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Ursa Major Force Field Daily Defense Lotion Spf 18

Ursa Major SPF 18
Ursa Major Force Field Daily Defense Lotion Spf 18

71/100 overall score

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Ingredient & SPF scores

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UV protection

Moderate 41
  • +41 Zinc Oxide at #1, UV filter (UVA1 +18)
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Health safety

High 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Allergens

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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White cast

Low 64
  • +100 Starting score
  • −28 Zinc Oxide, 10% declared
  • −8 Pure mineral formula (10% total declared)
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Eye sting

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Heavy feel

Medium 54
  • +100 Starting score
  • −18 Zinc Oxide, 10% declared
  • −10 Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit at #5, butter/occlusive fat
  • −18 Mineral suspended in a dense emollient base (strong)
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Comedogenic

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Fungal acne

High 28
  • +100 Starting score
  • −18 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Sorbitan Stearate)
  • −38 2 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
  • −14 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Glyceryl Stearate)
  • −2 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Cetearyl Glucoside), weak Malassezia signal
  • +0 Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil at #12, jojoba wax ester, fungal-acne exception (not penalized)
  • +0 Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride at #3, a safe base that does not feed Malassezia
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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

Nourishing
LightNourishing
  • ← 5 Zinc Oxide at #1, mild sebum absorbent
  • → 10 Glycerin at #4, the anchor humectant
  • → 2 Sodium Hyaluronate at #24, hyaluronic family
  • → 12 4 emollient lipids (Squalane, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, …)
  • → 4 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
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Finish

Dewy
MatteDewy
  • → 18 4 emollient lipids (Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit, Squalane, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, …)
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Makeup base

Poor
PillsPrimer
  • ← 4 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
  • ← 3 Humectant syrup tackiness
  • ← 15 High mineral load at #1 greys under foundation
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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.

  • ✨ Aloe vera

Full ingredient list (25)

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 Zinc Oxide

    Mineral UV filter (Zinc Oxide), high in the list, a primary filter

    • ↑ 41 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
    • ↑ 28 10% declared
    • ↑ 18 10% declared
    • ↑ 15 white marks, worst on dark fabric (washable)
    • light ← 5 mild sebum absorbent
    • pills ← 15 High mineral load greys under foundation
  2. Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  3. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • 4 → nourishing light emollient
  4. 4 Glycerin

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 10 → nourishing the anchor humectant
  5. Botanical extract

    • ↑ 10 butter/occlusive fat
    • 4 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 6 → dewy emollient lipid
    • ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
  6. Supporting ingredient

  7. 7 Squalane

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • 4 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 6 → dewy emollient lipid
  8. 8 Citric Acid

    pH adjuster

  9. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
  10. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 18 feeds malassezia
  11. Botanical extract

    • 2 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 3 → dewy emollient lipid
    • ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
  12. Botanical extract

    • 2 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 3 → dewy emollient lipid
  13. 13 Cetyl Alcohol

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

  14. 14 Sodium Benzoate

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

  15. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 2 minor malassezia feeder
  16. Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

  17. Botanical extract

  18. Botanical extract

  19. Botanical extract

  20. 20 Sclerotium Gum

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  21. 21 Lysolecithin

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  22. 22 Pullulan

    Supporting ingredient

  23. 23 Xanthan Gum

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  24. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 2 → nourishing hyaluronic family
  25. 25 Sodium Phytate

    Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable

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