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Tue May 26, 2009 10:11 am  |
| I've read some reviews on this new blend of sunscreen, but nowhere could I find what the antioxidants are. Anyone know? |
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Tue May 26, 2009 10:28 am |
Here is the label ingredients list for the product:
Active Ingredients: Avobenzone (3%), Homosalate (15%), Octisalate (5%), Octocrylene (10%), Oxybenzone (6%)
Inactive Ingredients: Water, Butylene Glycol, Mycrocrystalline Cellulose, Glyceryl Stearate, Behenyl Alcohol, Benzyl Alcohol, Diethylhexyl Syringylidene-Malonate, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A), Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Stearic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Lauryl Alcohol, Myristyl Alcohol, Cetyl Acetate, Lecithin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Chlorphenesin, Cellulose Gum, Butylated PVP, Disodium EDTA
The ingredient that they are referring to as an "anti-oxidant" is the Diethylhexyl Syringylidene-Malonate. This ingredient has shown efficacy as an anti-oxidant and photo stabilizer. But, it is in the product to keep the sunscreen active ingredients stable. It in not in the product to be and "anti-oxidant" aimed at your skin health and function. Make sure that you remember this distiction when making a choice on whether or not to purchase this product. Although I will admit it is a good idea to protect the sunscreen actives for increased efficacy.
There is also some Vitamin E in this product which is also an anti-oxidant. But in this case it is in the product to try to stabilize the potentially unstable emollients and vitamins that they use in the product, which is just a bandaid fix in my opinion.
John |
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President and Chief Formulator, Never Over The Hill Cosmetics, Patend holder, Award winning cosmetic chemist, neveroverthehill.com, Age 51 and staying young forever! |
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Tue May 26, 2009 10:44 am |
Notch,
what is
Stearic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Ceteareth-20, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides, Polyacrylamide (and) C13-14 Isoparaffin (and) Laureth-7, Dimethicone?
often see these products |
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Tue May 26, 2009 10:47 am |
| Thank you for the information John. It did seem odd they weren't listing "recognizable" antioxidants in their advertizing. Their website info doesn't even show the list of ingredients. |
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Tue May 26, 2009 11:01 am |
calorblind, the ingredients stearic acid, glyceryl stearate, and cetearyl alcohol (and) ceteareth-20 are very typical emulsifiers, and thickeners for creams and lotions. You see these ingredients a lot because they are the "workhorse" ingredients when it comes to making creams and lotions.
Phenoxyethanol is a very mild preservative. Is is not effective against all types of microbial contamiation, and is ofter used together with parabens for complete product preservation.
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is a very low priced emollient. When a company wants to make a cream or lotion, and save a buck at the same time, they will use "cap/cap triglycerides" rather than more expensive, but more effective emollients.
Polyacrylamide (and) C13-14 Isoparaffin (and) Laureth-7 is commonly known as Sepigel 305. This a very nice gel thickener with a great skin feel that swells on contact with water in a product. I like this raw materials very much in certain cosmetic applications.
Hope this helps...
John
Dimethicone is a very smooth and substantive silicone used very commonly in many cosmetic products to improve skin feel and glide of the product on the skin. |
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President and Chief Formulator, Never Over The Hill Cosmetics, Patend holder, Award winning cosmetic chemist, neveroverthehill.com, Age 51 and staying young forever! |
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Tue May 26, 2009 11:13 am |
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is a very low priced emollient.
So what are the better quality emollient? |
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Tue May 26, 2009 11:20 am |
Some of my favorite, as a formulator, are jojoba, macadamia, sunflower, olive, and meadowfoam. Their stability and efficacy are proven beyond a doubt. And, they are some of the most skin compatible ingredients that could be used in cosmetic products. The reason they are not used more often....is expense. These ingredients are more expensive than things like cap/cap triglyceride and other synthetic or unstable natural ingredients. The bottom line is, you get what you pay for. Ingredients like those will be incompatible to the skin. They may act like emollients on first application, but once they penetrate, they can disrupt natural skin function and actually dry the skin out over time with continous use. This can actually lead to * spam alert * to a product such as this because of the dry skin, moist skin, dry skin, moist skin, never ending cycle that products like this create.
John |
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President and Chief Formulator, Never Over The Hill Cosmetics, Patend holder, Award winning cosmetic chemist, neveroverthehill.com, Age 51 and staying young forever! |
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