Olay Natural White Light Instant Glowing Fairness Skin Cream, 20gm

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A fatty alcohol (the non-drying type) that is used to increase the viscosity of the formula and stabilize emulsions. The main results and effects I noticed over the use of regular four months included even skin tone, a bit fairer complexion, controlled oil and pore sizes and diminishing of blemishes. Great natural moisturizer and skin-identical ingredient that plays an important role in skin hydration and general skin health. In the US, it is flat out prohibited as avobenzone becomes unstable when combined with mineral sunscreens.

A physical/inorganic sunscreen with pretty broad spectrum (UVB and UVA II, less good at UVA I) protection and good stability.

If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face then fragrance is not your best friend - there's no way to know what’s really in it. Octocrylene's safety profile is generally quite good, though a review study in Contact Dermatitis reports an "increasing number of patients with photo contact allergy to octocrylene. As an example, it mentions that Ci 19140 may cause itching and hives in some people but the colorant is always labeled so that you can avoid it if you are sensitive. 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).

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). Once absorbed they might form unwanted complexes with proteins and they might promote the formation of evil free radicals.

A colorless to light yellowish oily liquid that works as a UVB (280-320nm) sunscreen filter with a peak absorbance at 306 nm. The unique non-greasy formulation gets easily absorbed deep into the skin and does not leave any superficial residue.