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Homosalate is a chemical sunscreen filter that provides protection in the UV-B range (280nm - 320 nm), with a peak protection at 306 nm. It is internationally approved for use in sunscreens.
Homosalate is not photo-stable, meaning it's strength as a UV filter degrades over time with exposure to the sun. Because of this, it's often used in combination with other chemical sunscreen filters as avobenzone (which protects from the UV-A range). Homosalate also helps act as a solvent for harder-to-dissolve UV filters.
(Part of the reason that sunscreens need to be frequently re-applied is due to the photo instability of many chemical sunscreen filters)
Currently, homosalate is approved in concentrations up to 10% in the EU and 15% in the US. The FDA is currently doing further research on the effects of homosalate, and it is possible that these approved concentrations will change in the future.
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Homosalate is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 2.0% of the products in our database containing it.
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Where it's used
Homosalate is most often found as ingredient number 2 within an ingredient list.
Of the 306 products in our database that have a known concentration of Homosalate, we've seen concentrations from 1% to 15% specified within their ingredient lists.
These are the categories of products that use Homosalate the most:
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Products with Homosalate
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 34299
- INCI Name: HOMOSALATE
- INN Name: homosalate
- EC #: Â 204-260-8
- All Functions: Skin Conditioning, UV Absorber, UV Filter
