The Body Shop

Skin Defence Multi- Protection Light Essence SPF 50 PA +++

The ingredient list of The Body Shop Skin Defence Multi- Protection Light Essence SPF 50 PA +++ (sunscreens) has 33 items. Notable ingredients: hyaluronic acid. It contains fragrance and silicones. No parabens or denatured alcohol on the list. 16 ingredients are subject to EU restrictions – details below.

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The ingredient list comes from the manufacturer’s website (date below). Formulas change and can differ between markets – the label of the product you buy is decisive.

Ingredients

  1. AQUA · Solvent
  2. HOMOSALATE · Fragrance, UV absorber, UV filterEU restrictions
  3. OCTOCRYLENE · Light stabilizer, UV absorber, UV filterEU restrictions
  4. ETHYLHEXYL METHOXYCINNAMATE · Light stabilizer, UV absorber, UV filterEU restrictions
  5. BUTYL METHOXYDIBENZOYLMETHANE · Light stabilizer, UV absorber, UV filterEU restrictions
  6. BUTYLENE GLYCOL · Humectant, Fragrance, Skin conditioning
  7. POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE · Opacifying
  8. ETHYLHEXYL SALICYLATE · Light stabilizer, UV absorber, UV filterEU restrictions
  9. PEG-100 STEARATE · Surfactant – cleansing
  10. GLYCERIN · Denaturant, Hair conditioning, Humectant
  11. METHYLENE BIS-BENZOTRIAZOLYL TETRAMETHYLBUTYLPHENOL · Light stabilizer, UV filterEU restrictions
  12. DIMETHICONE · Antifoaming, Skin conditioning – emollient, Skin conditioning
  13. BIS-ETHYLHEXYLOXYPHENOL METHOXYPHENYL TRIAZINE · Hair conditioning, Light stabilizer, UV absorberEU restrictions
  14. ETHYLHEXYL TRIAZONE · Light stabilizer, UV absorber, UV filterEU restrictions
  15. GLYCERYL STEARATE · Skin conditioning – emollient, Surfactant – emulsifying
  16. PHENOXYETHANOL · Antimicrobial, PreservativeEU restrictions
  17. CETEARYL ALCOHOL · Skin conditioning – emollient, Surfactant – emulsifying, Emulsion stabilising
  18. AMMONIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE/VP COPOLYMER · Viscosity controlling
  19. CAPRYLYL GLYCOL · Deodorant, Skin conditioning – emollient, Hair conditioning
  20. DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER · Emulsion stabilising, Hair fixing, Viscosity controlling
  21. DECYL GLUCOSIDE · Cleansing, Emulsion stabilising, Surfactant – cleansing
  22. PARFUM · Fragrance, Perfuming
  23. XANTHAN GUM · Binding, Surfactant – emulsifying, Emulsion stabilising
  24. POTASSIUM SORBATE · Fragrance, PreservativeEU restrictions
  25. SODIUM HYALURONATE · Humectant, Skin conditioning
  26. DISODIUM EDTA · Chelating, Viscosity controlling
  27. LINALOOL · Deodorant, PerfumingEU restrictions
  28. PROPYLENE GLYCOL · Humectant, Fragrance, Solvent
  29. CITRIC ACID · Buffering, Chelating, FragranceEU restrictions
  30. BHT · Antioxidant, FragranceEU restrictions
  31. LIMONENE · Deodorant, Solvent, PerfumingEU restrictions
  32. CITRONELLOL · PerfumingEU restrictions
  33. SODIUM HYDROXIDE · Buffering, DenaturantEU restrictions

An INCI list does not reveal exact concentrations.

Ingredient list as published

Aqua/Water/Eau, Homosalate, Octocrylene, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Butylene Glycol, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, PEG-100 Stearate, Glycerin, Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol [Nano]/Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol, Dimethicone, Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine, Ethylhexyl Triazone, Glyceryl Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Decyl Glucoside, Parfum/Fragrance, Xanthan Gum, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Disodium EDTA, Linalool, Propylene Glycol, Citric Acid, BHT, Limonene, Citronellol, Sodium Hydroxide.

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