Product Description
Creating a Visible Difference in your skin means giving it the right amount of hydration and protection all day. This gentle, oil-free lotion helps protect skin from UVA/UVB rays while providing the right amount of hydration all day long. Our special Alpha/Beta Hydroxy Compound also works to refine, and retexturize skin.
Non-acnegenic and dermatologist tested.
Key Ingredients :
Alpha/Beta Hydroxy Compound: Refines, clarifies and retexturizes your skin.
Retinyl Linoleate: An exclusive retinol derivative that gently and effectively retexturizes skin, improves skin tone and skin clarity, and helps repair the appearance of sun damage. Skin is left firmer and smoother looking.
Sodium Hyaluronate: Found naturally in the epidermis, this ingredient lubricates and attracts moisture to the skin.
Vitamin C Derivative: This stabilized form of Vitamin C provides antioxidant protection and helps brighten the appearance of your skin.
Tocopherol Acetate: This Vitamin E derivative has antioxidant properties to provide free radical protection and help condition skin. Glycerin: Provides optimum hydration to replenish and revitalize skin’s appearance.
Oxybenzone and Octinoxate: Provides broad spectrum sun protection.
The last product from my Visible Difference stash, this lotion retails at $85 for a 50ml size. One is supposed to see a difference in their skin in as little as 6 days, as touted in their bold claims.
At the end of my sachets usage experience from each 2ml sized products ( Cleanser , Serum and Moisturiser ) my skin definitely feels smoother and plumped up with moisture. This line is meant for combination skin which works for my skin type, a cross between combination skin and dehydrated surface.
The balancing lotion sunscreen is basically a moisturiser with an added benefit of having SPF. With a SPF15, it is definitely too little to protect the skin under our humid local weather so as always, I will recommend one to layer a sunscreen on top of the moisturiser.
It has a similar floral scent that is not too heavy on the senses. The texture is lotion-like and non-greasy with a slippery feel that gets absorbed into the skin pretty quickly.
It manages to hydrate my skin moderately well, with just a tad of flakiness on bad days.
In terms of ingredients, it uses Oxybenzone and Octinoxate to provide sun protection, however do note that while there is full UVB protection but there is only partial UVA protection.
Octinoxate 6%
Octinoxate is the most widely used UVB blocking agent in the skin care industry. However, when Octinoxate is exposed to sunlight, "it is converted into a less UV absorbent form hence it is not very stable. This conversion can be partly prevented by certain other UV blockers, particularly bemotrizinol (Tinosorb M).
Note that if Octinoxate combined with Avobenzone, it degrades even faster.
According to the EWG, Octinoxate is a moderate hazard, primarily because it can lead to developmental and reproductive toxicity through enhanced skin absorption. It can produce estrogen-like effects and should not be used by pregnant women and children
Oxybenzone 3%
Oxybenzone primarily functions as a photostabilizer and sunscreen. It also helps preserve the integrity of other cosmetic ingredients, preventing their deterioration under the sun. For this reason, Oxybenzone is most often used in conjunction with other sunscreen agents.
According to the Environmental Working Group, it has been shown that the product penetrate the skin and cause photo-sensitivity. As a photocarcinogen, it has demonstrated an increase in the production of harmful free radicals and an ability to attack DNA cells.
The FDA has approved the use of Oxybenzone as a safe and effective OTC sunscreen ingredient, but only in concentrations up to 6%
It contains Advanced Filagrinol Complex™ which is a blend of botanical extracts (including Sage and Melissa Extracts, Squalene, Nuteline, Oligopeptides and AQUAXYL™ ) to act as a catalyst to provide a continuous supply of moisture to your skin, while also conditioning and firming the look of skin as well as Sodium Hyaluronate and Sea Algae Extract to supplement your skin’s own natural moisturizing components and smooth skin. Oligopeptides to support your skin’s own natural collagen to improve the appearance of elasticity and firmness.
Source : Elizabeth Arden, Feelunique
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