First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Face Moisturizer With Sunscreen SPF 30 Versus Vanicream Facial Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30

First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Face Moisturizer With Sunscreen SPF 30 Versus Vanicream Facial Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Detailed comparison of First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Face Moisturizer With Sunscreen SPF 30 versus Vanicream Facial Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30. This hybrid sunscreen covers the full UV range and blocks ~97% of UVB at SPF 30. This mineral sunscreen covers the full UV range and blocks ~97% of UVB at SPF 30. Octocrylene 10% Zinc Oxide 10.13% Water Isononyl Isononanoate Glycerin Dimethicone C13-15 Alkane Polyglyceryl-6 Stearate Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate Ethylhexyl Methoxycrylene C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate Polysorbate 20 Phenoxyethanol Glyceryl Stearate Cetearyl Alcohol Hydrogen Dimethicone Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer Xanthan Gum Isohexadecane Chrysanthemum Parthenium Extract Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract Polyhydroxystearic Acid Polysorbate 60 Sodium Benzoate Potassium Sorbate Sorbitan Isostearate Tetrasodium EDTA Octocrylene 10%, Zinc Oxide 10.13%, Water, Isononyl Isononanoate, Glycerin, Dimethicone, C13-15 Alkane, Polyglyceryl-6 Stearate, Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate, Ethylhexyl Methoxycrylene, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Polysorbate 20, Phenoxyethanol, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Hydrogen Dimethicone, Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Xanthan Gum, Isohexadecane, Chrysanthemum Parthenium Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Polysorbate 60, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Sorbitan Isostearate, Tetrasodium EDTA Zinc Oxide Isopentyldiol Squalane Coco-Caprylate/Caprate Bis-Octyldodecyl Dimer Dilinoleate/Propanediol Copolymer PEG-100 Stearate Sucrose Stearate Ceramide EOP Ceramide Ng Ceramide NP Ceramide As Ceramide AP Carnosine Phytosterols Hydrogenated Lecithin Triethoxycaprylylsilane Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-11 Caprylyl Glycol 1,2-Hexanediol Zinc Oxide, Water, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Isopentyldiol, Squalane, Glycerin, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Bis-Octyldodecyl Dimer Dilinoleate/Propanediol Copolymer, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Cetearyl Alcohol, Sucrose Stearate, Ceramide EOP, Ceramide Ng, Ceramide NP, Ceramide As, Ceramide AP, Carnosine, Phytosterols, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Dimethicone, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-11, Caprylyl Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol These ingredients are found in both products. Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount. C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate is a lightweight emollient made by combinig benzoic acid with fatty alcohols that are 12-15 carbons long. In cosmetics, it plays several roles: The Cosmetic Review Expert Panel has concluded the alkyl benzoate group to be safe as used in cosmetics; it wasn't found to be a skin irritant and unlikely to be absorbed due to its low water solubility. This report recorded almost 1000 reported uses with concentrations up to 59% in leave-on products but your cosmetics will typically use 0.5-15% depending on the product. It's often called a "SPF booster": this is because it keeps UV filters properly dissolved and evenly distributed to support a sunscreen's performance. It doesn't actually raise SPF on its own. Overall, this ingredient is well tolerated. This ingredient is fungal acne safe because it is an ester of benzoic acid. Think of this ingredient as two parts stuck together: an oily part and an acid part. Malassezia only gets a meal when it can snip off a fatty acid to eat. With C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, the acid part is benzoic acid, which isn't a fatty acid and which the yeast can't use as food. Benzoic acid is actually used as a preservative to stop yeast from growing. The oily part is a blend of C12-15 fatty alcohols but fatty alcohols in this size range can support only a little Malassezia growth (mostly for one species of Malassezia as well). In the ingredient, those alcohols stay locked inside the molecule. The yeast can only reach them by snipping the benzoate bond, and that type of bond is harder for it to cut than a normal fatty bond. So not much gets released. And whatever does get snipped comes packaged with benzoic acid, which discourages yeast growth. Cetearyl alcohol is a waxy mixture of two fatty alcohols: cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol. It is an emollient and emulsifier. Despite having "alcohol" in its name, it has nothing to do with drying solvent alcohols; the FDA also allows "alcohol-free" products to contain fatty alcohols like this ingredient. It plays several roles in a formula: Typical use levels for this ingredient sit around 1-10% and the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel has affirmed safety at concentrations up to 25% in leave-on products. Multiple assessments have found it to be non-irritating and non-sensitizing to most people. However, there have been some cases of allergic contact dermatitis in patients with chronically compromised skin barriers. Cetearyl alcohol has a comedogenic rating of 2 and irritancy rating of 1. Both of these numbers come from the 1989 study that used rabbit ears; a "2" means mildly comedogenic and a "1" means low irritancy. Here's the catch: rabbit skin is more sensitive than human skin and throws a lot of false positives. A 1996 reappraisal found that ingredients rated 1-2 in the rabbit ear tests are generally safe for humans. Remember