Summer Fridays Shadedrops Broad Spectrum SPF 50 Mineral Milk Sunscreen

Summer Fridays Shadedrops Broad Spectrum SPF 50 Mineral Milk Sunscreen Summer Fridays Shadedrops Broad Spectrum SPF 50 Mineral Milk Sunscreen ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Homosalate, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Pentylene Glycol, Isostearic Acid, Diisostearoyl Polyglyceryl-3 Dimer Dilinoleate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Hydroxide, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Homosalate sunscreen Butyloctyl Salicylate Ethylhexyl Salicylate 0, 0 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane goodie Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Isostearic Acid surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Diisostearoyl Polyglyceryl-3 Dimer Dilinoleate emollient Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Phenoxyethanol preservative Potassium Hydroxide buffering Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Citric Acid Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Glycerin superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant 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 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 nice, multi-functional helper ingredient that's especially useful in sunscreens. It can solubilize some commonly used UV-filters like Oxybenzone or Avobenzone and it can also help to increase the SPF rating of sunscreens. It's also cosmetically elegant, has excellent spreadability and a pleasant, moisturizing skin feel. Oh, and according to Wikipedia, it even helps to stabilize famously unstable UVA-filter, Avobenzone. 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). The famous Avobenzone. It is a special snowflake as it is the only globally available chemical sunscreen agent that provides proper UVA protection (in the US, new generation sunscreen agents are not approved because of impossible FDA regulations). It is the global gold standard of UVA protection and is the most used UVA sunscreen in the world. It gives very good pr what‑it‑does irritancy, com. solvent | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant | emollient skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant