Bioderma Photoderm Aquafluide SPF50+ For Sensitive Skin
Product summary
The ingredient list suggests that "Bioderma - Photoderm Aquafluide SPF50+ For Sensitive Skin" can provide reliable sun protection. It can protect from both UVA and UVB rays. This is great news because not all sunscreens with SPF ratings give UVA protection. (UVA rays do not cause sunburn, but still damage our skin and lead to early aging).
As a plus, this sunscreen uses some of the new generation UV filters (Tinosorb M). These filters are more stable and more gentle on the skin.
It contains good moisturizing ingredients and can double as a hydrating day cream. Like all broad-spectrum sunscreens, this product has an anti-aging benefit.
Sunscreen filters
This is a so-called "chemical" sunscreen. It means that it uses organic UV filters. They typically offer good sun protection and rarely leave a white cast, but they can be irritating for some people with sensitive skin. The UV filters in this sunscreen are: tinosorb s 1.40% - 1.70%, avobenzone 3.10% - 3.80%, tinosorb m 3.60% - 4.40% and octocrylene 4.50% - 5.50%.
Irritation risk
It contains some common irritants, including those without a benefit for the skin. We assess the overall irritancy of this sunscreen to be low. For a detailed overview of all potential irritants: click here
You can see the detailed formula review with the breakdown of all actives in the product and the full ingredient list with estimated concentrations in the tables below.
Price
The product retails for 16.00£ in the United Kingdom.
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Benefits
Promise: Sun protection
This product offers a good level of protection against both UVB and UVA rays.
This sunscreen uses organic (so-called "chemical") sunscreen filters. Organic, or "chemical" filters usually provide reliable sun protection and rarely leave a white cast. Sunscreens with organic filters can sting eyes.
This product can be considered "reef safe" because it does not contain the UV filters (oxybenzone and octinoxate) that can be harmful to coral reefs when present in the water in high concentrations.
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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| octocrylene | HIGH |  |  |
| methylene bis-benzotriazolyl tetramethylbutylphenol | HIGH | | |
| butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane | HIGH | | |
Other benefit: Anti-aging
This product can help prevent early signs of skin aging because it offers a good level of broad spectrum sun protection. Sun damage is the main cause of premature skin aging, and protecting your skin from the sun is the best anti-aging strategy.
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhamnose | LOW | | |
| tocopherol | LOW |  | |
Other benefit: Evens skin tone
This product offers broad spectrum sun protection. It means that it can prevent hyperpigmentation and help keep the skin tone even (sun damage is the main factor causing age spots, darkening of post-acne marks and other discolorations).
Other benefit: Moisturizing
This product contains good ingredients to attract water to the upper layer of the skin. These ingredients are called "humectants": glycerin, mannitol.
When humectants are on the surface of the skin, they “pull in” the moisture from the outside environment, or from within deeper layers of the skin. If the air is dry, humectants can speed up the moisture loss from the skin. This is why it is a good idea to use another product on top of this one to help "seal in" the moisture (look for ingredients like dimethicone, squalane, oils and butters).
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| polymethylsilsesquioxane | HIGH | | |
| mannitol | HIGH | | |
| ectoin | HIGH | | |
Honesty check
How honest is this product?
