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EltaMD Deluxe Mini UV Skin Recovery Broad Spectrum SPF 50 Face Sunscreen
What the ingredients say
Read from the label order, stated amounts and each ingredient’s clinical evidence
Dimethicone, a basic moisturising ingredient, is there in a good amount.
Lactic Acid is in, but its place on the label keeps it at 1% or less, short of what studies used.
For a sunscreen, daily use itself has the strongest evidence against spots and lines.
- no fragrance
Best-supported ingredient per concern
- Skin barrierDimethiconeevidence Blikely enough
- DrynessDimethiconeevidence B-likely enough
- LinesLactic Acidevidence B-below study amount
- Dark spotsLactic Acidevidence B-below study amount
Evidence-graded ingredients and how much is in
No amount is stated. Judging by products that state an evidence-graded ingredient at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 61%.
Skin barrier B · Dryness B-
It comes after a preservative the law caps at 1%, so it is at most 1% — short of what studies used (3–10%).
Dryness B+ · Skin barrier B
No amount is stated, and studies name no single amount. It sits after the 1% line (usually 1% or less).
Skin barrier B · Dryness B
No amount is stated, and studies name no single amount. It sits after the 1% line (usually 1% or less).
Dryness C · Skin barrier D
No amount is stated, and studies name no single amount. It sits after the 1% line (usually 1% or less).
Skin barrier C · Dryness C
2 more evidence-graded ingredients
It comes after a preservative the law caps at 1%, so it is at most 1% — short of what studies used (5–10%).
Lines B- · Dark spots B- · Dryness C
No amount is stated. Judging by 80 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 0%.
Lines D
How this was read
Labels list ingredients above 1% from most to least, then those at 1% or less in any order. Everything after Phenoxyethanol, which the law caps at 1% or less, is read as 1% or less. A product filed with Korea's MFDS as functional is read as holding the notified amount of its efficacy ingredient when the label carries only one for that effect, and anything listed before an ingredient of known amount as holding at least that much. Amounts in the product name or official description are used only where the label order allows them. Where no amount is stated, the chance of reaching the study amount comes from other products that state the same ingredient at the same place on their labels. Evidence grades were set by reading each ingredient's studies.
- A
- several randomised trials or a meta-analysis
- B
- one or two randomised trials
- C
- uncontrolled or multi-ingredient studies
- D
- lab work or a record only
A reading of ingredient evidence and the label, not a guarantee that this product works.
Ingredients
Full ingredient list as published on the official product page, in descending order of content.
All 39 ingredients at a glance
Colours follow each ingredient’s use (CosIng functions); the bar counts names. Not amounts, not a safety score.
Aqua, Dimethicone, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Ethylhexyl Methoxycrylene, Octyldodecyl Neopentanoate, Taurine, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Butylene Glycol, Estimated 1% or less from herePhenoxyethanol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Arginine, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Oleth-2 Phosphate, Oleth-2, Coco-Glucoside, Polyisobutene, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, PEG-7 Trimethylolpropane Coconut Ether, Salicyloyl Phytosphingosine, Tocopheryl Acetate, Glycerin, Tocopherol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Pongamia Pinnata Seed Extract, Glycine, Lactic Acid, Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate, Centella Asiatica Extract, Triethyl Citrate, Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate, Behenic Acid, Ceramide NP, Cholesterol, Glyceryl Stearate, Ceramide NS, Ceramide EOP, Ceramide AP, Sodium Cetearyl Sulfate
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