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Product category and function

Resist Youth Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid Spf 50

Clear Skin Spf 30

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 Youth Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid Spf 50

Clear Skin Spf 30

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

Full ingredient list

Resist Youth Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid Spf 50

Clear Skin Spf 30

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water, octinoxate, glycerin, octisalate, silica, avobenzone, octocrylene, dimethicone, tocopherol, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, vitis vinifera (grape) seed extract, camellia sinensis leaf extract, camellia oleifera leaf extract, peucedanum graveolens (dill) extract, sambucus nigra fruit extract, oat bran extract, punica granatum fruit extract, lycium barbarum fruit extract, hydrogenated lecithin, titanium dioxide, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, diethylhexyl syringylidenemalonate, hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, xanthan gum, sodium carbomer, benzyl alcohol, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, phenoxyethanol 10	Avobenzone (3%), octisalate (5%), octocrylene (7%), water, isopropyl lauroyl sarcosinate, glycerin, dimethicone, diisopropyl sebacate, polymethyl methacrylate, aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, sucrose tristearate, silica, pentylene glycol, polysorbate 61, dimethiconol, sodium stearoyl glutamate, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, tocopheryl acetate, glycyrrhetinic acid, panthenol, triethanolamine, allantoin, carbomer, potassium sorbate, zinc gluconate, xanthan gum, disodium edta, hydroxypalmitoyl sphinganine

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 29

Water, octinoxate, glycerin, octisalate, silica, avobenzone, octocrylene, dimethicone, tocopherol, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, vitis vinifera (grape) seed extract, camellia sinensis leaf extract, camellia oleifera leaf extract, peucedanum graveolens (dill) extract, sambucus nigra fruit extract, oat bran extract, punica granatum fruit extract, lycium barbarum fruit extract, hydrogenated lecithin, titanium dioxide, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, diethylhexyl syringylidenemalonate, hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, xanthan gum, sodium carbomer, benzyl alcohol, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, phenoxyethanol

Avobenzone (3%), octisalate (5%), octocrylene (7%), water, isopropyl lauroyl sarcosinate, glycerin, dimethicone, diisopropyl sebacate, polymethyl methacrylate, aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, sucrose tristearate, silica, pentylene glycol, polysorbate 61, dimethiconol, sodium stearoyl glutamate, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, tocopheryl acetate, glycyrrhetinic acid, panthenol, triethanolamine, allantoin, carbomer, potassium sorbate, zinc gluconate, xanthan gum, disodium edta, hydroxypalmitoyl sphinganine

Notable ingredients

Resist Youth Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid Spf 50

Clear Skin Spf 30

Sunscreen/UV filter: Octisalate, Octinoxate, Octocrylene, Avobenzone, Titanium dioxide

Soothing: Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, Oat bran extract

Antioxidant: Oat bran extract, Camellia sinensis leaf extract, Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, Tocopherol, Vitis vinifera (grape) seed extract

Sunscreen/UV filter: Octisalate (5%), Octocrylene (7%), Avobenzone (3%)

Soothing: Allantoin, Panthenol

Antioxidant: Tocopheryl acetate

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Ingredients with their functions

Resist Youth Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid Spf 50

Clear Skin Spf 30

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.

Glycerin

Also-called: Glycerol | Function: Skin-identical ingredient, Viscosity controlling, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent