Sunscreen
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Ingredients overview
Micronized Zinc Oxide, Micronized Titanium Dioxide, Red Algae, Meadowfoam Seed Oil, Lithothamnion Calcareum Extract, Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea Fruit Extract, Soybean Oil, Rice Extract, Rice Germ Extract, Hydrolyzed Pea Protein, Canola Oil, Carrot Seed Oil, Sunflower Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Beta-Carotene, Buddleja Officinalis Flower Extract, Physalis Alkekengi Calyx Extract, Lupinus Albus Seed Oil, Terminalia Chebula Fruit Extract, Turmeric Oil, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Ulva Lactuca Extract, Nasturtium Officinale Flower Extract, Equisetum Arvense Extract, Nettle Leaf Extract, Base Q.S
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Highlights
#alcohol-free #fragrance & essentialoil-free
Alcohol Free
Fragrance and Essential Oil Free
Key Ingredients
Antioxidant: Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea Fruit Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate
Soothing: Equisetum Arvense Extract, Nettle Leaf Extract
Sunscreen: Micronized Zinc Oxide, Micronized Titanium Dioxide, Buddleja Officinalis Flower Extract
Other Ingredients
Colorant: Micronized Titanium Dioxide
Emollient: Meadowfoam Seed Oil, Soybean Oil, Rice Germ Extract, Hydrolyzed Pea Protein, Canola Oil, Carrot Seed Oil, Sunflower Seed Oil, Equisetum Arvense Extract
Perfuming: Soybean Oil, Nasturtium Officinale Flower Extract
Viscosity controlling: Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate
Skim through
Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
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Micronized Zinc Oxide | sunscreen | 0, 1 | goodie |
Micronized Titanium Dioxide | sunscreen, colorant | goodie | |
Red Algae | |||
Meadowfoam Seed Oil | emollient | goodie | |
Lithothamnion Calcareum Extract | |||
Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea Fruit Extract | antioxidant | ||
Soybean Oil | emollient, perfuming | 0, 3 | goodie |
Rice Extract | |||
Rice Germ Extract | emollient | ||
Hydrolyzed Pea Protein | emollient | ||
Canola Oil | emollient | ||
Carrot Seed Oil | emollient | ||
Sunflower Seed Oil | emollient | 0, 0 | goodie |
Tocopheryl Acetate | antioxidant | 0, 0 | |
Beta-Carotene | |||
Buddleja Officinalis Flower Extract | sunscreen | ||
Physalis Alkekengi Calyx Extract | |||
Lupinus Albus Seed Oil | |||
Terminalia Chebula Fruit Extract | |||
Turmeric Oil | |||
Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate | viscosity controlling | ||
Ulva Lactuca Extract | |||
Nasturtium Officinale Flower Extract | perfuming | ||
Equisetum Arvense Extract | soothing, emollient | ||
Nettle Leaf Extract | soothing | goodie | |
Base Q.S |
Ctrl sun Sunscreen Cream
Ingredients explainedMicronized Zinc Oxide - goodie
What-it-does: sunscreen | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 1
When it comes to sunscreen agents, Zinc Oxide ispretty much in aleague of its own. It's a physical (or inorganic) sunscreenthat has a lot in common with fellow inorganic sunscreen Titanium Dioxide(TiO2) but a couple of things make it superior even toTiO2.
If physical sunscreensdon't tell you anything, go ahead and read about the basics here. Most of what we wrote about Titanium Dioxideis also true for Zinc Oxide so we will focus here on the differences.
The first main difference is that while TiO2 gives a nice broad spectrum protection, Zinc Oxide has an even nicerand even broader spectrum protection. It protects against UVB, UVA II, and UVA I almost uniformly, and is considered to be the broadestrange sunscreen available today.
It'salso highly stableand non-irritating. So much sothat Zinc Oxide also counts as a skin protectant and anti-irritant. It's also often used to treat skin irritationssuch as diaper rash.
As for the disadvantages, Zinc Oxide is also not cosmetically elegant. Itleaves a disturbing whitish tint on the skin, although, according toa2000research paper by Dr. Pinnell, it's slightlyless white than TiO2. Still, it's white and disturbing enough to use Zinc Oxide nanoparticles more and more often.
We wrote more about nanoparticles and the concerns around them here, but the gist is that if nanoparticles were absorbed into the skin that would be a reason for legitimate health concerns. But luckily, so far research shows thatsunscreen nanoparticles are not absorbedbut remain on the surface of the skin or in the uppermost (dead) layer of the skin. This seems to be true even if the skin is damaged, for example, sunburnt.
