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PCA Skin Sheer Tint Eye Triple Complex Broad Spectrum Spf30
PCA Skin Sheer Tint Eye Triple Complex Broad Spectrum Spf30 PCA Skin Sheer Tint Eye Triple Complex Broad Spectrum Spf30 ingredients explained: Zinc Oxide (15%), Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5, Albizia Julibrissin Bark Extract, Arachidyl Alcohol, Arachidyl Glucoside, Be
PCA Skin Sheer Tint Eye Triple Complex Broad Spectrum Spf30 PCA Skin Sheer Tint Eye Triple Complex Broad Spectrum Spf30 ingredients explained: Zinc Oxide (15%), Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5, Albizia Julibrissin Bark Extract, Arachidyl Alcohol, Arachidyl Glucoside, Behenyl Alcohol, Bisabolol, Butylene Glycol, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Cellulose Gum, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Citric Acid, Coco-Glucoside, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Darutoside, Diheptyl Succinate, Dimethicone, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glycerin, Iron Oxides, Microcrystalline Cellulose, N-Prolyl Palmitoyl Tripeptide-56 Acetate, Octyldodecyl Oleate, Pentylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Silica, Sodium Gluconate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Tocopherol, Water/Aqua/Eau Show all ingredients by function Zinc Oxide (15%) sunscreen 0, 1 goodie Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/humectant Albizia Julibrissin Bark Extract Arachidyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling Arachidyl Glucoside emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Behenyl Alcohol Bisabolol soothing Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent Butyloctyl Salicylate solvent Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter emollient Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/humectant, emollient Cellulose Gum viscosity controlling 0, 0 Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing 1, 2 Cetyl Alcohol 2, 2 Citric Acid buffering Coco-Glucoside surfactant/cleansing Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 4 Darutoside Diheptyl Succinate Dimethicone Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant superstar Iron Oxides colorant Microcrystalline Cellulose N-Prolyl Palmitoyl Tripeptide-56 Acetate Octyldodecyl Oleate Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/humectant Phenoxyethanol Polyhydroxystearic Acid emulsifying Silica Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/humectant Sodium Hyaluronate Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Water/Aqua/Eau When it comes to sunscreen agents, Zinc Oxide is pretty much in a league of its own. It's a physical (or inorganic) sunscreen that has a lot in common with fellow inorganic sunscreen Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) but a couple of things make it superior even to TiO2. If physical sunscreens don't tell you anything, go ahead and read about the basics here. Most of what we wrote about Titanium Dioxide is also true for Zinc Oxide so we will focus here on the differences. Expand to read more The first main difference is that while TiO2 gives a nice broad spectrum protection, Zinc Oxide has an even nicer and even broader spectrum protection. It protects against UVB, UVA II, and UVA I almost uniformly, and is considered to be the broadest range sunscreen available today. It's also highly stable and non-irritating. So much so that Zinc Oxide also counts as a skin protectant and anti-irritant. It's also often used to treat skin irritations such as diaper rash. As for the disadvantages, Zinc Oxide is also not cosmetically elegant. It leaves a disturbing whitish tint on the skin, although, according to a 2000 research paper by Dr. Pinnell, it's slightly less white than TiO2. Still, it's white and disturbing enough to use Zinc Oxide nanoparticles more and more often. We wrote more about nanoparticles and the concerns around them here, but the gist is that if nanoparticles were absorbed into the skin that would be a reason for legitimate health concerns. But luckily, so far research shows that sunscreen nanoparticles are not absorbed but remain on the surface of the skin or in the uppermost (dead) layer of the skin. This seems to be true even if the skin is damaged, for example, sunburnt. All in all, if you've found a Zinc Oxide sunscreen that you are happy to use every single day, that's fantastic and we suggest you stick with it. It's definitely one of the best, or probably even the best option out there for sun protection available worldwide. A four amino acid peptide that is claimed to improve puffy eye bags via its anti-oedema and anti-glycation effects. To back this claim up, the manufacturer created an in-vivo study with 20 volunteers using 10% of EYESERYL (that comes down to 0.01% (!) of the pure peptide) and found that by day 15, 70% of the volunteers improved, while 95% of the volunteers improved by the end of the study (60 days). About third of them improved only slightly, third of them showed an ok improvement and third showed a good improvement. They also have pretty convincing before and after photos, so we can tell you that for the lucky ones, the improvement can be real and visible. But, the thing is that puffiness around the eyes can have multiple reasons and one of the major ones is fat accumulation that might happen as we age. No miracle cream or ingredient can do much about that, however, another common reason is water accumulation. If the reason behind your eye bags is this latter one, trying an eye cream with Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5 can be a good what‑it‑does irritancy, com. cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | solvent moisturizer/humectant | emollient emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing surfactant/cleansing emollient | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant chelating | moisturizer/humectant