• Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’ve been wondering why so much sunscreen has alcohol, exactly because of what you explained. Do you happen to know?

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      1 day ago

      Not OP but just to hazard a guess:

      Alcohol evaporates quickly. It’s probably there for the same reason it’s used in dry shampoos and antiperspirants; to make something that sprays but drys into a powder or thickens to a gel in a very short period of time.

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      I don’t understand the connection? I don’t think sunscreen contains oil?

      UV protection is based on a mineral or chemical filtration aaaaaaaand I looked it up oil does not provide UV prot

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        Huh I thought since most are moisturizing that they were basically lotion with extra sun protecting ingredients!