a hybrid sunscreen pairing Avobenzone and Ethylhexyl Salicylate with modern triazine filters like Ethylhexyl Triazone and Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine. It wears with a balanced, dry-touch finish, low white cast and a lightweight feel, and it is rated excellent as a makeup base. Pore-clogging risk is low and wear is generally comfortable. Scoring 82.0 with excellent protection, it is a standout everyday sunscreen that combines strong UV defense with an easy texture.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Excellent
84
- +28.5 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #6, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
- +7.6 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #7, UV filter
- +17.6 Ethylhexyl Triazone at #8, UV filter
- +38.4 Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine at #12, UV filter (UVA1 +12.8)
- −7.6 UVB coverage saturated
- −1.5 UVA2 coverage saturated
- +1 Label claims (SPF 30)
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Health safety
High
90
- +100 Starting score
- −10 Avobenzone at #6 (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens
Low
70
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −7 3 declared fragrance allergens
- −5 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
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Eye sting
Medium
43
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Avobenzone at #6, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −6 Octisalate at #7, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −18 Volatile alcohol at #1
- −5 Alcohol high up speeds filter migration
- −8 Fragrance
- −4 2 declared fragrance allergens
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Fungal acne
Safe
100
- +100 Starting score
- +0 Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride at #2, a safe base that does not feed Malassezia
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Fabric stains
Medium
55
- +100 Starting score
- −45 Avobenzone at #6, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Moisture
Light
LightNourishing
- ← 22 Volatile alcohol at #1
- → 4 Glycerin at #9, the anchor humectant
- → 4 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 5 Volatile alcohol at #1
- ← 3 2 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Dibutyl Adipate, Dicaprylyl Carbonate)
- → 9 1 emollient lipids (C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
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Makeup base
Excellent
PillsPrimer
- → 10 Quick-setting carrier (alcohol at #1), fast, even canvas
- → 6 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +7 1 film-forming polymers that lock the formula on for 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 (22)
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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Volatile alcohol, a drying solvent that can sting eyes
- ↑ 5 Alcohol high up speeds filter migration
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 4 → nourishing light emollient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 9 → dewy emollient lipid
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- matte ← 2 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
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Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone)
- ↑ 28.5 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 45 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate)
- ↑ 7.6 UV protection
- ↑ 6 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Uvinul T 150), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 17.6 UV protection
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9 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 4 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
- ↑ 7 film former
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- matte ← 1 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Tinosorb S), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 38.4 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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14 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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15 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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16 Alcohol
Volatile alcohol, a drying solvent that can sting eyes
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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18 Citronellol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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19 Geraniol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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22 Fragrance
Fragrance
Is Nivea Sun Protect & Dry Touch SPF 30 good under makeup?
Yes, it is rated excellent as a makeup base, with a dry-touch balanced finish, low white cast and a lightweight feel that layers well under foundation.
Is the Nivea Sun Protect & Dry Touch SPF 30 mineral or chemical?
It is a hybrid sunscreen, pairing Avobenzone and Ethylhexyl Salicylate with modern triazine filters like Ethylhexyl Triazone and Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine.
Is Nivea Sun Protect & Dry Touch SPF 30 any good?
It scores 82.0 out of 100 with excellent protection, making it a standout everyday sunscreen that combines strong UV defense with an easy, dry-touch texture.