Goat

Sunscreen Dry Touch

High protection sunscreen lotion that is sweat and water resistant for 4 hours. Can aid in the prevention of premature aging of skin exposed to the sun, and may assist in the prevention of some skin cancers. With added goat's milk to help keep your skin moisturised and protected.

Uploaded by: anitaseele on 01/19/2021

Ingredients overview

Active Ingredients: Octocrylene (10%), 4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor (4%), Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane (4%), Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid (4%)

Warning: This is an Australian sunscreen and the INCI list is not complete but contains only the UV filters and preservatives. Read here for more detail.

Highlights

Key Ingredients

Sunscreen: Octocrylene (10%), 4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor (4%), Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane (4%), Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid (4%)

Skim through

Ingredient name	what-it-does	ID-Rating
Octocrylene (10%)	sunscreen
4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor (4%)	sunscreen	icky
Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane (4%)	sunscreen	goodie
Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid (4%)	sunscreen	goodie

Goat Sunscreen Dry Touch
Ingredients explained

Octocrylene (10%)

What-it-does: sunscreen

An oil-soluble chemical sunscreen agent that protects skin in the UVB and somewhat in the UVA II range with a peak absorption of 304 nm. Its protection is not strong enough on its own but it is quite photostable (loses 10% of SPF protection in 95 mins) and is often used to stabilize other photo-unstable UV-filters, for example, Avobenzone. It is also often used to improve the water resistance of the products.

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." Mainly adults with ketoprofen-sensitivity and children with sensitive skin are affected, so if you have a small kid, it is probably better to use octocrylene-free sunscreens.

4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor (4%) - icky

Also-called: Enzacamene | What-it-does: sunscreen

4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor is a chemical sunscreen agent that protects in the UVB range (290-320 nm) with a peak absorbance at 301 nm. It is an oil-soluble powder that is slightly photo-unstable (it takes 65 minutes to lose 10% of its protecting power and 345 minutes to lose half of it), but it can still help to stabilize the famously unstable UVA filter, avobenzone.

Regarding its safety, we do not have the best news. Two possible concerns are that it absorbs into the body and might have some estrogenic activity there. But do not panic, the latter one was only shown in rats and is probably not the case in humans, and 4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor is considered safe as used. It is legally approved both in the EU and Australia up to 4%, however, it is not approved in the US and in Japan.

Overall, we think there are better UVB filter choices out there than this guy, but if your favorite sunscreen contains it, you should probably just continue to use it.

Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane (4%) - goodie

Also-called: Avobenzone | What-it-does: sunscreen

The famous Avobenzone. 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). It is the global gold standard of UVA protection and is the most used UVA sunscreen in the world.

It gives very good protection across the whole UVA range (310-400 nm that is both UVA1 and UVA2) with a peak protection at 360 nm. The problem with it, though, is that it is not photostable and degrades in the sunlight. Wikipedia says that avobenzone loses 36% of its UV-absorption capacity after just one hour of sunlight (yep, this is one of the reasons why sunscreens have to be reapplied after a few hours).

The cosmetic's industry is trying to solve the problem by combining avobenzone with other UV filters that enhance its stability (like octocrylene, Tinosorb S or Ensulizole) or by encapsulating it and while both solutions help, neither is perfect. Interestingly, the combination of avobenzone with mineral sunscreens (that is titanium dioxide and zinc oxide) is not a good idea. In the US, it is flat out prohibited as avobenzone becomes unstable when combined with mineral sunscreens.

As for safety, avobenzone has a pretty good safety profile. It counts as non-irritating, and unlike some other chemical sunscreens, it shows no estrogenic effect. The maximum concentration of avobenzone permitted is 5% in the EU and 3% in the US.

Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid (4%) - goodie

Also-called: Ensulizole | What-it-does: sunscreen

A chemical sunscreen agent that gives strong protection in the UVB (280-320nm) range with its peak protection at 306 nm. Its special property is that unlike most sunscreen agents, it is not oil but water soluble, so it is ideal to create light, oily skin compatible formulas. It is also fairly photostable and can be used to protect other less stable UV filters (like famous UVA blocker, avobenzone) in the formula. It is approved worldwide and can be used up to 4% in the US and up to 8% in the EU.

Goat Sunscreen Dry Touch