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SPF-Enhanced Water-Releasing Sunscreen Patented by L’Oréal

Lilian Josephson, Susan Halpern, Paul Bonvallet and Zachary Maron developed the technology in US Patent No. 11,458,090 B2.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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US Patent No. 11,458,090 B2 (Lilian Josephson, Susan Halpern, Paul Bonvallet, Zachary Maron); L’Oréal, Paris, has patented a sunscreen. It contains a sunscreen composition comprised of a silicone phase that comprises two or more silicone film formers and a blend of silicones comprising at least one of each of a low viscosity silicone fluid, at least one silicone co-emulsifier and at least one self-emulsifying silicone elastomer; and a UV filter system. Two or more silicone film formers and blend of silicones are present in quantities sufficient such that the composition has an SPF that is boosted by at least 100% as compared to a composition that lacks silicone film former.

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