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Teratu Beauty UV Protect Moist Sunscreen SPF 30

Teratu Beauty SPF 30
Teratu Beauty UV Protect Moist Sunscreen SPF 30

67/100 overall score

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Ingredient & SPF scores

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UV protection

Moderate 42
  • +26.4 Titanium Dioxide at #9, UV filter (UVA1 +4)
  • +10.8 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #13, UV filter
  • +18 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #14, UV filter (UVA1 +9.6)
  • +4.8 Octocrylene at #21, UV filter
  • ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
  • ×0.75 Avobenzone + octinoxate degrade each other in sunlight
  • +1 Label claims (SPF 30)
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Health safety

Medium 50
  • +100 Starting score
  • −36 Octinoxate at #13 (regulatory/evidence concern)
  • −10.5 Octocrylene at #21, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
  • −3.5 Avobenzone at #14, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens

Low 97
  • +100 Starting score
  • −3 Photoallergen-tail UV filters (Octocrylene)
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White cast

Low 85
  • +100 Starting score
  • −15 Titanium Dioxide at #9
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Eye sting

Low 93
  • +100 Starting score
  • −3 Avobenzone at #14, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −2 Octocrylene at #21, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −2 Octinoxate at #13, migrates into eyes with sweat
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Heavy feel

Low 96
  • +100 Starting score
  • −6 Titanium Dioxide at #9
  • +1.5 Volatile silicone at #7, flashes off
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Comedogenic

Low 99
  • +100 Starting score
  • −1 Olea Europaea Fruit Oil at #24, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne

High 32
  • +100 Starting score
  • −18 2 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Lecithin)
  • −50 5 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, PEG-75 Stearate)
  • +0 Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride at #2, a safe base that does not feed Malassezia
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Fabric stains

Medium 42
  • +100 Starting score
  • −28 Avobenzone at #14, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
  • −15 Octocrylene at #21, co-stains alongside avobenzone
  • −10 Avobenzone + Octocrylene, the classic staining pair
  • −5 Titanium Dioxide at #9, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture

Hydrating
LightNourishing
  • ← 1.5 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica)
  • ← 5 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
  • → 10 Glycerin at #5, the anchor humectant
  • → 2 Sodium Hyaluronate at #32, hyaluronic family
  • → 1 1 strong humectants (Polyglutamic Acid)
  • → 1 1 emollient lipids (Olea Europaea Fruit Oil)
  • → 4 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
  • → 0.5 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetyl Alcohol)
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Finish

Balanced
MatteDewy
  • ← 1 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica)
  • ← 4 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
  • → 1 1 emollient lipids (Olea Europaea Fruit Oil)
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Makeup base

Okay
PillsPrimer
  • → 5 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
  • ← 4 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Sodium Polyacrylate)
  • ← 3 Humectant syrup tackiness
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Water resistance

Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant

Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.

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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
  • ✨ Vitamin E

Full ingredient list (45)

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. 1 Water

    Solvent base, the water phase

  2. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • 4 → nourishing light emollient
  3. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 36 feeds malassezia
  4. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
  5. 5 Glycerin

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 10 → nourishing the anchor humectant
  6. 6 Niacinamide

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  7. Volatile silicone, flashes off for a light finish

    • light ← 5 volatile carrier, flashes off
    • matte ← 4 volatile carrier, flashes off
  8. 8 Nylon 6/12

    Supporting ingredient

  9. Mineral UV filter (Titanium Dioxide), low in the list, likely a minor contributor

    • ↑ 26.4 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
    • ↑ 5 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
  10. 10 Phenoxyethanol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  11. Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  12. 12 Cetyl Alcohol

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

    • 0.5 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
  13. Legacy UV filter (Octinoxate), low in the list, likely a minor contributor

    • ↑ 10.8 UV protection
    • ↑ 2 migrates into eyes with sweat
  14. Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone), low in the list, likely a minor contributor

    • ↑ 18 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
    • ↓ 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
    • ↑ 3 migrates into eyes with sweat
    • ↑ 28 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
  15. Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

  16. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  17. 17 Butylene Glycol

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  18. 18 PEG-75 Stearate

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  19. 19 Ceteth-20

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  20. 20 Steareth-20

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  21. 21 Octocrylene

    Legacy UV filter (Octocrylene), low in the list, likely a minor contributor

    • ↑ 4.8 UV protection
    • ↓ 10.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
    • ↑ 2 migrates into eyes with sweat
    • ↑ 15 co-stains alongside avobenzone
  22. 22 Silica

    Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish

    • light ← 1.5 sebum-absorbing powder
    • matte ← 1 sebum-absorbing powder
  23. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  24. Botanical extract

    • ↑ 1 moderate comedogenic signal
    • 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 1 → dewy emollient lipid
    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  25. 25 Disodium EDTA

    Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable

  26. Botanical extract

  27. 27 Dimethicone

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  28. 28 Lecithin

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  29. Botanical extract

  30. Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin

    • 1 → nourishing humectant
  31. 31 1,2-Hexanediol

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  32. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
  33. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  34. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  35. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  36. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  37. Botanical extract

  38. Botanical extract

  39. Botanical extract

  40. Botanical extract

  41. Botanical extract

  42. 42 Madecassoside

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  43. Botanical extract

  44. Botanical extract

  45. Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable

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