PCA Skin Weightless Protection Broad Spectrum SPF 45

PCA Skin Weightless Protection Broad Spectrum SPF 45 PCA Skin Weightless Protection Broad Spectrum SPF 45 ingredients explained: Octisalate (4.9%), Octocrylene (1.9%), Zinc Oxide (8.4%), Avena Sativa (Oat) Bran Extract, Bisabolol, Butylene Glycol, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Caffeine, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Caprylyl Methicone, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Extract, Cucumis Melo Cantalupensis Fruit Extract, Cucumis Melo (Melon) Fruit Extract, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Ectoin, Ethyl Ferulate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Extract, Mentha Viridis (Spearmint) Extract, Octyldodecyl Neopentanoate, Oleth-3 Phosphate, Passiflora Incarnata Fruit Extract, PEG-7 Trimethylolpropane Coconut Ether, Phenoxyethanol, Polyisobutene, Propanediol, Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract, Rose Extract, Santalum Album (Sandalwood) Wood Extract, Silybum Marianum Seed Extract, Sodium Hya Show all ingredients by function Octisalate (4.9%) sunscreen 0, 0 Octocrylene (1.9%) Zinc Oxide (8.4%) 0, 1 goodie Avena Sativa (Oat) Bran Extract soothing, abrasive/​scrub Bisabolol soothing Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Butyloctyl Salicylate solvent Caffeine antioxidant, perfuming Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Caprylyl Methicone Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Extract perfuming, viscosity controlling Cucumis Melo Cantalupensis Fruit Extract Cucumis Melo (Melon) Fruit Extract Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract soothing, emollient Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Dimethicone Ectoin antioxidant, soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Ethyl Ferulate antioxidant Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer viscosity controlling Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Extract surfactant/​cleansing Mentha Viridis (Spearmint) Extract Octyldodecyl Neopentanoate Oleth-3 Phosphate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying 2, 2 Passiflora Incarnata Fruit Extract PEG-7 Trimethylolpropane Coconut Ether emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Phenoxyethanol Polyisobutene Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract moisturizer/​humectant Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract antioxidant, soothing Rose Extract Santalum Album (Sandalwood) Wood Extract perfuming Silybum Marianum Seed Extract Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer Tocopheryl Acetate Triethoxycaprylylsilane Undecylcrylene Dimethicone Water A colorless to light yellowish oily liquid that works as a UVB (280-320nm) sunscreen filter with a peak absorbance at 306 nm. It's not a strong filter in itself, it's always used in combination with other sunscreen agents to further enhance the SPF and to solubilize other solid UV filters. It has a good safety profile and is allowed to be used at a max concentration of 5% both in the US and in Europe (10% is allowed in Japan). 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. 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 what‑it‑does irritancy, com. soothing | abrasive/scrub moisturizer/humectant | solvent antioxidant | perfuming perfuming | viscosity controlling soothing | emollient emollient | solvent antioxidant | soothing | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant

Open original product source