All in all, if you've found a Zinc Oxide sunscreen that you are happy to use every single day, that's fantastic and we suggest you stick with it. It's definitely one of the best, or probably even the best option out there for sun protection available worldwide.
Micronized Titanium Dioxide - goodie
What-it-does: sunscreen, colorant
Titanium Dioxide is one of the two members of the elite sunscreen group called physical sunscreens (or inorganic sunscreens if you’re a science geek and want to be precise).
Traditionally, UV-filters are categorized as either chemical or physical. The big difference is supposed to be that chemical agents absorb UV-light while physical agents reflect it like a bunch of mini umbrellas on top of theskin. While this categorization is easy and logicalit turns out it's not true. A recent, 2016 study shows that inorganic sunscreens work mostly by absorption, just like chemical filters, and only a little bit by reflection (they do reflect the light in the visible spectrum, but mostly absorb in the UV spectrum).
Anyway, it doesn't matter if it reflects or absorbs, Titanium Dioxide is a pretty awesome sunscreen agent for two main reasons: it gives a nice broad spectrum coverage and it's highly stable. Its protection is very good between 290 - 350 nm (UVB and UVA II range), and less goodat 350-400 nm (UVA I) range. Regular sized Titanium Dioxide also has a great safetyprofile, it's non-irritating and is pretty much free from any health concerns (like estrogenic effect worries with some chemical filters).
The disadvantage of Titanium Dioxide is that it's not cosmetically elegant, meaning it's a white, "unspreadable" mess. Sunscreens containingTitanium Dioxideare often hard to spread on the skin and they leave a disturbing whitishtint. The cosmetic industry is, of course, really trying to solve this problemand the best solution so far is using nanoparticles. The itsy-bitsy Nano-sized particles improveboth spreadability and reduce the whitish tint a lot, but unfortunately, it also introduces new health concerns.
The main concernwith nanoparticles is that they are so tiny that they are absorbedinto the skin more than we want them (ideally sunscreen should remain on the surface of the skin). Once absorbed they might form unwanted complexes with proteins and they might promote the formation of evil free radicals. But do not panic, these are concerns under investigation. A 2009 review article about the safety of nanoparticles summarizes this, "to date, in-vivo and in-vitro studies have not demonstrated percutaneous penetration of nanosized particles in titanium dioxide and zinc oxide sunscreens". The English translation is, so far it looks like sunscreenswith nanoparticlesdo stay on the surface of the skin where they should be.
All in all,Titanium Dioxide is a famous sunscreen agent and for good reason, it gives broad spectrum UV protection (best at UVB and UVA II), it's highly stable, and it has a good safety profile. It's definitely one of the best UV-filter agents we have today, especially in the US where new-generation Tinosorb filters are not (yet) approved.
Red Algae
Also-called: Red Algae Extract;Kousou Ekisu
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Meadowfoam Seed Oil - goodie
Also-called: Meadowfoam Oil;Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil | What-it-does: emollient
The emollient plant oil coming from the seeds of the white flowering plant called meadowfoam.Meadowfoam Oil has a unique fatty acid composition with 95% of it being long chain fatty acids (eicosenoic acid C20:1 - 61%, docosenoic acid C22:1 - 16% and docosadienoic acid C22:2 - 18%) that make the oil extraordinarily stable. It also contains antioxidant components such as vitamin E as well asphytosterols.
Apart fromMeadowfoam Oil's crazy stability, the oil is described as non-greasy, rapidly absorbed and having a similar skin feel to more often used jojoba oil. The oil is ideal for products where a soft, smooth, silky feel is required whether it be on skin or hair.
Lithothamnion Calcareum Extract
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea Fruit Extract
What-it-does: antioxidant
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Soybean Oil - goodie
Also-called: Glycine Soja Oil | What-it-does: emollient, perfuming | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 3
The emollient plant oil coming from the soybean. It is considered to be a nice, cost-effective base oil with moisturizing properties. As for its fatty acid profile, it contains 48-59% barrier-repairing linoleic acid, 17-30% nourishing oleic acid and also some (4.5-11%) potentially anti-inflammatory linolenic acid.
