Merino SPF Collagen Creme With Vitamin E

Merino SPF Collagen Creme With Vitamin E Merino SPF Collagen Creme With Vitamin E ingredients explained: Lanolin, Aqua, Cetyl Alcohol, PEG-20 Stearate, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate (Octinoxate), Benzophenone-3 (Oxybenzone), Cyclotetrasiloxane, Cyclopentasiloxane, Isopropyl Myristate, Titanium Dioxide, Phenoxyethanol, Polysorbate 80, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Parfum (Fragrance), Sorbitan Stearate, Triethanolamine, Tocopheryl Acetate, Carbomer, Ethylhexyl Glycerine Show all ingredients by function Lanolin emollient, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 0-1 Aqua solvent Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 PEG-20 Stearate emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 1 Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate (Octinoxate) sunscreen 0, 0 Benzophenone-3 (Oxybenzone) icky Cyclotetrasiloxane emollient, solvent Cyclopentasiloxane Isopropyl Myristate emollient, perfuming 3, 3-5 Titanium Dioxide sunscreen, colorant goodie Phenoxyethanol preservative Polysorbate 80 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Hydrolyzed Collagen emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Parfum (Fragrance) perfuming Sorbitan Stearate emulsifying 1, 0 Triethanolamine buffering 0, 2 Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Carbomer viscosity controlling Ethylhexyl Glycerine We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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 so-called fatty (the good, non-drying kind of) alcohol that does all kinds of things in a skincare product: it makes your skin feel smooth and nice (emollient), helps to thicken up products and also helps water and oil to blend (emulsifier). Can be derived from coconut or palm kernel oil. 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). A chemical sunscreen agent that absorbs UVB and short UVA rays (280-350nm) with its peak protection at 288 nm. Unlike many other chemical sunscreens, it is highly stable but its UV absorbing abilities are weak so it always has to be combined with other sunscreen agents for proper protection. More often than not, it's used as a photostabilizer rather than a proper sunscreen agent as it can prote what‑it‑does emollient | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | solvent emollient | perfuming sunscreen | colorant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | moisturizer/humectant

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