Comments on: Chemical vs Physical Sunscreen

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:11:32 +0000

Eva, hi and thank you so much for sharing that link. That is so interesting to know. And it’s another reason to love physical sunscreens, which I prefer to chemical ones.

By: Eva

Eva — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:42:01 +0000

Hi Giorgia!
I’ve been watching this DermTV episode on How to Apply Physical Sunscreens and it turns out, you don’t actually need as much physical sunscreen as chemical sunscreen for effective protection. Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg-xVFvFZc8

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:52:15 +0000

Keith, it is a broad spectrum sunscreen so it will protect your skin well from the sun. But the position of Tocopheryl Acetate and Glycyrrhetinic Acid in the ingredient list makes me think their concentrations are small (around 1%) and their antioxidant benefits limited. I like the sun protection this sunscreen gives and even though the antioxidants in it may not be able to scavenge all the free radicals generated by it, it is always best that not using sunscreen at all. Or you can just fix the problem by applying a moisturizer/serum with antioxidants.

By: keith

keith — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:11:27 +0000

Hi Giorgia, thanks agains

ingredients: Water, Tinosorb M, Tinosorb S, Octocrylene, Avobenzone, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Cyclomethicone, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Glyceryl Stearate Peg-100 Stearate, Propylene Glycol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Glycyrrhetinic Acid, Decyl Glucoside, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Xanthan Gum, Chlorphenesin, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate-VP Copolymer, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate

From what i understand the two main antioxidants are Glycyrrhetinic Acid/Licorice Root (free-radical scavenger and anti-inflammatory) and Tocopheryl Acetate which i read contains Vit E..

What do you feel about the ingredients?

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:59:48 +0000

That sounds like a well formulated product that should offer broad spectrum protection but I would need to see the whole ingredient list just to make sure that there is enough of them to do what they are supposed to do. Especially if it says it contains antioxidants as some products contain too little concentrations of them to be effective. But from what I know atm, it sounds good.

And please, feel free to ask all the questions you want. I’m glad to help if I can.

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:55:44 +0000

You are welcome.

By: keith

keith — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:17:18 +0000

Could i ask you personal opinion about using a product that provides the following ingredients and protection:

Tinosorb M & S, Octocrylene & Avobenzone filters SPF 50+ (50-UVA). Also promising skin calming, softening and moisturising (cream, fluid or lotion).

I read Tinosorb M&S are a mineral filters (organic) covering 280-400nm UVA-UVB “the only organic UV filter produced as microfine organic particles (< 200 nm), like microfine zinc oxide and titanium dioxide".

Sorry for so much detail but it's really interesting to get your feedback.. I promise this is the last information suck on this subject

By: keith

keith — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:07:43 +0000

Thank you Giorgia