Ingredient descriptions
AQUA (WATER)
COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE:
Helps to condition and moisturise hair. Also acts as surfactant (making the molecules slippier so that they are less likely to stick to themselves, and more likely to react with oil & grease)
GLYCERIN:
Natural ingredient that helps to put moisture back in skin and hair
OCTOCRYLENE:
Found frequently in sunscreen due to its ability to neutralise any UV radiation thus minimising the damage that can be caused due to too much sun exposure
C12-15 ALKYL BENZOATE:
Helps to keep the active ingredients dispersed throughout the formula
BUTYL METHOXYDIBENZOYLMETHANE:
Used as a UVA absorber in sunscreen products
ETHYLHEXYL SALICYLATE:
To absorb UVB rays from the sun
POTASSIUM CETYL PHOSPHATE:
Help to combine all the ingredients in the sunscreen
HYDROGENATED POLYDECENE:
Helps to soften the skin
PVP/ EICOSENE COPOLYMER:
Film-forming agent often used in water-resistant sunscreen products. It helps the sunscreen adhere better to skin and resist breaking down in water
CETEARYL ALCOHOL:
A mixture of gentle cetyl and stearylalcohol helps to distribute all the ingredients evenly – Fatty alcohols like cetearylalcohol do not pose a risk of sensitising skin
GLYCERYL STEARATE:
Helps to form a barrier against the sun on your little one’s skin surface
GLYCERIN:
A colourless liquid found in all natural fats, including those in our own skin. It attracts moisture to the upper layer of the skin where it is applied. In this way it prevents dryness and scaling by maintaining the skin’s barrier against the elements
HOMOSALATE:
This UV-absorbing sunscreen ingredient helps sunscreen to penetrate your skin
MYRISTYL MYRISTATE:
The combination of fatty alcohol and fatty acids improves stability making the emulsion much more stable to temperature variations and higher oil and butter levels
PEG-8:
Helps keep products stable and penetrates your little one’s skin, to help deliver other ingredients deeper into skin
TITANIUM DIOXIDE:
Protects your little one’s skin from UVA and UVB radiation and because it is gentle, titanium dioxide is a great sunscreen active for sensitive, redness-prone skin
PHENOXYETHANOL:
A widely used paraben-free preservative that has global approval and naturally occurs in green tea
BIS-ETHYLHEXYLOXYPHENOL METHOXYPHENYL TRIAZINE:
An approved UV Filter to protect the skin from the sun.
POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE:
PMMA filters ultraviolet (UV) light by reflecting light away from your little human’s skin
GLYCERETH-26:
Helps to soften skin.
PEG-40 STEARATE:
Helps keep the sunscreen ingredients in liquid form
CAPRYLYL GLYCOL:
Helps to moisturise little ones’ skins and stabilise the sunscreen.
XANTHAN GUM:
Xanthan gum also stabilises and helps thicken the sunscreen and is produced by the bacterium Xanthomonascampestris
OLETH-10:
Oleth-10 is derived from Oleyl Alcohol (Naturally occurs in fish oil) and helps to hold all the ingredients together.
CETEARETH-20:
A fatty alcohol that helps to stabilise and hold all the ingredients together.
ALUMINA:
It sits on top of the skin and can help other natural minerals such as zinc oxide and titanium dioxide to reflect harmful UV rays
ALUMINUM STEARATE:
Aluminumsalt of stearic acid that help to stabilise the sunscreen
DISODIUM EDTA:
It prevents ingredients in a formula from binding with trace elements (mainly minerals) that can be present in water
ISODECETH-6:
Assists with even spreading of all ingredients throughout the sunscreen.
SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE:
A gentle cleansing agent that can be derived from coconut that is NOT the same as the similar-sounding but sensitising sodium lauryl sulfate
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE:
An anti-oxidant that helps fight free radicals.
ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER:
Helps to ensure that the cream can easily be spread across your little human’s body
AMINO METHYL PROPANOL PH 8-11:
Helps to maintain a balanced PH
SIMETHICONE:
Simethicone is an anti-foaming agent created by combining Dimethiconeand Silica, and forms a hydrating barrier on your little one’s skin
TRIETHANOLAMINE:
Helps to maintain a balanced PH