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Originally Posted by thevillager1988
Benzene
BHT
Propylparaben
Octocrylene
Benzophenone-3
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Blue Lizard "Sensitive" is awesome. Broad spectrum with none of those ingredients. Active ingredients are titanium dioxide and zinc oxide. Primary carrier ingredient is castor oil.
It has a lot of scary-sounding ingredients, but they're mostly (not all, but mostly) isolated chemical components or synthetic results of combining natural sources like minerals, sand (dimethicone is a type of silicone which is made with sand, water, and methanol gas) waxes, seaweed, and other plant substances.
In large doses, any of these ingredients can be harmful. Especially if ingested. So don't eat it, just rub it on your skin. It coats the skin, it doesn't absorb into it. The only downside to mineral sunscreens is the effort required to wash it off. Soap and water won't be enough. You need OIL to get this stuff off. The good news, is that oil is good for your skin. Options that are skin-friendly and very spa-like:
Get a coconut oil sugar scrub - or make one. If you make one with normal granulated sugar or "superfine" sugar like you can get in Publix, it's safe to use on your face, except on your eyelids and eye sockets.
Use just plain old kitchen cabinet olive oil. Massage it onto your skin. Get a thin coat over every part of your body that has the sunscreen on it, run the shower hot enough to steam up a bit before getting in. Then get in. Rub briskly all those spots again for a minute or so to loosen up the minerals, and THEN use soap to wash the oil off.