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Relevant: Your Skin Seen One & Done Everyday Cream With SPF 40

Relevant: Your Skin Seen One & Done Everyday Cream With SPF 40

74/100 overall score

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About this sunscreen

Relevant: Your Skin Seen One & Done Everyday Cream is a mineral sunscreen at SPF 40, using Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide. As an untinted mineral formula it carries a visible white cast and wears on the heavier side, with a balanced finish. It does not sting and is generally low on pore-clogging potential, with okay performance under makeup. With a score of 74.1 and good protection, it suits those who want a pure mineral cream and do not mind some cast.

Ingredient & SPF scores

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UV protection

Good 74
  • +33 Titanium Dioxide at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +5)
  • +41 Zinc Oxide at #2, UV filter (UVA1 +18)
  • −1 UVA2 coverage saturated
  • +1 Label claims (SPF 40)
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Health safety

High 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Allergens

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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White cast

High 0
  • +100 Starting score
  • −55 Zinc Oxide at #2
  • −50 Titanium Dioxide at #1
  • −10 Zinc Oxide + Titanium Dioxide together
  • −15 Pure mineral formula
  • +30 Penalties exceed the scale, floored at 0
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Eye sting

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Heavy feel

High 20
  • +100 Starting score
  • −40 Zinc Oxide at #2
  • −30 Titanium Dioxide at #1
  • −10 Both minerals in the top 3, dual mineral paste
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Comedogenic

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Fungal acne

Medium 50
  • +100 Starting score
  • −9 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Lecithin)
  • −41 4 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-75 Stearate, Ceteth-20)
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Fabric stains

Low 80
  • +100 Starting score
  • −15 Titanium Dioxide at #1, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
  • −5 Both minerals present, heavier deposit
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Moisture

Balanced
LightNourishing
  • ← 1.5 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica)
  • ← 5 Zinc Oxide at #2, mild sebum absorbent
  • ← 2 Titanium Dioxide at #1, mild sebum absorbent
  • → 4 Glycerin at #8, the anchor humectant
  • → 2 Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate at #17, hyaluronic family
  • → 1 1 emollient lipids (Squalane)
  • → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetyl Alcohol)
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Finish

Balanced
MatteDewy
  • ← 1 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica)
  • ← 3 2 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Octyldodecyl Neopentanoate, Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate)
  • → 2 2 emollient lipids (Squalane, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
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Makeup base

Okay
PillsPrimer
  • → 1 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
  • ← 15 High mineral load at #1 greys under foundation
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Water resistance

Resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
  • +13 1 film-forming polymers that lock the formula on for water resistance
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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.

  • ✨ Niacinamide
  • ✨ Bisabolol

Full ingredient list (48)

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.

  1. Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide), high in the list, a primary filter

    • ↑ 33 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
    • ↑ 15 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
    • light ← 2 mild sebum absorbent
    • pills ← 15 High mineral load greys under foundation
  2. 2 Zinc Oxide

    Mineral UV filter (Zinc Oxide), high in the list, a primary filter

    • ↑ 41 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
    • light ← 5 mild sebum absorbent
  3. 3 Water

    Solvent base, the water phase

  4. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  5. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • matte ← 2 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
  6. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  7. 7 Polyester-7

    Film former, locks the formula onto skin for water resistance

    • ↑ 13 film former
  8. 8 Glycerin

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 4 → nourishing the anchor humectant
  9. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • matte ← 1 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
  10. 10 Niacinamide

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  11. 11 Cetyl Alcohol

    Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

    • 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
  12. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
  13. 13 Squalane

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 1 → dewy emollient lipid
  14. 14 PEG-75 Stearate

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  15. 15 Phenoxyethanol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  16. 16 Bisabolol

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  17. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
  18. Botanical extract

  19. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • 1 → dewy emollient lipid
  20. 20 Lysolecithin

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  21. 21 Sclerotium Gum

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  22. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  23. 23 Allantoin

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  24. 24 Caprylyl Glycol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  25. Botanical extract

  26. Plant oil, an emollient

  27. Botanical extract

  28. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  29. 29 Pullulan

    Supporting ingredient

  30. 30 Xanthan Gum

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  31. 31 Ceteth-20

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  32. 32 Steareth-20

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  33. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  34. 34 Hexylene Glycol

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  35. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  36. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  37. 37 Butylene Glycol

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  38. 38 Disodium EDTA

    Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable

  39. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  40. Botanical extract

  41. 41 Lecithin

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  42. 42 Silica

    Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish

    • light ← 1.5 sebum-absorbing powder
    • matte ← 1 sebum-absorbing powder
  43. Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  44. Botanical extract

  45. Botanical extract

  46. 46 Potassium Sorbate

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  47. Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  48. 48 Tocopherol

    Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

Does the Relevant: Your Skin Seen One & Done Everyday Cream With SPF 40 leave a white cast?

Yes, white cast is on the visible side. It is an untinted pure mineral cream with Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide, which can leave a cast on deeper skin tones.

Is the Relevant: Your Skin Seen One & Done Everyday Cream With SPF 40 mineral or chemical?

It is a pure mineral (physical) sunscreen, using Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide as its UV filters.

Is it good?

It scores 74.1 out of 100 with good protection at SPF 40. It is a solid pure mineral option if you do not mind some white cast and a heavier feel.

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