
Clear Sport, Kids, Natural Mineral Sunscreen Cream, Spf 40, Tangerine & Vanilla
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Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
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Uncoated Zinc Oxide (22.5%) | sunscreen | 0, 1 | goodie |
*Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil | emollient | 0, 0 | goodie |
*Cera Alba (Beeswax) | emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, perfuming | 0, 0-2 | |
*Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil | perfuming | icky | |
*Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil | emollient | 0, 0-2 | goodie |
*Citrus Tangerina (Tangerine) Peel Oil | |||
Tocopherol (Sunflower Vitamin E) | antioxidant | 0-3, 0-3 | goodie |
*Vanilla Planifolia (Vanilla) Fruit Extract | |||
*Hippophae Rhamnoides (Seabuckthorn) Fruit Extract |
Badger Company Clear Sport, Kids, Natural Mineral Sunscreen Cream, Spf 40, Tangerine & VanillaIngredients explained
When it comes to sunscreen agents, Zinc Oxide is pretty much in a league of its own. It's a physical (or inorganic) sunscreen that has a lot in common with fellow inorganic sunscreen Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) but a couple of things make it superior even to TiO2.
If physical sunscreens don't tell you anything, go ahead and read about the basics here. Most of what we wrote about Titanium Dioxide is also true for Zinc Oxide so we will focus here on the differences.
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, beautiful yellow flower during the summer - or you do all of these and probably even more. And by even more we mean putting it all over your 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 evidence that 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.
It's the yellow, solid stuff that you probably know from beeswax candles. It's a natural material produced by honey bees to build their honeycomb.
As for skincare, it's used as an emollient and thickening agent. It's super common in lip balms and lipsticks.
The essential oil coming from the rind of the orange (the sweet one). In general, the main component of citrus peel oils is limonene (83-97% for sweet orange peel), a super common fragrant ingredient that makes everything smell nice (but counts as a frequent skin sensitizer).
Other than that, citrus peel also contains the problematic compound called furanocoumarin that makes them mildly phototoxic. Orange peel contains less of it than some other citruses (like bergamot or lime), but still, be careful with it especially if it is in a product for daytime use.
Jojoba is a drought resistant evergreen shrub native to South-western North America. It's known and grown for jojoba oil, the golden yellow liquid coming from the seeds (about 50% of the weight of the seeds will be oil).
At first glance, it seems like your average emollient plant oil: it looks like an oil and it's nourishing and moisturizing to the skin but if we dig a bit deeper, it turns out that jojoba oil is really special and unique: technically - or rather chemically - it's not an oil but a wax ester (and calling it an oil is kind of sloppy).
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
- Primary fat-soluble antioxidant in our skin
- Significant photoprotection against UVB rays
- Vit C + Vit E work in synergy and provide great photoprotection
- Has emollient properties
- Easy to formulate, stable and relatively inexpensive
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
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what‑it‑does | sunscreen |
irritancy, com. | 0, 1 |
what‑it‑does | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
what‑it‑does | emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | perfuming |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0-2 |
what‑it‑does | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0-2 |
what‑it‑does | antioxidant |
irritancy, com. | 0-3, 0-3 |