Skin doctors Sun Protection Face Cream SPF 80
49/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Skin Doctors Sun Protection Face Cream is a mineral sunscreen using Titanium Dioxide alone, labelled SPF 80. It has a dewy finish and a does-not-sting profile, but feels moderately heavy, leaves a moderate white cast and rates poor under makeup. Protection is rated weak and it scores 49.0/100, the lowest in this group, since a single mineral filter generally struggles to deliver consistent broad-spectrum coverage. Not a recommended choice when stronger formulas are available.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Weak
21
- +31.4 Titanium Dioxide at #6, UV filter (UVA1 +4.8)
- ×0.6 Almost no UVA1, poor aging protection
- +2 Label claims (SPF 80)
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Health safety
High
93
- +100 Starting score
- −7 Retinyl Palmitate at #28, disputed vitamin-A sunlight signal, under review
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Allergens
Low
70
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −12 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
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White cast
Medium
50
- +100 Starting score
- −35 Titanium Dioxide at #6
- −15 Pure mineral formula
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Eye sting
Low
98
- +100 Starting score
- −8 Fragrance
- +6 Mineral filter system, low-sting filters
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Heavy feel
Medium
37
- +100 Starting score
- −16 Titanium Dioxide at #6
- −14 Petrolatum at #5, heaviest occlusive
- −10 Paraffinum Liquidum at #2, heavy oil
- −8 Stearic Acid at #3, rich gel-network thickener
- −5 Stearyl Alcohol at #4, rich gel-network thickener
- −10 Mineral suspended in a dense emollient base (basic)
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Fungal acne
High
32
- +100 Starting score
- −18 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 80)
- −9 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Lecithin)
- −23 2 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate, Glyceryl Linoleate)
- −18 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Stearic Acid), weak Malassezia signal
- +0 Paraffinum Liquidum at #2, a safe base that does not feed Malassezia
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Fabric stains
Low
90
- +100 Starting score
- −10 Titanium Dioxide at #6, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- ← 1 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- → 1 Glycerin at #13, the anchor humectant
- → 2 Hyaluronic Acid at #31, hyaluronic family
- → 1 1 strong humectants (Sorbitol)
- → 1 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Stearyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Dewy
MatteDewy
- ← 1 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- → 13 Occlusives seal moisture in (Paraffinum Liquidum, Petrolatum)
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Makeup base
Poor
PillsPrimer
- ← 7 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Carbomer)
- ← 20 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
- ← 6 High mineral load at #6 greys under foundation
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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 (31)
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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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 10 heavy oil
- 8 → dewy occlusive
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 8 rich gel-network thickener
- ↑ 18 minor malassezia feeder
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- ↑ 5 rich gel-network thickener
- 1 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin
- ↑ 14 heaviest occlusive
- 5 → dewy occlusive
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Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide)
- ↑ 31.4 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 10 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
- pills ← 6 High mineral load greys under foundation
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7 Carbomer
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 18 feeds malassezia
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10 Stearic Acid
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Supporting ingredient
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Supporting ingredient
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13 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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pH adjuster
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Volatile silicone, flashes off for a light finish
- light ← 1 volatile carrier, flashes off
- matte ← 1 volatile carrier, flashes off
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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17 Dimethiconol
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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21 Fragrance
Fragrance
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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23 Sorbitol
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant
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24 Lecithin
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Supporting ingredient
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Supporting ingredient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↓ 7 disputed vitamin-A sunlight signal, under review
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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30 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
Is Skin Doctors Sun Protection Face Cream a good sunscreen?
Its protection is rated weak and it scores 49.0/100, the lowest in its group. A single Titanium Dioxide filter generally struggles to deliver consistent broad-spectrum coverage.
Is the Skin doctors Sun Protection Face Cream SPF 80 mineral or chemical?
It is a pure mineral sunscreen, using Titanium Dioxide alone.
Does it leave a white cast?
It can leave a moderate white cast, and the formula feels moderately heavy with a dewy finish. It rates poor under makeup.