Titanium dioxide
A white mineral used in mineral sunscreens and makeup. Also gives some products their white colour.
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THE INGREDIENT SHELF
Sun protection ingredients, explained plainly
The filters and minerals that sit in sunscreens. Each page says how they work, what regulators have concluded and what is still being studied.
7 ingredients
Mineral filters
Chemical filters
Avobenzone
A chemical sunscreen filter that absorbs UVA light. Found in many broad-spectrum sunscreens, usually alongside other filters.
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Homosalate
An oil-soluble chemical sunscreen filter that absorbs UVB light. Found in many sunscreens, often paired with other filters.
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Octinoxate
A chemical sunscreen filter that absorbs UVB light, also listed as ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate. Found in many sunscreens and moisturisers with SPF.
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Octocrylene
A chemical sunscreen filter used in sunscreens and in moisturisers with SPF. Often paired with other filters in the same formula.
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Oxybenzone
A chemical sunscreen filter, also called benzophenone-3, that absorbs UVB and some UVA light. Found in sunscreens and some lip products.
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