In the United States, sunscreens are categorized as drugs delivered over the counter, but their use is nevertheless highly regulated by the FDA and the release on the market of new molecules takes a tremendous amount of time.Īs a result, the United States lags behind the rest of the world in terms of the latest innovations in solar ingredients and the number of chemical filters authorized on the market in the USA is only 16 (against 26 in Europe), of which only 3 protect against UVA (there are 8 in Europe). This was the case about 20 years ago with L’Oréal and its two exclusive filters Mexoryl XL and Mexoryl SX, which have the specificity of being allowed on the American market if I am not mistaken.īecause yes, there are geographical particularities! – chemical filters, there are many and they’re undoubtedly the most used in the cosmetics industry.įor more information on these different filters, how they work etc, have a look at my article Sun protection: Q&A and common myths where I explain these points □įor a few years, it’s been brands pushing with innovations and bringing new sunscreens to the market. – mineral filters: Titanium Dioxyde and Zinc Oxide. There are two types of sunscreens, whose ingredients can provide your skin with protection from UVA and UVB rays of the sun: Introducing a new sun filter is clearly an event in the world of cosmetics (and even health, after all we’re talking about prevention of skin cancer!). The new exclusive sun filter by Pierre Fabre, the TriAsorB: I’ll tell you more about its formula, its famous exclusive sun filter and my experience with this product!īut I will also explain the current infamous controversy about the chemical sun filter, octocrylene, and the background of its denigration campaign… So I’m going to introduce you to this innovative new product from Avène (a brand from the French group Pierre Fabre), a sunscreen for face and body, suitable for the whole family (even babies and children), the Avène Intense Protect SPF50+ cream. Yes, articles with an S, plural, considering all the sunscreens I’m trying out right now, lol. This post will be a little preview of my sunscreen articles. Those of you who follow me on Instagram (and can read French) already know a bit of the story, but I figured it deserved a post anyway.Īnd while I’m at it, I figured I would still do a review of this product, because here on BTY ALY, we like efficiency: two articles for the price of one! Welcome to the backstage of the octocrylene-gate… A sunscreen with a brand new exclusive filter, created by a French cosmetic group? What an innovation! It deserves an article, doesn’t it? And what if I told you that there was also a juicy story about the denigration of another filter used by the competition? As you can see, today’s post is not just a simple review.
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