RéVive Moisturizing Renewal Day Cream SPF 30
65/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
RéVive Moisturizing Renewal Day Cream SPF 30 is a chemical day cream on older-generation filters: Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, homosalate, ethylhexyl salicylate, and octocrylene. It wears with a balanced finish, low white cast, and a lightweight feel and is low on the pore-clogging scale, though it carries a medium chance of stinging near the eyes. Protection is rated good for daily SPF 30 use. Scoring 64.5, it is a serviceable moisturizing sunscreen that works okay under makeup.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Good
60
- +30 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +16)
- +12 Homosalate at #2, UV filter
- +8 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #3, UV filter
- +15.2 Octocrylene at #4, UV filter
- ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
- +1 Label claims (SPF 30)
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Health safety
Medium
46
- +100 Starting score
- −40 Homosalate at #2 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −10.5 Octocrylene at #4, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- −3.5 Avobenzone at #1, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens
Low
67
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −9 2 declared fragrance allergens
- −3 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
- −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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Eye sting
Medium
31
- +100 Starting score
- −24 Avobenzone at #1, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −15 Octocrylene at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −9 Homosalate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −9 Octisalate at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 Fragrance
- −4 2 declared fragrance allergens
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Comedogenic
Low
99
- +100 Starting score
- −1 Glycine Soja Oil at #23, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne
High
12
- +100 Starting score
- −24 2 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 60, Sorbitan Isostearate)
- −27 3 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Glycine Soja Oil, Lecithin, Hydrogenated Lecithin)
- −37 3 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate)
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Fabric stains
High
25
- +100 Starting score
- −50 Avobenzone at #1, 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
Balanced
LightNourishing
- ← 1 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- → 1 Glycerin at #29, the anchor humectant
- → 2 Sodium Hyaluronate at #22, hyaluronic family
- → 1 1 strong humectants (Panthenol)
- → 1 Humectant polyols
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Glycine Soja Oil)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 1 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- ← 3 2 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Caprylyl Methicone, Dicaprylyl Carbonate)
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Glycine Soja Oil)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 3 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 1 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer)
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.
How we rate water resistance →Full ingredient list (56)
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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Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 30 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↓ 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 24 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 50 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Legacy UV filter (Homosalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 12 UV protection
- ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 8 UV protection
- ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene)
- ↑ 15.2 UV protection
- ↓ 10.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- ↑ 15 migrates into eyes with sweat
- ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
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5 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- matte ← 2 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant polyol
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- matte ← 1 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
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Supporting ingredient
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Supporting ingredient
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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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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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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18 Allantoin
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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19 Carnosine
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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21 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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Plant oil, an emollient
- ↑ 1 moderate comedogenic signal
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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27 Panthenol
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
- 1 → nourishing humectant
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28 Lecithin
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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29 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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30 Adenosine
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Botanical extract
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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33 Silybin
Supporting ingredient
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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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Volatile hydrocarbon, flashes off for a light finish
- light ← 1 volatile carrier, flashes off
- matte ← 1 volatile carrier, flashes off
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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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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41 Fragrance
Fragrance
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Supporting ingredient
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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53 Hydroxide K
pH adjuster
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
What SPF is RéVive Moisturizing Renewal Day Cream?
It is SPF 30 with a protection rating of good, suited to daily wear.
Does the RéVive Moisturizing Renewal Day Cream SPF 30 sting?
It carries a medium chance of stinging, so take care around the eyes. Otherwise the profile is gentle, with low white cast and a lightweight feel.
Is RéVive Renewal Day Cream SPF 30 a good sunscreen?
It scores 64.5 out of 100. It is a serviceable moisturizing sunscreen on older filters that works okay under makeup.