UV-Defence Sunscreen Gel - 50 ml
- Aqua Water, the base most formulas are built on. It dissolves the other ingredients
- Octocrylene Old-generation UV filters. UVB filter and avobenzone stabiliser.
- Ethylhexyl Salicylate Old-generation UV filters. Ethylhexyl salicylate, weak UVB solvent-filter.
- Ethylhexyl Triazone Modern UV filters. Strongest UVB absorber per gram. Max 5 percent.
- Dicaprylyl Carbonate Emollients. Emollient, skin conditioning
- Glycerin Humectants. The reference humectant. Cheap, proven, works at 3 to 10 percent.
- Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine Modern UV filters. Oil-soluble broad spectrum UVA and UVB. Max 10 percent.
- Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate Thickeners and film formers. Absorbent, anticaking, viscosity controlling
- Homosalate Old-generation UV filters. Weak UVB filter needing 10 percent.
- Phenoxyethanol Preservatives. The standard broad-spectrum preservative at up to 1 percent.
- Sodium Hydroxide pH adjusters and chelators. Base for neutralising acids and carbomers.
- Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer Thickeners and film formers. Gel former that holds oils in suspension.
- Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol Modern UV filters. Particulate broad spectrum filter in water dispersion.
- Aqua Water, the base most formulas are built on. It dissolves the other ingredients
- Decyl Glucoside Surfactants. Sugar-based non-ionic, very mild.
- Propylene Glycol Humectants. Glycol solvent and humectant, the older sibling of propanediol.
- Xanthan Gum Thickeners and film formers. Natural gum thickener.
- Cetyl AlcoholPore-clogging 2/5 Emollients. Fatty alcohol thickener.
- Glyceryl StearateFeeds Malassezia Emulsifiers. Workhorse non-ionic emulsifier.
- PEG-100 StearateFeeds Malassezia Emulsifiers. Partner to glyceryl stearate.
- Niacinamide Actives. Vitamin B3. Sebum, barrier, pigment transfer, at 2 to 5 percent.
- Ceramide NP Actives. Barrier lipids. Work in a 3:1:1 ratio with cholesterol and fatty acids.
- Water Water, the base most formulas are built on. It dissolves the other ingredients
- PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate Surfactants. Emulsifying, surfactant
- Phenoxyethanol
- Disodium EDTA pH adjusters and chelators. Chelator that protects preservatives.
- TocopherolPore-clogging 2/5 Antioxidants. Vitamin E, free form.
- 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid Actives. Stable, oil and water soluble vitamin C.
- Sodium Hyaluronate Humectants. Smaller fragments reach the upper epidermis.
- Biosaccharide Gum-4 Other ingredients. Skin conditioning
Taken from Arata's product page, last checked 2026-10-25. Formulas change, so check the pack before you buy. Brands can send us a correction.