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US 2013/0280191 A1Published application
Sunscreen composition
AssigneeConopco, Inc.
InventorsCharu Duggal, Kumar Gaurav, Janhavi Sanjay Raut
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AssigneeConopco, Inc.
InventorsCharu Duggal, Kumar Gaurav, Janhavi Sanjay Raut
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The invention relates to a high SPF sunscreen composition. There is a problem of achieving high SPF while keeping the total amount of sunscreens in the compositions relatively low. It is desirable, that the enhanced SPF benefit could be achieved through synergistic interaction of commonly used ingredients, thereby the present applicants have been working on solving this problem and have surprisingly found that cosmetic compositions comprising dibenzoylmethane or its derivative in combination with an oil soluble UV-B sunscreen when incorporated in a sunscreen composition along with a non-ionic surfactant of a select class meeting certain HLB requirements, provide the enhanced SPF benefits when applied on the substrate of interest.
A high SPF sunscreen composition comprising less than 8% by weight total organic sunscreens comprising,
A composition as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the cosmetically acceptable base is a cream, lotion, gel or emulsion.
A composition as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the cosmetically acceptable base comprises 1 to 25% by weight fatty acid by weight of the composition.
A composition as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein said cosmetically acceptable base comprises 0.1 to 10% soap by weight of the composition.
A method of protecting the skin against UV radiation comprising the step of applying a composition as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, to the desired surface of skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.