What it is
A face and body lotion for the top of the UV scale — the boat day, the midday walk, the motorbike, anywhere the index is sitting at 8 or above. SPF 50 filters roughly 98% of UVB, and the PA+++ mark covers UVA — the wavelength behind ageing and pigmentation — on the Asian scale that runs from PA+ to PA++++.
The formula runs two mineral filters — zinc oxide and titanium dioxide — alongside four organic ones. Minerals alone at this strength tend to sit heavy and white; pairing them keeps the layer thin enough to spread properly. That matters more than it sounds: lab SPF is measured at 2 mg per square centimetre, and most people apply between a quarter and a half of that. A lotion you are willing to use generously beats a higher number you ration.
How to use it
Water resistance was tested at the MUPY Dermocosmetic Testing Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, at 40 minutes. That is a measured limit rather than a promise: it is the point at which the tested protection is still holding, and it resets the moment you towel off.
- Apply before you go out — on dry skin, a few minutes before sun, not at the water's edge.
- Use more than feels natural. Roughly half a teaspoon for the face and neck; about 30 ml — a shot glass — for a whole adult body.
- Reapply every two hours, and straight after swimming, sweating or towelling off.
- Do not forget the edges — ears, back of the neck, tops of the feet, and the parting in your hair.
- Pair it, do not mix it. If you are using tanning oil, the SPF goes on the skin you are protecting; the oil goes where you are deliberately colouring.
What is in it
Everything that goes in, in the order it goes in. A few of them are worth explaining, since most of this list is chemistry rather than plain English.
Full ingredients (39)
INCI names, in descending order of concentration — the same list printed on the bottle.
Aqua, Octocrylene, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Homosalate, Zinc Oxide, Titanium Dioxide, Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, PEG-30 Dipolyhydroxystearate, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Hexyl Laurate, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Dimethicone, Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Isopropyl Myristate, Cetyl Dimethicone, Cyclopentasiloxane, Butylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Chloride, Alumina, Decyl Glucoside, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Allantoin, Disodium EDTA, Parfum, PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone, Hexadecene, Simethicone, Tocopheryl Acetate, o-Cymen-5-ol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Propylene Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Maltodextrin
Thai FDA Notification No. 13-1-6700023034 (เลขที่จดแจ้ง อย.)