No7 Laboratories No7 Lift & Luminate Triple Action Day Cream SPF 15 + 5* UVA
73/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
No7 Lift & Luminate Triple Action Day Cream SPF 15 is a hybrid day cream using octocrylene, avobenzone, ethylhexyl salicylate, Tinosorb S and Iscotrizinol. It wears with a dewy finish, low white cast and a lightweight feel, with a medium sweat-sting rating. Breakout risk is low. With a score of 73.1/100 and good protection at its SPF level, it is a moisturizer-first day cream rather than dedicated high sun defense.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Good
80
- +15.2 Octocrylene at #4, UV filter
- +28.5 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #5, UV filter (UVA1 +15.2)
- +4.8 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #15, UV filter
- +28.8 Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine at #17, UV filter (UVA1 +9.6)
- +7.2 Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone at #26, UV filter
- −0.4 UVB coverage saturated
- −4.3 UVA2 coverage saturated
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Health safety
Medium
60
- +100 Starting score
- −30 Octocrylene at #4 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #5, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −7 Retinyl Palmitate at #31, disputed vitamin-A sunlight signal, under review
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Allergens
Low
67
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −12 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
- −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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White cast
Low
98
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Titanium Dioxide as pigment (CI 77891) at #52
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Eye sting
Medium
59
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Avobenzone at #5, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −15 Octocrylene at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −1 Octisalate at #15, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −1 Volatile alcohol at #14
- −8 Fragrance
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Heavy feel
Low
84
- +100 Starting score
- −6 Tribehenin at #8, wax film
- −10 Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit at #7, butter/occlusive fat
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Fungal acne
High
29
- +100 Starting score
- −24 2 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 20, Sorbitan Laurate)
- −24 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
- −23 2 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Polyglyceryl-6 Stearate, Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate)
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Fabric stains
High
30
- +100 Starting score
- −45 Avobenzone at #5, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- −15 Octocrylene at #4, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
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Moisture
Nourishing
LightNourishing
- ← 2 Volatile alcohol at #14
- → 16 Glycerin at #2, the anchor humectant
- → 2 Sodium Hyaluronate at #27, hyaluronic family
- → 1 Humectant polyols
- → 4 1 emollient lipids (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
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Finish
Dewy
MatteDewy
- ← 0.5 Volatile alcohol at #14
- → 15 2 emollient lipids (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 1 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
- → 3 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 2.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Carbomer, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer)
- ← 6 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
- ← 7 Humectant syrup tackiness
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +4 1 water-locking waxes
Full ingredient list (52)
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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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 9 → dewy emollient lipid
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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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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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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant polyol
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Botanical extract
- ↑ 10 butter/occlusive fat
- 4 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 6 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 6 wax film
- ↑ 4 wax water lock
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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10 Dimethicone
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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11 Mica
Colorant or pigment
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Volatile alcohol, a drying solvent that can sting eyes
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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 4.8 UV protection
- ↑ 1 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Tinosorb S), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 28.8 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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19 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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21 Dimethiconol
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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23 Fragrance
Fragrance
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Iscotrizinol), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 7.2 UV protection
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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29 Ethylparaben
Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Botanical extract
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↓ 7 disputed vitamin-A sunlight signal, under review
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Botanical extract
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
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Supporting ingredient
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37 Hydroxide K
pH adjuster
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
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40 Simethicone
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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41 Carbomer
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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Botanical extract
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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49 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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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
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Colorant or pigment
Is No7 Lift & Luminate Day Cream mineral or chemical?
It is a hybrid sunscreen using octocrylene, avobenzone, ethylhexyl salicylate, Tinosorb S and Iscotrizinol. The filter set is chemical with no mineral filters.
Does the No7 Laboratories No7 Lift & Luminate Triple Action Day Cream SPF 15 + 5* UVA leave a white cast?
No, white cast is rated low and the finish is dewy, so it should apply clear. The cream also wears lightweight on the skin.
Is the No7 Lift & Luminate Day Cream enough sun protection?
It scores 73.1/100 with good protection at its SPF level. As an SPF 15 day cream it is a moisturizer-first product, so a higher-SPF sunscreen is better for strong sun.