Rice Extract
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Rice Germ Extract
What-it-does: emollient
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Hydrolyzed Pea Protein
What-it-does: emollient
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Canola Oil
What-it-does: emollient
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Carrot Seed Oil
Also-called: Daucus Carota Sativa Seed Oil | What-it-does: emollient
The oil coming from the seeds of the carrot, the orange root vegetable we all know and eat regularly. This oil is a really tricky one, as it can refer to two types of oil that can both be extracted from the carrot seeds: the essential oil (about 0.83% yield) and the fixed oil (about 7.84% yield).
The two seed oils are very different and to make matters even worse these two oils are also very different fromcarrot root oil, or carrot oil, that is basically carrot root extract macerated in a carrier oil such as sunflower or olive oil and is the one that contains the vitamin A precursor, carotene.
Let's start with the fixed oil: it's a nice emollient plant oil that is loaded with moisturizing fatty acids (petroselinic acid - 60% and linoleic acid - 12% are the main ones). Other important components are carotol (30%) and daucol (12%) that give the seed oil antifungal and antioxidant properties. Browsing cosmetic manufacturer info, the oil is also often described as revitalizing, toning and stimulating.
As for the essential oil, it is a light yellow colored oil with arich, spicy and earthy fragrance. Its main component iscarotol (about 65%) but similar to other essential oils, it is a chemically complex mixture with lots of compounds in small amounts. The essential oil also hasantifungal and antioxidant properties but also contains fragrant components that might irritate sensitive skin types.
Sunflower Seed Oil - goodie
Also-called: Sunflower Oil;Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil | What-it-does: emollient | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
Sunflower does not need a big intro as you probably use it in the kitchen as cooking oil, or you munch on the seeds as a healthy snack or you adore its big, beautifulyellow flower during the summer - or you do all of these and probably even more. And by even more we mean putting it all overyour face as sunflower oil is one of the most commonly used plant oils in skincare.
It’s a real oldie: expressed directly from the seeds, the oil is used not for hundreds but thousands of years. According to The National Sunflower Association, there is evidencethat both the plant and its oil were used by American Indians in the area of Arizona and New Mexico about 3000 BC. Do the math: it's more than 5000 years – definitely an oldie.
Our intro did get pretty big after all (sorry for that), so let's get to the point finally: sunflower oil - similar to other plant oils - is a great emollient that makes the skin smooth and nice and helps to keep it hydrated. It also protects the surface of the skin and enhances the damaged or irritated skin barrier. Leslie Bauman notes in Cosmetic Dermatology that one application of sunflower oil significantly speeds up the recovery of the skin barrier within an hour and sustains the results 5 hours after using it.
It's also loaded withfatty acids(mostly linoleic (50-74%) and oleic (14-35%)). The unrefined version(be sure to use that on your skin!) is especially high in linoleic acid that is great even for acne-prone skin. Its comedogen index is 0, meaning that it's pretty much an all skin-type oil.
Truth be told, there are many great plant oils and sunflower oil is definitely one of them.
Tocopheryl Acetate
Also-called: Vitamin E Acetate | What-it-does: antioxidant | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
It’s the most commonly used version of pure vitamin E in cosmetics. You can read all about the pure form here. This one is the so-called esterified version.
According to famous dermatologist, Leslie Baumann while tocopheryl acetate is more stable and has a longer shelf life, it’s also more poorly absorbed by the skin and may not have the same awesome photoprotective effects as pure Vit E.
Beta-Carotene
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Buddleja Officinalis Flower Extract
What-it-does: sunscreen
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Physalis Alkekengi Calyx Extract
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Lupinus Albus Seed Oil
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Terminalia Chebula Fruit Extract
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Turmeric Oil
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate
What-it-does: viscosity controlling, absorbent/mattifier
A handy helper ingredient that comes in a white powder form and works as an anti-caking and oil-absorbing agent. It also gives products good spreadability, long lasting and velvet touch characteristics. It is popular both in skincare and makeup products.
Ulva Lactuca Extract
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Nasturtium Officinale Flower Extract
What-it-does: perfuming
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Equisetum Arvense Extract
Also-called: Horsetail Extract | What-it-does: soothing, emollient, astringent
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Nettle Leaf Extract - goodie
Also-called: Urtica Dioica Leaf Extract | What-it-does: soothing
The extract coming from the herb stinging nettle. According to manufacturer info, it's anti-allergenic and is loaded with several good-for-the-skin stuff: it contains firming and toningmineral salts, anti-irritant flavonoids, and astringent and anti-bacterial gallic acid.
It's recommended for treatment of oily skin and even stimulation of hair growth.
Base Q.S
This ingredient name is not according to the INCI-standard. :( What, why?!
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