What does it take to have a healthy relationship with the sun?
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Beyond the challenges of combining volatile active ingredients to deliver state-of-the-art protection, sunscreen chemists are always looking for ways to make their products more aesthetically pleasing to use in a variety of formats, such as creams, lotions, sprays and gels. “Today, product developers formulate a sunscreen as if they were creating a regular day cream because they want you to wear it every day,” says Loulwa Rahbani, a Montreal-based pharmacologist in charge of medical relations at La Roche-Posay Canada. “They work on sunscreen creams and lotions to make them moisturizing, typically with a glycerine base, and non-comedogenic. With a good sunscreen, you shouldn’t need a moisturizer.” Eventually, predicts Rahbani, there will be sunscreen products that meet all skin-care needs — with ranges aimed at those with sensitive, oily, normal or dry skin or those who prefer fragrance-free creams — and lines designed specifically for men.
And aesthetic considerations are certainly behind the Dry-Touch technology that Neutrogena has built into its Helioplex line. Based on a micronized silica powder, Dry-Touch promises to “instantly absorb extra sunscreen oils, leaving skin looking and feeling fresh, never shiny or greasy.”
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