StriVectin Super- SCPF 30
64/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
StriVectin Super-C SPF 30 Vitamin C Moisturizer 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, but it carries a high chance of stinging, so it is best kept away from the eye area. Protection is rated good. Scoring 63.9, it is a serviceable vitamin C moisturizer with SPF that works okay under makeup.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Good
59
- +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
- Γ0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
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Health safety
Medium
46
- +100 Starting score
- β40 Homosalate at #2 (regulatory/evidence concern)
- β10.5 Octocrylene at #4, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- β3.5 Avobenzone at #1, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens
Low
67
- +100 Starting score
- β18 Fragrance
- β9 5 declared fragrance allergens
- β3 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
- β3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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Eye sting
High
27
- +100 Starting score
- β24 Avobenzone at #1, migrates into eyes with sweat
- β15 Octocrylene at #4, migrates into eyes with sweat
- β9 Homosalate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
- β9 Octisalate at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
- β8 Fragrance
- β8 5 declared fragrance allergens
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Comedogenic
Low
99
- +100 Starting score
- β1 Glycine Soja Oil at #20, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne
Medium
71
- +100 Starting score
- β18 2 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Glycine Soja Oil, Lecithin)
- β9 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate)
- β2 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Cetearyl Glucoside), weak Malassezia signal
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Fabric stains
High
25
- +100 Starting score
- β50 Avobenzone at #1, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
- β15 Octocrylene at #4, co-stains alongside avobenzone
- β10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- β 1 Glycerin at #19, the anchor humectant
- β 1 Humectant polyols
- β 1 1 emollient lipids (Glycine Soja Oil)
- β 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- β 3 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
- β 1 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer)
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.
How we rate water resistance βSkincare extras
Beneficial actives this formula contains. Informational only, not part of the rating: their effect depends on a concentration the label does not disclose.
- β¨ Vitamin C
Full ingredient list (47)
What each ingredient does and how it moves each rating: green helps, red hurts, β / β give the direction, and β / β 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
- β 30 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- β 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- β 24 migrates into eyes with sweat
- β 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
- β 12 UV protection
- β 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octisalate), high in the list, a primary filter
- β 8 UV protection
- β 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene)
- β 15.2 UV protection
- β 10.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
- β 15 migrates into eyes with sweat
- β 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
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5 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 β nourishing humectant polyol
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- 0.5 β nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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12 Mannitol
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Supporting ingredient
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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19 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 β nourishing the anchor humectant
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Plant oil, an emollient
- β 1 moderate comedogenic signal
- 1 β nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 β dewy emollient lipid
- β 9 feeds malassezia
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- β 2 minor malassezia feeder
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23 Lecithin
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- β 9 feeds malassezia
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24 Ubiquinone
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- β 9 feeds malassezia
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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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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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pH adjuster
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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37 Fragrance
Fragrance
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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40 Citric Acid
pH adjuster
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41 Limonene
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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42 Linalool
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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44 Geraniol
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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45 Citral
Fragrance component, a declared allergen
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46 Ci 19140
Colorant or pigment
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47 FD&C Red 40
Colorant or pigment
Does StriVectin Super-C SPF 30 sting?
It carries a high chance of stinging, so it is best kept away from the eye area. White cast is low and the finish is balanced and lightweight.
Is the StriVectin Super- SCPF 30 mineral or chemical?
It is a chemical day cream on older-generation filters: Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, homosalate, ethylhexyl salicylate, and octocrylene.
Is StriVectin Super-C SPF 30 a good sunscreen?
It scores 63.9 out of 100 with good protection. It is a serviceable vitamin C moisturizer with SPF that works okay under makeup.