Sustainable sun care

The sun care category is no stranger to the clean beauty movement. As consumers want sustainable sunscreen products formulated with effective ingredients, sun protection cosmetics and sunscreens in general are moving towards incorporating a stronger environmental narrative.

Safe and responsible sun protection has become more important than ever while mineral sunscreen dispersions are in high demand as a result of their improved sustainability profile and reef-friendly status. There is also a lot of new development around natural and bio-based film-forming polymers to help formulators meet consumers’ needs for high performance sun protection products, which are neither tacky nor greasy and ensure a pleasant skin feel after product application.

In the P&C Review July sun care supplement, we explore:

• Aprinnova’s Neossance CleanScreen range of dispersions available locally from SavannahFine Chemicals

• SunSpheres Bio SPF booster from Dow which is a high performing, naturally-derived and readily-biodegradable SPF booster sold inSouth Africa by AECI Specialty Chemicals

• Symrise’s highly-effective broad-spectrum absorber blend, Neo Heliopan Flat, and the functional ingredient SymEffect Sun, which sets new sustainability standards in sun care

• EcoSun Pass from BASF Care Creations which is a matrix evaluation system to measure the impact of sunscreen components, like UV filters, on the environment

• Carotolino – a botanical active ingredient for blue light protection which is available locally from by AECI Specialty Chemicals

• Hallstar’s perspective on the photo stabilisation of mineral UV filters and why this is critical to achieve high-performance sun care products

• SolAmaze Natural, a bio-based and readily biodegradable film-forming polymer from Nouryon and distributed locally by IMCD South Africa.

Enjoy the read!

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