EsseSol mineral filter

Aqueous based mineral UV filter designed for beach sun care formulations, in particular products for sensitive skin. Combines an exceptional level of UVA protection with high UVB efficacy. Easy to work with, gives light and elegant skin feel. Non-nano.

Provides a much higher level of UVA protection than traditional sunscreen grades of TiO2, while maintaining the high UVB protection.

Can be used as the sole active ingredient to create inorganic only, high SPF sunscreen formulations that are broad spectrum and also have global compliance.

Composition: hydrophobically coated titanium dioxide with a mean particle size of 179nm dispersed in water. Contains 50% solids.

BENEFITS

• offers broad spectrum UV protection
• physical shield to reduce UV-induced radicals within skin
• approved for use in natural or organic skin care products, non-nano
• UVA and UVB protection, critical wavelength ~380nm
• water-based homogeneous dispersion for formulation flexibility
• gives inherent water resistance
• provides a lubricious, silky skin feel
• mild, safe, non-irritant

USE RECOMMENDATIONS 

• cosmetic ingredient
• applications include sun care creams and lotions, skin care creams, sun protection creams for baby skin, color cosmetics formulations
• is also suitable for low viscosity preparations such as milks, emulgels and sprays

FORMULATION GUIDE

• easy to use, can be stirred into the water phase before emulsification
• is most suited to O/W emulsions but can be successfully incorporated into W/O systems
• the SPF of a sunscreen product depends greatly on the formulation, so it is not possible to give definitive rules to say that a certain percentage of an active ingredient will give a certain SPF
• guideline: every 1% solids provides approximately 2-3 SPF units
• provides excellent compatibility with other ingredients commonly used in such applications

EFFICACY DATA

• In-vivo & In-vitro SPF data
• O/W formulation containing 22% (11% solids): 29 SPF in-vitro / 30 SPF in-vivo as sole active
• O/W formulation containing 20% (10% solids): 24 SPF as sole active

SAFETY DATA

• cosmetic use only
• for details refer to safety datasheet