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 10% of UVB in a range of approximately 290 nm-298 nm to permit vitamin D production;
• 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 10% of UVB in the range of approximately 290 nm-298 nm and 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 composition does not include any ingredients at concentrations that would effectively filter UVB in the range of approximately 290 nm-298 nm.