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Resist Skin Restoring Moisturizer With Spf 50

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Resist Skin Restoring Moisturizer With Spf 50

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Chemical Sunscreens (No Tint)	Chemical Sunscreens (No Tint)
Sunscreens that use chemical (organic) UV filters and do not contain iron oxides (with rare...	Sunscreens that use chemical (organic) UV filters and do not contain iron oxides (with rare...
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Ingredient highlights

Resist Skin Restoring Moisturizer With Spf 50

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Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free cruelty-free

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No. of common ingredients = 0
Water, octinoxate, homosalate, octisalate, oxybenzone, silica, glycerin, avobenzone, cetearyl alcohol, dimethicone, butylene glycol, pentylene glycol, potassium cetyl phosphate, cyclopentasiloxane, pyrus malus (apple) fruit extract, vp/eicosene copolymer, allantoin, niacinamide, tocopherol, glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, atractylodes macrocephala root powder , avena sativa (oat) kernel extract, coffea arabica seed extract, portulaca oleracea extract, mahonia aquifolium root extract , diethylhexyl syringylidenemalonate, sarcosine, capryloyl glycine, maltooligosyl glucoside, cetearyl glucoside, dimethiconol, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, hydrogenated starch hydrolysate , hexylene glycol, 4-t-butylcyclohexanol, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, sodium hydroxide, xanthan gum, disodium edta, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin 17	Homosalate (8.0%), octocrylene (8.0%), octisalate (5.0%), avobenzone (3.0%), water/aqua/eau, butylene glycol, silica, c12-15 alkyl benzoate, butyloctyl salicylate, vp/eicosene copolymer, polyglyceryl-2 distearate, saccharide isomerate, tapioca starch, coriandrum sativum (coriander) fruit oil, camellia sinensis leaf extract, sodium ascorbyl phosphate, salix alba (willow) bark extract, terpineol, thymol, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel oil, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, tocopheryl acetate, potassium cetyl phosphate, arachidyl alcohol, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, behenyl alcohol, xanthan gum, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, arachidyl glucoside, ethylhexylglycerin, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, citric acid, sodium citrate, sodium hydroxide, glycerin, bisabolol, pentylene glycol, propanediol, caprylyl glycol, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, linalool, limonene, geraniol, citronellol.

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 44

Total Number of ingredients = 46

Water, octinoxate, homosalate, octisalate, oxybenzone, silica, glycerin, avobenzone, cetearyl alcohol, dimethicone, butylene glycol, pentylene glycol, potassium cetyl phosphate, cyclopentasiloxane, pyrus malus (apple) fruit extract, vp/eicosene copolymer, allantoin, niacinamide, tocopherol, glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, atractylodes macrocephala root powder , avena sativa (oat) kernel extract, coffea arabica seed extract, portulaca oleracea extract, mahonia aquifolium root extract , diethylhexyl syringylidenemalonate, sarcosine, capryloyl glycine, maltooligosyl glucoside, cetearyl glucoside, dimethiconol, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, hydrogenated starch hydrolysate , hexylene glycol, 4-t-butylcyclohexanol, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, sodium hydroxide, xanthan gum, disodium edta, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin

Homosalate (8.0%), octocrylene (8.0%), octisalate (5.0%), avobenzone (3.0%), water/aqua/eau, butylene glycol, silica, c12-15 alkyl benzoate, butyloctyl salicylate, vp/eicosene copolymer, polyglyceryl-2 distearate, saccharide isomerate, tapioca starch, coriandrum sativum (coriander) fruit oil, camellia sinensis leaf extract, sodium ascorbyl phosphate, salix alba (willow) bark extract, terpineol, thymol, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel oil, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, tocopheryl acetate, potassium cetyl phosphate, arachidyl alcohol, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, behenyl alcohol, xanthan gum, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, arachidyl glucoside, ethylhexylglycerin, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, citric acid, sodium citrate, sodium hydroxide, glycerin, bisabolol, pentylene glycol, propanediol, caprylyl glycol, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, linalool, limonene, geraniol, citronellol.

Notable ingredients

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Anti-acne: Niacinamide

Sunscreen/UV filter: Oxybenzone, Avobenzone, Octinoxate, Octisalate, Homosalate

Soothing: Niacinamide, 4-t-butylcyclohexanol, Allantoin, Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract

Sunscreen/UV filter: Avobenzone (3.0%), Octisalate (5.0%), Homosalate (8.0%), Octocrylene (8.0%)

Soothing: Bisabolol, Salix alba (willow) bark extract

Antioxidant: Camellia sinensis leaf extract, Sodium ascorbyl phosphate, Tocopheryl acetate

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Ingredients with their functions

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Water

Also-called: Aqua, Aqua/Water, Water/Aqua/Eau, Aqua/Water/Eau | Function: Skin conditioning, Solvent

Water serves as a fundamental component in skincare products, often listed as the first ingredient, which means it's the most abundant. It acts as a solvent, helping to dissolve other ingredients and facilitate the application and absorption of products.

Octinoxate

Also-called: Octinoxate, Octyl Methoxycinnamate | Function: Sunscreen/UV filter

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Homosalate

Function: Sunscreen/UV filter

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.