Soraya City S.O.S. Smoothing Cream-Shield For Dry And Sensitive Skin SPF 15
72/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Soraya City S.O.S. Smoothing Cream-Shield SPF 15 is a hybrid cream aimed at dry and sensitive skin, combining Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate with Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol. It wears lightweight with a balanced finish, keeps white cast low, and has low pore-clogging potential, so it is generally comfortable for daily use. With good rated protection at the SPF 15 level and a 72.3/100 score, it suits everyday wear rather than high-sun exposure.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Good
56
- +17.1 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #4, UV filter
- +45.6 Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol at #5, UV filter (UVA1 +17.1)
- −0.3 UVB coverage saturated
- ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
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Health safety
High
64
- +100 Starting score
- −36 Octinoxate at #4 (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens
Low
70
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −5 3 declared fragrance allergens
- −7 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
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White cast
Low
88
- +100 Starting score
- −12 Tinosorb M at #5, may look bluish-grey on deeper skin tones
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Eye sting
Low
77
- +100 Starting score
- −11 Octinoxate at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 Fragrance
- −4 2 declared fragrance allergens
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Heavy feel
Low
98
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit at #18, butter/occlusive fat
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Fungal acne
Low
77
- +100 Starting score
- −9 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
- −14 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate)
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Moisture
Nourishing
LightNourishing
- ← 3 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Distarch Phosphate)
- → 16 Glycerin at #2, the anchor humectant
- → 2 Sodium Hyaluronate at #16, hyaluronic family
- → 2 1 strong humectants (Trehalose)
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
- → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 3 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Distarch Phosphate)
- ← 3 1 dry-touch emollients reduce greasy shine (Dibutyl Adipate)
- → 7 2 emollient lipids (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
- → 4 1 slippy emollient esters (Ethylhexyl Stearate)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 3 1 soft-focus powders in moderation
- → 5 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 1 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Carbomer, Sodium Polyacrylate)
- ← 3.5 Humectant syrup tackiness (partly offset by the base)
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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 (37)
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
- matte ← 3 dry-touch emollient, anti-shine
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Legacy UV filter (Octinoxate)
- ↑ 17.1 UV protection
- ↑ 11 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Modern UV filter, broad-spectrum and photostable (Tinosorb M)
- ↑ 45.6 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 12 may look bluish-grey on deeper skin tones
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 6 → dewy emollient lipid
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 4 → dewy slippy emollient ester
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 3 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 3 sebum-absorbing powder
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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12 Trehalose
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing humectant
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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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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Botanical extract
- ↑ 2 butter/occlusive fat
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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23 Carbomer
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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pH adjuster
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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28 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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29 BHT
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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30 Citric Acid
pH adjuster
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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34 Fragrance
Fragrance
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35 Linalool
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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37 Citronellol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
Is Soraya City S.O.S. mineral or chemical?
It is a hybrid. It pairs the chemical filter Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate with Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol, a modern broad-spectrum filter.
Is the Soraya City S.O.S. Smoothing Cream-Shield For Dry And Sensitive Skin SPF 15 good for dry and sensitive skin?
It is aimed at exactly that. The cream wears lightweight with a balanced finish, keeps white cast low, and has low pore-clogging potential, so it is generally gentle for daily use.
What SPF is it?
It is SPF 15 with good rated protection at that level and a 72.3/100 score, so it suits everyday wear rather than intense sun exposure.