Thrive Causemetics Daily Defender Mineral Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 50

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Full ingredient list (48)

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1. 1 💧 Water

   Solvent base, the water phase

2. 2 🧴 Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride

   Emollient, softens and smooths skin

3. 3 🧴 Diisooctyl Succinate

   Emollient, softens and smooths skin

4. 4 💦 Propanediol

   Humectant, pulls water into the skin

5. 5 🧴 Butyloctyl Salicylate

   Emollient, softens and smooths skin

6. 6 🧴 Dicaprylyl Carbonate

   Emollient, softens and smooths skin

7. 7 🌿 Niacinamide

   Soothing, skin-conditioning active

8. 8 💦 Glycerin

   Humectant, pulls water into the skin

9. 9 🔆 Ethylhexyl Methoxycrylene

   Filter booster, photostabilizes the UV filters or lifts their SPF

10. 10 🌫️ Polymethylsilsesquioxane

    Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish

11. 11 🧴 Cetearyl Olivate

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

12. 12 🫧 Magnesium Aluminum Silicate

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

13. 13 🧴 Polyhydroxystearic Acid

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

14. 14 🌿 Organic Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract

    Botanical extract

15. 15 🌿 Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea Fruit Extract

    Botanical extract

16. 16 🌿 Pongamia Pinnata Seed Extract

    Botanical extract

17. 17 🧈 Maleated Soybean Oil Glyceryl/Octyldodecanol Esters

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

18. 18 🌿 Ectoin

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

19. 19 🌿 Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice

    Soothing, skin-conditioning active

20. 20 💦 Sodium Hyaluronate

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

21. 21 ✨ Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate

    Antioxidant, protects the formula and skin

22. 22 🧴 Menthyl Lactate

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

23. 23 🧴 Simmondsia Chinensis Esters

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

24. 24 🧪 Triethoxycaprylylsilane

    Supporting ingredient

25. 25 🧈 Arachidyl Alcohol

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

26. 26 🌫️ Silica

    Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish

27. 27 🌫️ Lauroyl Lysine

    Mattifying powder, absorbs oil and blurs the finish

28. 28 🥄 Potassium Cetyl Phosphate

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

29. 29 🥄 Polyglyceryl-4 Laurate/Succinate

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

30. 30 🫧 Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

31. 31 🧴 Isononyl Isononanoate

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

32. 32 🧈 Octyldodecanol

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

33. 33 🧪 Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer

    Supporting ingredient

34. 34 🧬 Polyglutamic Acid

    Protein, peptide or amino acid, conditions and hydrates skin

35. 35 🥄 Sorbitan Oleate

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

36. 36 🫧 Trihydroxystearin

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

37. 37 🥄 Arachidyl Glucoside

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

38. 38 🥄 Sorbitan Olivate

    Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

39. 39 🧈 Behenyl Alcohol

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

40. 40 🫧 Xanthan Gum

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

41. 41 🧪 Gluconolactone

    Supporting ingredient

42. 42 🔗 Calcium Gluconate

    Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable

43. 43 🔗 Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate

    Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable

44. 44 ⚗️ Citric Acid

    pH adjuster

45. 45 🛡️ Sodium Benzoate

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

46. 46 💦 Ethylhexyl-Glycerin

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

47. 47 🛡️ Caprylyl Glycol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

48. 48 🛡️ Phenoxyethanol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling