No. 7 Future Renew UV Defence Shield SPF 50
67/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
No. 7 Future Renew UV Defence Shield SPF 50 is a chemical sunscreen built on older-generation filters: octinoxate, octisalate and avobenzone. It wears with a balanced, lightweight finish, keeps white cast low, and reads as non-stinging with low breakout risk. With a 66.9/100 score and only moderate measured protection despite the SPF 50 label, it is a pleasant everyday facial sunscreen whose dated filter set limits the rating.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Moderate
39
- +18 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #2, UV filter
- +7.6 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #5, UV filter
- +28.5 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #6, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
- ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
- ×0.75 Avobenzone + octinoxate degrade each other in sunlight
- +2 Label claims (SPF 50)
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Health safety
High
61
- +100 Starting score
- −36 Octinoxate at #2 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #6, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Eye sting
Low
62
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Avobenzone at #6, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −16 Octinoxate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −6 Octisalate at #5, migrates into eyes with sweat
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Comedogenic
Low
96
- +100 Starting score
- −4 Palmitic Acid at #9, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne
Medium
60
- +100 Starting score
- −12 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 20)
- −23 2 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate)
- −5 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Palmitic Acid), weak Malassezia signal
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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
Hydrating
LightNourishing
- → 4 Glycerin at #8, the anchor humectant
- → 2 Sodium Hyaluronate at #16, hyaluronic family
- → 1 1 strong humectants (Sodium Lactate)
- → 2 Humectant polyols
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 2 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 1 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Carbomer, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer)
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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 (28)
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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Legacy UV filter (Octinoxate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 18 UV protection
- ↑ 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing humectant polyol
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 6 → dewy emollient lipid
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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate)
- ↑ 7.6 UV protection
- ↑ 6 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone)
- ↑ 28.5 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↓ 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 16 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 45 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Supporting ingredient
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8 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 4 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 4 moderate comedogenic signal
- ↑ 5 minor malassezia feeder
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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15 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
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pH adjuster
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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19 Carbomer
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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23 BHT
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Botanical extract
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26 Citric Acid
pH adjuster
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
Does No. 7 Future Renew UV Defence Shield leave a white cast?
No, white cast is generally low. As an all-chemical formula it absorbs into the skin and wears with a balanced, invisible finish.
Is the No. 7 Future Renew UV Defence Shield SPF 50 mineral or chemical?
It is fully chemical, using older-generation filters: octinoxate, octisalate and avobenzone. There are no mineral filters in it.
Is No. 7 Future Renew UV Defence Shield SPF 50 good?
It scores 66.9/100 with only moderate measured protection despite the SPF 50 label. It is a pleasant everyday facial sunscreen, though the dated filter set limits the rating.