The Body Shop Aloe Soothing Moisture Lotion SPF 15 Versus First Aid Beauty 5 In 1 Face Cream SPF 30

The Body Shop Aloe Soothing Moisture Lotion SPF 15 Versus First Aid Beauty 5 In 1 Face Cream SPF 30 Detailed comparison of The Body Shop Aloe Soothing Moisture Lotion SPF 15 versus First Aid Beauty 5 In 1 Face Cream SPF 30. This calming day moisturizer is formulated around Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder and Panthenol to calm redness and hydrate skin. This brightening day moisturizer is formulated around Alpha-Arbutin and Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract to brighten dull-looking skin and hydrate skin. Ethylhexyl Salicylate 5% Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane 3% Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate 2.9% Octocrylene 2.2% Water C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate Glyceryl Stearate Glycerin Butylene Glycol Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Sorbitol Cetearyl Alcohol Potassium Cetyl Phosphate Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil Dimethicone Phenoxyethanol Caprylyl Glycol Panthenol Butyrospermum Parkii Butter Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder Xanthan Gum Carbomer Bisabolol Potassium Sorbate Tetrasodium EDTA Sodium Hydroxide Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer Pentylene Glycol BHT Avena Sativa Kernel Extract Citric Acid Ethylhexyl Salicylate 5%, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane 3%, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate 2.9%, Octocrylene 2.2%, Water, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Glyceryl Stearate, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sorbitol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil, Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Panthenol, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder, Xanthan Gum, Carbomer, Bisabolol, Potassium Sorbate, Tetrasodium EDTA, Sodium Hydroxide, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Pentylene Glycol, BHT, Avena Sativa Kernel Extract, Citric Acid Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate 5.6% Octocrylene 7.5% Water 4.8% Hydrogenated Lecithin Caprylyl Methicone Copaifera Officinalis Resin Phenyl Methicone Enteromorpha Compressa Extract Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum Alpha-Arbutin Phyllanthus Emblica Fruit Extract Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract Chrysanthemum Parthenium Extract Hydroxylated Lecithin Polysilicone-11 Methicone Polyhydroxystearic Acid Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer Isohexadecane Polysorbate 60 Sodium Benzoate Glyceryl Polyacrylate Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate 5.6%, Octocrylene 7.5%, Water 4.8%, Glycerin, Dimethicone, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Caprylyl Methicone, Copaifera Officinalis Resin, Phenyl Methicone, Enteromorpha Compressa Extract, Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum, Bisabolol, Alpha-Arbutin, Phyllanthus Emblica Fruit Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Chrysanthemum Parthenium Extract, Hydroxylated Lecithin, Polysilicone-11, Methicone, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Isohexadecane, Polysorbate 60, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Glyceryl Polyacrylate, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol These ingredients are found in both products. Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount. Bisabolol is a gentle skin conditioner, antioxidant, and soothing ingredient. It's primary claim to fame is soothing and research shows topically applied bisabolol can quiet the chemical messengers that cause your skin to become inflamed, helping to sooth any irritation. A clinical study found that applying 0.5% bisabolol daily for 8 weeks produced an average 9% decrease in skin pigmentation. Researchers found it can also suppress the process that leads to excess melanin production in skin. In vitro studies found that bisabolol combined with propylene glycol significantly increased skin permeability by increasing lipid fluidity in the stratum corneum. You'll likely see use concentrations quite low, usually 0.1-0.2%. Overall, this is a well-tolerated ingredient that works well in formulas designed for sensitive, reactive, or post-procedure skin. 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. Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride (aka MCT Oil) is a lightweight emollient, solvent, and texture enhancer. It is considered a skin-softener by helping to prevent moisture loss. Though it behaves like an oil, it is not technically one due to its chemical composition. One perk of this ingredient is that it