Compositions that brighten skin, provide sun protection, and permit vitamin D production

A topical sunscreen composition to prevent facultative pigmentation and protect skin from sun damage while permitting the skin to produce vitamin D, the composition comprising:

• a combination of UVR filtering agents to selectively filter enough light in UVA and UVB ranges to prevent UVR-induced skin damage while permitting passage of at least 5% of UVB in a range of approximately 290 nm-298 nm to permit vitamin D production, wherein the combination of the UVR filtering agents includes:
• octocrylene at a concentration of about 0.5% to about 10% (w/w),
• butyl methoxy dibenzoylmethane at a concentration of about 0.5% to about 7% (w/w),
• homosalate at a concentration of about 0.5% to about 15% (w/w), and
• octyl salicylate at a concentration of about 0.5% to about 10% (w/w);
• and
• a combination of melanogenesis inhibition compounds to inhibit melanogenesis and the corresponding facultative pigmentation of the skin even though the skin absorbs the at least 5% of UVB in the range of approximately 290 nm-298 nm, wherein the combination of the melanogenesis inhibition compounds includes:
• 1-methylhydantoin-2-imide at a concentration of about 0.05% to about 5% (w/w),
• niacinamide at a concentration of about 0.5% to about 10% (w/w), and
• phenylethyl resorcinol at a concentration of about 0.05% to about 7% (w/w),
• wherein absorption of the UVB in the range of approximately 290 nm-298 nm by the skin typically results in production of melanin by the skin and the corresponding facultative pigmentation of the skin in addition to vitamin D production,
• wherein the combination of the melanogenesis inhibition compounds do not effectively filter UVB in the range of approximately 290 nm-298 nm, and
• wherein the composition does not include any compounds or components at concentrations that would effectively filter UVB in the range of approximately 290 nm-298 nm.