NIVEA Refreshing Day Face Cream
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NIVEA
Refreshing Day Face Cream
Moisturiser · Budget: £5.00
4.4 (850 reviews)· across Boots, Superdrug, Amazon UK
Ingredients: AI-inferred — not yet verified
Inferred formulation analysis: A lightweight daily hydrated moisturiser with SPF, though it contains drying alcohol and fragranced allergens.
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Estimated score out of 100
Formulation score is fixed across Selenssa · Community effectiveness awaiting more reports
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Suitable for normal skin seeking affordable daily moisture with SPF, provided you are not sensitive to alcohol or perfumes.
Be cautious if
Highly sensitive skin types, rosacea sufferers, or those reactive to synthetic fragrances and drying alcohol.
Against your clean standard
No, due to the presence of denatured alcohol, undisclosed parfum, and synthetic chemical UV filters.
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Does NIVEA Refreshing Day Face Cream contain parabens, sulfates or fragrance?
A straight yes or no for the ingredient groups people most often want to avoid, checked against this product's published formulation.
Free from parabens
Preservatives; the longer-chain ones (propyl, butyl) carry the endocrine questions.
Free from sulfates (sls / sles)
Strong cleansing agents that can strip a compromised barrier.
Free from silicones
Slip and occlusion; cyclic silicones (D4/D5/D6) are the environmentally restricted ones.
Contains fragrance / parfum
Found: parfum. Undisclosed fragrance blends are the most common trigger for sensitised skin.
Contains essential oils
Found: linalool, limonene. Naturally derived, but among the most frequently reported contact allergens.
Contains drying alcohol
Found: alcohol denat.. Fine in small amounts for texture; high up the list it can dehydrate.
Free from formaldehyde releasers
Preservatives that slowly release formaldehyde.
Contains chemical uv filters of concern
Found: octocrylene. Restricted or debated filters with endocrine or reef-persistence questions.
Is NIVEA Refreshing Day Face Cream non-comedogenic?
This formulation contains 1 ingredient commonly associated with clogged pores — cetearyl alcohol. That does not make it unsuitable for everyone: comedogenicity depends on concentration, the rest of the formula and your own skin. If you are acne-prone, patch test or choose one of the alternatives below.
Is NIVEA Refreshing Day Face Cream safe for sensitive skin?
Usually tolerated, but patch test if your skin reacts easily.
- Contains fragrance or parfum
- Contains essential oils or common fragrance allergens
- Contains a drying alcohol
Ingredients worth knowing about: Alcohol Denat., Octocrylene, Parfum, Linalool, Limonene.
NIVEA Refreshing Day Face Cream full ingredients list
12 ingredients analysed, in the order Selenssa assessed them. Concentration generally falls as you move down the list.
Aqua, Glycerin, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Alcohol Denat., Cetearyl Alcohol, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Octocrylene, Tocopheryl Acetate, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract, Parfum, Linalool, Limonene.
The actives doing the work: Glycerin (Attracts and retains essential moisture in the skin); Tocopheryl Acetate (Provides antioxidant defense against environmental stressors).
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