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fiercecc
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Sunscreen

Post by fiercecc » Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:14 am

How about a sunscreen base that contains both zinc oxide and titanium dioxide? Offer an untinted version for those who want to customize their shades and a few lightly tinted versions for those too lazy to do it themselves. I know small MMU companies that offer such products can't afford the costly SPF rating process to slap a number on their product, but I also know there's research out there that estimates, based on the percentage of ZO and TD, what the SPF is likely to be.
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Re: Sunscreen

Post by karen » Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:42 am

The closest thing we have is the Sheer Zinc powder- the most zinc and titanium dioxide that the FDA allows in a sunscreen formula, but no formal SPF rating. You can tint it, dilute it with Perfecting Powder- pretty much whatever you'd like.
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Re: Sunscreen

Post by fiercecc » Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:40 pm

Oops, I didn't realize that it had TD as well. The product name threw me off. Thanks Karen!

A supplemental question: are there any other ingredients besides ZO and TD? The product description lists those 2 at 25% each, so what else makes up the other 50%?
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