Murad Essential-C Day Moisture Broad Spectrum Spf 30 Pa +++

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Full ingredient list (45)

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1. 1 💧 Water

   Solvent base, the water phase

2. 2 💦 Butylene Glycol

   Humectant, pulls water into the skin

3. 3 🧴 Stearic Acid

   Emollient, softens and smooths skin

4. 4 🧴 Diisopropyl Sebacate

   Emollient, softens and smooths skin

5. 5 🧴 Cocoglycerides

   Emollient, softens and smooths skin

6. 6 🧴 Lauryl Lactate

   Emollient, softens and smooths skin

7. 7 🥄 Glyceryl Stearate

   Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

8. 8 🥄 PEG-100 Stearate

   Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

9. 9 🧴 Isodecyl Neopentanoate

   Emollient, softens and smooths skin

10. 10 🧴 Dimethicone

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

11. 11 🧈 Cetyl Alcohol

    Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

12. 12 🥄 Cetyl Phosphate

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

13. 13 💦 Urea

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

14. 14 🧬 Yeast Amino Acids

    Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin

15. 15 💦 Trehalose

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

16. 16 💦 Inositol

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

17. 17 🧬 Taurine

    Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin

18. 18 💦 Betaine

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

19. 19 🥄 Phospholipids

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

20. 20 🧴 Retinyl Palmitate

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

21. 21 ✨ Tocopheryl Acetate

    Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

22. 22 ✨ Ascorbyl Palmitate

    Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

23. 23 🌿 Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract

    Botanical extract

24. 24 🌿 Ectoin

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

25. 25 🌿 Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract

    Botanical extract

26. 26 🌿 Vitis Vinifera Seed Extract

    Botanical extract

27. 27 🌿 Passiflora Incarnata Extract

    Botanical extract

28. 28 ✨ Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate

    Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

29. 29 💦 Sodium PCA

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

30. 30 🌿 Panthenol

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

31. 31 🌿 Tripleurospermum Maritimum Extract

    Botanical extract

32. 32 🔗 Zinc Gluconate

    Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable

33. 33 🧪 Ethyl Linoleate

    Supporting ingredient

34. 34 🫧 Magnesium Aluminum Silicate

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

35. 35 🫧 Xanthan Gum

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

36. 36 ⚗️ Aminomethyl Propanol

    pH adjuster

37. 37 🔗 Disodium EDTA

    Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable

38. 38 🛡️ Phenoxyethanol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

39. 39 🛡️ Caprylyl Glycol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

40. 40 🛡️ Chlorphenesin

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

41. 41 🌸 Limonene

    Fragrance component, a declared allergen

42. 42 🌸 Linalool

    Fragrance component, a declared allergen

43. 43 🌸 Fragrance

    Fragrance

44. 44 🎨 Yellow 6

    Colorant or pigment

45. 45 🎨 Red 33

    Colorant or pigment