http://thebeautybrains.com/2010/03/10/dont-be-fooled-by-fake-sunscreens/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://thebeautybrains.com/2010/03/10/dont-be-fooled-by-fake-sunscreens/comment-page-1/#comment-50904 Deborah Chase Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:33:48 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=9354#comment-50904 I found it troubling that a product can call itself a defense againt UV rays and not contain sunscreen elements. THe only ingredients I saw that had anything to do with sun protection were blueberry extract and primrose extract. Both plants are high in anti-oxidants and there is some evidence that some antioxidants can prevent a degree of cell damge from sun exposure. But I dont know about the value of extracts of these plants. It sounds to me that this product has stetched a generally accepted idea well past its generally accepeted limits. I found it troubling that a product can call itself a defense againt UV rays and not contain sunscreen elements. THe only ingredients I saw that had anything to do with sun protection were blueberry extract and primrose extract. Both plants are high in anti-oxidants and there is some evidence that some antioxidants can prevent a degree of cell damge from sun exposure. But I dont know about the value of extracts of these plants. It sounds to me that this product has stetched a generally accepted idea well past its generally accepeted limits.

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