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Anthelios AOX Antioxidant Serum With Spf 50 Sunscreen

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SKIN BALANCING Ultra Sheer Daily Defense Broad Spectrum Spf 30

Anthelios AOX Antioxidant Serum With Spf 50 Sunscreen

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

SKIN BALANCING Ultra Sheer Daily Defense Broad Spectrum Spf 30

Anthelios AOX Antioxidant Serum With Spf 50 Sunscreen

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

SKIN BALANCING Ultra Sheer Daily Defense Broad Spectrum Spf 30

Anthelios AOX Antioxidant Serum With Spf 50 Sunscreen

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water, homosalate, butylene glycol, oxybenzone, avobenzone, silica, octocrylene, aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, cetyl dimethicone, camellia sinensis leaf extract, aloe barbadensis leaf juice powder, ascorbyl palmitate, phospholipids, superoxide dismutase, adenosine, tocopherol, bisabolol, boerhavia diffusa root extract, avena sativa (oat) kernel extract, panthenol, ginkgo biloba leaf extract, salix alba (willow) bark extract, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, titanium dioxide/ci 77891, sodium hydroxide, steareth-21, steareth-2, polysorbate 20, disodium edta, phenoxyethanol, sorbic acid 10	Avobenzone (2.68%), homosalate (9.60%), octisalate (2.88%), octocrylene (5.38%), oxybenzone (3.46%), water, dimethicone, cyclopentasiloxane, tocopherol, acrylates/dimethicone copolymer, phenoxyethanol, propylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, silica, sodium polyacrylate, ascorbyl glucoside, scutellaria baicalensis root extract, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, disodium edta, diethylhexyl syringylidenemalonate, polyacrylamide, c13-14 isoparaffin, laureth-7, cassia alata leaf extract, maltodextrin, triethanolamine

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 31

Total Number of ingredients = 26

Water, homosalate, butylene glycol, oxybenzone, avobenzone, silica, octocrylene, aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, cetyl dimethicone, camellia sinensis leaf extract, aloe barbadensis leaf juice powder, ascorbyl palmitate, phospholipids, superoxide dismutase, adenosine, tocopherol, bisabolol, boerhavia diffusa root extract, avena sativa (oat) kernel extract, panthenol, ginkgo biloba leaf extract, salix alba (willow) bark extract, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, titanium dioxide/ci 77891, sodium hydroxide, steareth-21, steareth-2, polysorbate 20, disodium edta, phenoxyethanol, sorbic acid

Avobenzone (2.68%), homosalate (9.60%), octisalate (2.88%), octocrylene (5.38%), oxybenzone (3.46%), water, dimethicone, cyclopentasiloxane, tocopherol, acrylates/dimethicone copolymer, phenoxyethanol, propylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, silica, sodium polyacrylate, ascorbyl glucoside, scutellaria baicalensis root extract, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, disodium edta, diethylhexyl syringylidenemalonate, polyacrylamide, c13-14 isoparaffin, laureth-7, cassia alata leaf extract, maltodextrin, triethanolamine

Notable ingredients

SKIN BALANCING Ultra Sheer Daily Defense Broad Spectrum Spf 30

Anthelios AOX Antioxidant Serum With Spf 50 Sunscreen

Sunscreen/UV filter: Homosalate, Octocrylene, Avobenzone, Oxybenzone

Soothing: Panthenol, Salix alba (willow) bark extract, Bisabolol

Antioxidant: Ascorbyl palmitate, Avena sativa (oat) kernel extract, Camellia sinensis leaf extract, Tocopherol, Superoxide dismutase

Sunscreen/UV filter: Homosalate (9.60%), Octisalate (2.88%), Octocrylene (5.38%), Avobenzone (2.68%), Oxybenzone (3.46%)

Soothing: Scutellaria baicalensis root extract

Antioxidant: Ascorbyl glucoside, Tocopherol

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Ingredients with their functions

SKIN BALANCING Ultra Sheer Daily Defense Broad Spectrum Spf 30

Anthelios AOX Antioxidant Serum With Spf 50 Sunscreen

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.

Homosalate

Function: Sunscreen/UV filter

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

Butylene glycol

Function: Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent

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