Y.O.U. Y.o.u - Advanced Youth Line-smoothing Peptide Day Cream SPF 15
49/100 overall score
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About this sunscreen
Y.O.U. Advanced Youth Line-smoothing Peptide Day Cream SPF 15 is a peptide day cream with light sun protection from a single older-generation filter, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate. It keeps white cast low, stays lightweight and wears with a balanced finish, with a non-stinging, low pore-clogging profile. With only weak protection at SPF 15 and a score of 49.0/100, it is best treated as a moisturizer with minor incidental cover rather than reliable sun protection.
Ingredient & SPF scores
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UV protection
Weak
3
- +5.4 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate at #38, UV filter
- ×0.6 Almost no UVA1, poor aging protection
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Health safety
High
64
- +100 Starting score
- −36 Octinoxate at #38 (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens
Low
70
- +100 Starting score
- −18 Fragrance
- −12 Opaque "Fragrance", hidden allergens that can't be checked from the label
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Eye sting
Low
90
- +100 Starting score
- −2 Octinoxate at #38, migrates into eyes with sweat
- −8 Fragrance
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Heavy feel
Low
93
- +100 Starting score
- −8 Cetearyl Alcohol at #3, rich gel-network thickener
- +1.2 Volatile hydrocarbon at #6, flashes off
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Fungal acne
Medium
51
- +100 Starting score
- −12 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Polysorbate 20)
- −9 1 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Lecithin)
- −23 2 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate)
- −5 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Cetearyl Glucoside), weak Malassezia signal
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Moisture
Nourishing
LightNourishing
- ← 1.5 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer)
- ← 4 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
- → 16 Glycerin at #2, the anchor humectant
- → 1 1 strong humectants (Sodium Lactate)
- → 1 Humectant polyols
- → 2 Light emollient/solvent (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)
- → 2 1 fatty-alcohol emollients (Cetearyl Alcohol)
- → 8 Ceramide barrier lipids with cholesterol/phytosphingosine partners
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Finish
Balanced
MatteDewy
- ← 1 1 sebum-absorbing powders (Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer)
- ← 4 Volatile carriers flash off, leaving a dry finish
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Makeup base
Okay
PillsPrimer
- → 3 Primer-style base, volatile silicones and dimethicone slip
- → 3 Quick-setting carrier, fast, even canvas
- ← 2.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Carbomer, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer)
- ← 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 (48)
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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Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind
- ↑ 8 rich gel-network thickener
- 2 → nourishing fatty-alcohol emollient
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant polyol
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
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Volatile hydrocarbon, flashes off for a light finish
- light ← 4 volatile carrier, flashes off
- matte ← 4 volatile carrier, flashes off
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Emollient, softens and smooths skin
- 2 → nourishing light emollient
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 14 feeds malassezia
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 5 minor malassezia feeder
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Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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19 Lecithin
Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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Supporting ingredient
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Botanical extract
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Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended
- ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
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Botanical extract
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26 Xanthan Gum
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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Botanical extract
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Botanical extract
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin
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pH adjuster
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33 Tocopherol
Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin
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Humectant, pulls water into the skin
- 1 → nourishing humectant
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35 Carbomer
Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream
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Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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37 Cholesterol
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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Legacy UV filter (Octinoxate), low in the list, likely a minor contributor
- ↑ 5.4 UV protection
- ↑ 2 migrates into eyes with sweat
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Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling
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pH adjuster
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Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish
- light ← 1.5 sebum-absorbing powder
- matte ← 1 sebum-absorbing powder
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42 Fragrance
Fragrance
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Botanical extract
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44 Ceramide NP
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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45 Ceramide AP
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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46 Ceramide EOP
Soothing, skin-conditioning active
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47 Ci 19140
Colorant or pigment
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48 Red 33
Colorant or pigment
How much sun protection does this Y.O.U. peptide cream give?
Protection is weak at SPF 15 from a single filter, so it is best treated as a moisturizer with minor incidental cover rather than reliable sun protection. It scores 49.0/100.
Is the Y.O.U. Y.o.u - Advanced Youth Line-smoothing Peptide Day Cream SPF 15 mineral or chemical?
It is chemical, using one older-generation filter, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate. There are no mineral filters.
Does it leave a white cast?
No, white cast is kept low. It stays lightweight with a balanced, non-stinging finish and a low pore-clogging profile.