Rohto Mentholatum
Skin Aqua Uv Super Moisture Gel Spf 50+ Pa++++
Uploaded on 03/02/2020
lightweight sunscreen
Rohto Mentholatum
Skin Aqua Super Moisture UV Gel SPF 50+ Pa++++
Uploaded on 06/30/2024
Featuring spf 50+ pa++++ sun protection and uv-blocking capsules, this
chemical sunscreen gel defends skin from harmful sun rays as well as air pollutants such as pollen and dust.
Ingredients
| what‑it‑does | solvent |
Normal (well kind of - it's purified and deionized) water. Usually the main solvent in cosmetic products.
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| what‑it‑does | sunscreen |
| irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
Octinoxate - an old-school chemical sunscreen that absorbs UVB radiation (wavelengths: 280-320 nm). Not photostable and does not protect against UVA.
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| what‑it‑does | antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling |
Simple alcohol that's a great solvent, penetration enhancer, creates cosmetically elegant, light formulas, great astringent, and antimicrobial. In large amount can be very drying.
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| what‑it‑does | moisturizer/humectant | solvent |
| irritancy, com. | 0, 1 |
An often used glycol that works as a solvent, humectant, penetration enhancer and also gives a good slip to the products.
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| what‑it‑does | skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant |
| irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
It's the salt form of famous humectant and natural moisturizing factor, hyaluronic acid. It can bind huge amounts of water and it's pretty much the current IT-moisturizer.
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| what‑it‑does | sunscreen |
Uvinul T 150 - A new generation, chemical sunscreen (not available in the US due to impossible FDA regulations) that gives the highest photo-stable absorption of all available UVB filters today.
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| what‑it‑does | buffering |
| irritancy, com. | 0, 2 |
Helps to set the pH of a cosmetic formulation to be right. It’s very alkaline.
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| what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
A super commonly used thickener and emulsion stabilizer.
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| what‑it‑does | moisturizer/humectant |
A super small, chemically chopped up version of sodium hyaluronate. Small molecular weight (SMW) HA is a controversial ingredient: it can penetrate deep into the skin and moisturize deeper layers but might act as a pro-inflammatory agent.
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| what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
A white powdery thing that can mattify the skin and thicken up cosmetic products.
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| what‑it‑does | emollient | emulsifying |
| what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
A common helper ingredient that stabilizes emulsions and helps to thicken up products.
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| what‑it‑does | emollient | moisturizer/humectant |
The chemically chopped up version of the big protein molecule, collagen. It is often derived from fish or bovine sources and works as a nice moisturizer and humectant that helps the skin to hold onto water.
To understand a bit more what Hydrolyzed Collagen is, you have to know that proteins are large chains of amino acids connected with so-called peptide bonds.
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| what‑it‑does | skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant |
| irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
A real oldie but a goodie. Great natural moisturizer and skin-identical ingredient that plays an important role in skin hydration and general skin health.
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| what‑it‑does | moisturizer/humectant |
Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate is a variation of current IT moisturizer, Hyaluronic acid, where some water-loving -OH groups are replaced by amphipathic (partly water-loving and partly water-hating) acetyl groups.
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| what‑it‑does | sunscreen |
Uvinul A Plus - A new generation, chemical sunscreen agent (not available in the US due to impossible FDA regulations) that's designed for high UVA protection and high photostability.
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| what‑it‑does | sunscreen |
Tinosorb S - a new generation, broad-spectrum and very photostable sunscreen agent with great safety profile.
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| what‑it‑does | chelating |
Super common little helper ingredient that helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes.
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| what‑it‑does | solvent |
| what‑it‑does | skin-identical ingredient |
An amino acid that is one of the primary building blocks of hair keratin and skin collagen. It's a natural moisturizing factor and might also help to speed up wound healing.
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| what‑it‑does | emollient | moisturizer/humectant | surfactant/cleansing |
A type of silicone that makes the skin smooth and nice (emollient), moisturizes and helps to reduce the tackiness of the products.
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| what‑it‑does | emollient |
An emollient ester with a rich and creamy but non-greasy skin feel.
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| what‑it‑does | preservative |
Pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, and can be used up to 1% worldwide.
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| what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
| what‑it‑does | preservative |
| irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
The most common type of feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason parabens. It's a cheap, effective and well-tolerated ingredient to make sure the cosmetic formula does not go wrong too soon.
Apart from the general controversy around parabens (we wrote about it more here), there is a 2006 in-vitro (made in the lab not on real people) research about methylparaben (MP) sho
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| what‑it‑does | solvent |
A clear, colorless liquid that works as a solvent and viscosity decreasing ingredient. It also has great skin-moisturizing abilities.
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