| Promise | Can it deliver? |
|---|---|
| Sun protection |
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Potential irritants
| Ingredient | Irritancy | Skin Benefit |
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| decyl glucoside | | |
| propylene glycol | | |
| octocrylene | | |
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Ingredients & concentrations
- Tinosorb S
- Avobenzone
- cyclopentasiloxane
- ectoin
- glycerin
- mannitol
- methyl methacrylate crosspolymer
- Tinosorb M
- octocrylene
- polymethylsilsesquioxane
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| Ingredient | Estimated concentration |
|---|---|
| 45% - 55% | |
| Plain old water | |
| 5.5% - 6.7% | |
| Helps products spread more easily and works as an emollient to soften skin | |
| 4.5% - 5.5% | |
| A weak sunscreen that protects against the sun rays that cause sunburn (UVB) and is somewhat effective against the UVA rays. It is quite stable and can help stabilize other, more vulnerable, sunscreen ingredients like Avobenzone. It is an organic, or so called "chemical" sunscreen | |
| 3.6% - 4.4% | |
| Tinosorb M. A UV filter. Is effective against both UVA and UVB rays. It also provides some protection against visible light. It is photostable and can also be used to improve photostability of other sunscreen ingredients. Its physical properties help to create lightweight sunscreen formulations. It can leave a slight white cast. Unfortunately, it is not approved by the FDA (US) yet | |
| 3.1% - 3.8% | |
| Avobenzone. An organic, or so-called "chemical" UV filter. Protects against both UVA and UVB rays. Needs to be combined with other filters in a formulation to be stable. | |
| 2% - 2.5% | |
| One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Naturally present in skin. It attracts water to the upper layer of the skin working as a humectant | |
| 1.7% - 2.1% | |
| Helps thicken the product consistency | |
| 1.4% - 1.8% | |
| A silicone that serves as an emollient. Helps create a nice non-greasy feels | |
| 1.2% - 1.4% | |
| A silicone that helps improve the product texture and spreadability. Can absorb oil creating a short-term mattifying effect on the skin | |
| 1.4% - 1.7% | |
| Tinosorb S. One of the most effective broad spectrum sunscreen ingredients. Protects from both UVA and UVB rays. It is photostable. Unfortunately, not approved by FDA (US) yet. | |
| 0.7% - 1.05% | |
| A silicone that improves product texture and helps dissolve other ingredients. Can form a non-greasy film on the skin to prevent moisture loss | |
| 0.5% - 0.75% | |
| Helps dissolve other ingredients in a formulation | |
| 0.45% - 0.65% | |
| Used to create a silky product texture and add volume to products | |
| 0.4% - 0.6% | |
| 0.3% - 0.6% | |
| 0.45% - 0.65% | |
| Helps oil and water mix together. Can be irritating | |
| 0.35% - 0.6% | |
| Helps oil and water mix together while softening the upper layer of the skin | |
| 0.3% - 0.6% | |
| Used to preserve products, dissolve other ingredients and create a nice product texture | |
| 0.25% - 0.5% | |
| 0.25% - 0.45% | |
| Helps to create a nice silky product texture | |
| 0.2% - 0.4% | |
| A preservative | |
| 0.2% - 0.4% | |
| Helps preserve products and creates a nice product texture | |
| 0.15% - 0.3% | |
| Stabilizes the product formulation | |
| 0.15% - 0.3% | |
| Used to create a thicker product consistency | |
| 0.15% - 0.3% | |
| Helps to attract water to the upper layer of the skin | |
| 0.15% - 0.3% | |
| Helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and repair the skin barrier function | |
| 0.15% - 0.3% | |
| Used to adjust the product's pH | |
| 0.15% - 0.3% | |
| Used to create thicker product consistency and stabilize emulsions | |
| 0.15% - 0.25% | |
| Helps oil and water mix together. It also helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin | |
| 0.15% - 0.3% | |
| Helps oil and water mix together and can enhance the penetration of other ingredients into the skin. It can be irritating | |
| 0.1% - 0.2% | |
| Can work as an exfoliant but is typically used to adjust the product pH | |
| 0.1% - 0.2% | |
| Softens the upper layer of the skin and can support skin barrier function | |
| 0.1% - 0.15% | |
| Pure form of vitamin E. Can help moisturise and protect the skin from free radicals. Often used to help stabilise other ingredients or the formula itself | |
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Sources
- Glycerol and the skin: holistic approach to its origin and functions
- Public Report: 2-Butenedioic acid (2E)-, di-C12-15-alkyl esters (INCI Name: Di-C12-15 Alkyl Fumarate)
- Ecofriendly surfactant is allergen of the year
- The influence of alkane chain length on the skin irritation potential of 1,2-alkanediols
- Potentially beneficial effects of rhamnose on skin ageing: an in vitro and in vivo study