Binding: Health and Beauty
Brand: La Roche-Posay
EAN: 0883140001713
Feature: Anthelios SX is the moisturizer with the highest protection against harmful UVA rays
Ingredients: Active Ingredients: Avobenzone 2%, Ecamsule 2% Octocrylene 10% Inactive Ingredients: Carbomer 940, Carbomer Copolymer Type B, Cyclomethicone, Dimethicone, Edetate Disodium, Glycerin, Hyroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Isopropyl Palmitate, Methylparaben, Phenoxyethanol, Proppylene Glycol, Propylparaben, Purified Water, Stearic acid, Stearol Macrogolglycerides, Stearyl Alcohol, Trolamine
Label: La Roche-Posay
Manufacturer: La Roche-Posay
Model: 2185426
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: La Roche-Posay
Release Date: 2007-05-24
Studio: La Roche-Posay

• Anthelios SX is the moisturizer with the highest protection against harmful UVA rays
• The most complete broad-spectrum protection and the first sunscreen approved by the FDA in 18 years
• Light, non-greasy, fragrance-free and PABA-free formula provides 24-hour hydration
• Parsol 1789 (avobenzone) protects against long UVA rays and is stabilized by Octocrylene
• Mexoryl SX is photostable on its own and protects against short UVA rays

• Anthelios SX is the moisturizer with the highest protection against harmful UVA rays
• The most complete broad-spectrum protection and the first sunscreen approved by the FDA in 18 years
• Light, non-greasy, fragrance-free and PABA-free formula provides 24-hour hydration
• Parsol 1789 (avobenzone) protects against long UVA rays and is stabilized by Octocrylene
• Mexoryl SX is photostable on its own and protects against short UVA rays

Anthelios SX is a light, non-greasy, fragrance-free daily use moisturizer with sunscreen that combines Parsol 1789 (avobenzone) and an innovative ingredient, Mexoryl SX (ecamsule) to help provide UVA protection. It is allergy-tested, PABA-free, suitable for sensitive skin and offers 24-hour hydration. Anthelios SX has complete broad spectrum protection. Anthelios SX contains MEXORYLTM SX, the most effective FDA-approved organic filter designed to protect against short UVA rays (maximum absorption at 344nm) with high photostability, a key factor in sunscreen protection efficacy. This high photostability means the sunscreen will maintain a higher UVA protective ability longer and not degrade as quickly as other FDA approved UVA filters when exposed to the sun.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Chemical, terrible taste
Comment: No, I don't eat it, or even put it on my lips. But as another reviewer said, this develops an intolerable taste in my mouth minutes after putting it on! Stopped use after 2 days.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A pleasant surprise - amazing moisturizer plus it protects you from UVA rays
Comment: I initially got this product for the UVA protection. I had no idea I'd use it as my daily moisturizer too. It makes my skin super soft and highly moisturized. I have extreme combo skin (very greasy T-zone and ultra dry non-T zone area). This product is perfect for my skin. My skin looks even-toned and radiant, not greasy at all. I have been using it for 2 months now and it's been so great. I just love the fact that you get protection from UVA which is the main culprit of aging skin.

What's the difference between UVB vs UVA?

UVB: damages the outer layer of the skin, has been recognized for decades as the cause of sunburn and as a major contributor to skin cancer.
SPF refers to protection from UVB only.

UVA: while not contributing to sunburns -- damage deeper layers of the skin and probably play an important role in wrinkling, spotting, lost elasticity and most deadly form of the dangerous skin cancer, melanoma.

Other sunscreens, even if they market them as "broad spectrum protection", don't protect against short UVA rays but this La Roche-Posay product does. FDA approved mexoryl SX which protects your skin from short UVA rays. It's patented by L'Oreal (the mother company).

I highly recommend it. Remember to use it year-round, even when it's cloudy because UVA rays penetrate through clouds and windows.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice moisturizer, effective sunscreen
Comment: I spend a lot of time in the sun and have noticed the effects on my mature skin. This product seems to be very protective and lasts well into the day. It has a nice, light, non-greasy texture that works well in both desert and tropical climates. I think it's worth the money.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: I love it
Comment: I have stage 3B Melanoma, the most deadly of skin cancers. I started using this sunscreen shortly after diagnosis. It is wonderful. I am a golfer and camper and am still out in the sun a lot. I have never gotten any sunburn since I started using this. My biggest complaint about sunscreen was that it made my skin greasy. This does not and at SPF 15, it completely protects me. My 89-year old Mom started using it also, after being an avid Clinique user for many years. She is so impressed.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: In defense of greasy
Comment: I have dry skin, and this works perfectly as a daily moisturizer. It even removes a step from my routine (before I would apply moisturizer then sunscreen, this is effectively both). It doesn't melt into my mouth.
It does make my face shiny --there's no getting around it- but that doesn't bother me.
My mother hates the gunky texture of the SPF 15, and she uses the SPF 50 "fluide extreme" which is a drier formula, over a moisturizer. She warns that you have to let your moisturizer fully absorb before applying the sunscreen or else it all pills up and rubs off your face like eraser sweepings.

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