Ekel Soothing & Moisture Peptide Sun Block

Ekel Soothing & Moisture Peptide Sun Block Ekel Soothing & Moisture Peptide Sun Block ingredients explained: Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Zinc Oxide, Titanium Dioxide, PEG-10 Dimethicone, 4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor, Beeswax, Isododecane, Glycerin, Cyclohexasiloxane, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Magnesium Sulfate, Aluminum Hydroxide, Stearic Acid, Methicone, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Propylene Carbonate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, BHT, 1,2-Hexanediol, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Propylparaben, Methylparaben, Fragrance Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate sunscreen 0, 0 Zinc Oxide 0, 1 goodie Titanium Dioxide sunscreen, colorant PEG-10 Dimethicone emulsifying 4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor icky Beeswax emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, perfuming 0, 0-2 Isododecane Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Cyclohexasiloxane Sorbitan Sesquioleate 0, 0-1 Magnesium Sulfate viscosity controlling Aluminum Hydroxide emollient, moisturizer/​humectant, viscosity controlling Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Methicone emollient Disteardimonium Hectorite Propylene Carbonate solvent, viscosity controlling Triethoxycaprylylsilane BHT antioxidant, preservative 1,2-Hexanediol Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Propylparaben preservative, perfuming Methylparaben preservative Fragrance perfuming 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. A super commonly used 5 unit long, cyclic structured silicone that is water-thin and does not stay on the skin but evaporates from it (called volatile silicone). Similar to other silicones, it gives skin and hair a silky, smooth feel. It's often combined with the non-volatile (i.e. stays on the skin) dimethicone as the two together form a water-resistant, breathable protective barrier on the skin without a negative tacky feel. A clear, oil-soluble, "cosmetically-elegant" liquid that is the most commonly used chemical sunscreen. It absorbs UVB radiation (at wavelengths: 280-320 nm) with a peak protection at 310nm. It only protects against UVB and not UVA rays (the 320-400 nm range) – so always choose products that contain other sunscreens too. It is not very stable either, when exposed to sunlight, it kind of breaks down and loses its effectiveness (not instantly, but over time - it loses 10% of its SPF protection ability within 35 mins). To make it more stable it can be - and should be - combined with other sunscreen agents to give stable and broad-spectrum protection (the new generation sunscreen agent, Tinosorb S is a particularly good one for that). Regarding safety, there are also some concerns around Octinoxate. In vitro (made in the lab not on real people) and animal studies have shown that it may produce hormonal (estrogen-like) effects. Do not panic, the studies were not conducted under real life conditions on real human people, so it is probably over-cautious to avoid Octinoxate altogether. However, if you are pregnant or a small child (under 2 yrs. old), choose a physical (zinc oxide/titanium dioxide) or new-generation Tinosorb based sunscreen, just to be on the super-safe side. :) Overall, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate is an old-school chemical sunscreen agent. There are plenty of better options for sun protection today, but it is considered "safe as used" (and sunscreens are pretty well regulated) and it is available worldwide (can be used up to 10% in the EU and up to 7.5% in the US). 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, what‑it‑does emollient | solvent irritancy, com. sunscreen | colorant emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling emollient | viscosity controlling solvent | viscosity controlling antioxidant | preservative cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant preservative | perfuming