Olay Niacinamide + SPF30

Olay Niacinamide + SPF30 Olay Niacinamide + SPF30 ingredients explained: Aqua, Octocrylene, Zea Mays Starch, Homosalate, Niacinamide, Glycerin, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Dimethicone, Tocopheryl Acetate, Panthenol, Caprylyl Glycol, Dimethiconol, Cetearyl Glucoside, Cetearyl Alcohol, Stearic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Stearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Behenyl Alcohol, Arachidyl Alcohol, Disodium EDTA, PEG-100 Stearate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sodium Polyacrylate Starch, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Octocrylene sunscreen Zea Mays Starch viscosity controlling, abrasive/​scrub Homosalate Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Ethylhexyl Salicylate Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane goodie Dimethicone emollient 0, 1 Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Dimethiconol emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Cetearyl Glucoside emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Palmitic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, emulsifying 0, 2 Stearyl Alcohol 2, 2 Cetyl Alcohol Behenyl Alcohol Arachidyl Alcohol Disodium EDTA chelating PEG-100 Stearate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying 1,2-Hexanediol Sodium Polyacrylate Starch viscosity controlling Phenoxyethanol preservative Parfum perfuming icky Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product. It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water. Expand to read more Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying. One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time. An oil-soluble chemical sunscreen agent that protects skin in the UVB and somewhat in the UVA II range with a peak absorption of 304 nm. Its protection is not strong enough on its own but it is quite photostable (loses 10% of SPF protection in 95 mins) and is often used to stabilize other photo-unstable UV-filters, for example, Avobenzone. It is also often used to improve the water resistance of the products. Octocrylene's safety profile is generally quite good, though a review study in Contact Dermatitis reports an "increasing number of patients with photo contact allergy to octocrylene." Mainly adults with ketoprofen-sensitivity and children with sensitive skin are affected, so if you have a small kid, it is probably better to use octocrylene-free sunscreens. A corn-derived, white to yellowish, floury powder that works as a handy helper ingredient to create nice feeling emulsions. It gives a generally pleasant skin feel, has some mattifying effect (though rice starch is better at that), it reduces greasiness and tackiness and helps the formula to spread easily without whitening or shininess. An oil-soluble chemical sunscreen agent that protects the skin from UVB (295-315 nm) with a peak protection at 306 nm. Homosalate is not a strong UV filter in and of itself (gives only SPF 4.3 protection at max. allowed 10% concentration) and it is not photostable (looses 10% of its SPF protection in 45 mins) so it always has to be combined with other sunscreens for proper protection. Its big advantage, though, is that it is a liquid and is excellent for dissolving other hard to solubilize powder sunscreen agents, like the famous Avobenzone. Regarding Homosalate's safety profile, we do not have the best news. In-vitro (made in the labs) studies have shown that it might have some estrogenic activity. Do not panic, these studies were not conducted on real humans under real world conditions. Still, if you are a 'better safe than sorry' type, be careful when using Homosalate containing sunscreens long-term and full-body. As of 2020, Homosalate is permitted to be used up to 10% in the EU and 15% in the US, but the EU is currently considering restricting it to only 1.4% (probably taking effect from 2022). A multi-functional skincare superstar with several proven benefits for the skin Great anti-aging, wrinkle smooth what‑it‑does viscosity controlling | abrasive/scrub cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. soothing | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient emollient | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | viscosity controlling skin-identical ingredient | emollient | emulsifying surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying

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