Urban Skin Rx Complexion Protection Moisturizer With SPF 30
76/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Urban Skin Rx Complexion Protection Moisturizer is an SPF 30 sunscreen that pairs zinc oxide with Ethylhexyl Salicylate. It wears light with a balanced finish and a low white-cast risk, though it rates poorly as a makeup base, so layering may need care. It scores 76/100, but with only moderate UV protection it leans more toward light daily wear than high-sun situations.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Moderate
50
- +41 Zinc Oxide at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +18)
- +8 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #2, UV filter
- +1 Label claims (SPF 30)
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White cast
Low
75
- +100 Starting score
- −28 Zinc Oxide, 11.6% declared
- +2.8 PHSA dispersant, fights agglomeration
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Eye sting
Low
91
- +100 Starting score
- −9 Octisalate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
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Fungal acne
Medium
56
- +100 Starting score
- −12 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Sorbitan Olivate)
- −32 3 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Cetearyl Olivate, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate)
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Fabric stains
Low
85
- +100 Starting score
- −15 Zinc Oxide at #1, white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
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Moisture
Balanced
LightNourishing
- ← 4.5 2 sebum-absorbing powders (Silica, Lauroyl Lysine)
- ← 1 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- ← 5 Zinc Oxide at #1, mild sebum absorbent
- → 4 Glycerin at #11, the anchor humectant
- → 2 Sodium Hyaluronate at #38, hyaluronic family
- → 1 Humectant polyols
- → 1 1 emollient lipids (Squalane)
- → 2 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 4 2 sebum-absorbing powders (Lauroyl Lysine, Silica)
- ← 1 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- → 4 2 emollient lipids (Squalane, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate)
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Makeup base
Poor
PillsPrimer
- → 1 Dry-touch esters, smooth fast-absorbing base
- ← 8 Powder overload over a film former, some pilling risk
- ← 15 High mineral load at #1 greys under foundation
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Water resistance
Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant
- +7 1 film-forming polymers that lock the formula on for water resistance
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
Full ingredient list (39)
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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Mineral UV filter (Zinc Oxide), high in the list, a primary filter
- ↑ 41 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
- ↑ 28 11.6% declared
- ↑ 18 11.6% declared
- ↑ 15 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
- light ← 5 mild sebum absorbent
- pills ← 15 High mineral load greys under foundation
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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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3 Water
Solvent base, the water phase
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 2 → nourishing light emollient
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant polyol
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Supporting ingredient
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 3 → dewy emollient lipid
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Film former, locks the formula onto skin for water resistance
- ↑ 7 film former
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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11 Glycerin
Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 4 → nourishing the anchor humectant
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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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13 Silica
Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 1.5 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 1 sebum-absorbing powder
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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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16 Niacinamide
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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23 Squalane
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
- 1 → dewy emollient lipid
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Filter booster, photostabilizes the UV filters or lifts their SPF
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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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27 Lactic Acid
pH adjuster
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28 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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34 Tridecane
Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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pH adjuster
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- light ← 1 volatile carrier, flashes off
- matte ← 1 volatile carrier, flashes off
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Botanical extract
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
Does the Urban Skin Rx Complexion Protection Moisturizer With SPF 30 work under makeup?
It may be tricky. The makeup-base fit is rated poor, so layering could need care even though it wears light with a balanced finish.
Is the Urban Skin Rx Complexion Protection Moisturizer With SPF 30 mineral or chemical?
It is a hybrid: it pairs zinc oxide, a mineral filter, with the chemical filter Ethylhexyl Salicylate.
Is it any good?
It scores 76/100, but UV protection is only moderate, so it leans toward light daily wear rather than high-sun situations.