Have you heard about St.Ives new cleanser that has SPF 10 built right into it?
Well, unfortunately this product will NOT do exactly what it fully claims. Sunscreen cannot be put on through a cleanser very efficiently. If you wash off the cleanser then there cannot be much sunscreen on your face or hands.
Plus I would think that cleansing ingredients would actually work against any sunscreen staying on your face. Not too mention that you are suppose to splash your face with water to remove this St.Ives cleanser. Water removes sunscreen. Apparently a little SPF will stay on your face. Also if you look at the ingredients in this St.Ives cleanser you will see that there is only titanium dioxide. There is no zinc oxide. So this sunscreen/cleanser would not protect you very well from UVA rays.
Plus there is always the small fact that many doctors say that an SPF 15 or 30 NOT 10 is recommended for everyday!
Some skincare products have high claims. People should not believe all the claims on products. This cleanser/sunscreen will not fully protect you from UVA and UVB rays. This sunscreen/cleanser will provide some UVB protection. I hope this post reaches some people! Use this in addition to your regular sunscreen.
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FYI: how the product works:
“For ten years, Health magazine has used a panel of dermatologists to select the healthiest beauty products. This year, we picked twenty-five of the best, from your head to your toes. The winners include:
Best facial cleanser: St. Ives Elements Protective Cleanser. If you’re not a fan of slathering on sunscreen every morning, this facial wash, with an SPF of 10, lets you cleanse and protect in one step. Sunscreen is encapsulated in positively charged silica shells, which bind to negatively charged skin, preventing the vital sun protection from rinsing away.”
These silica shells may provide some SPF protection to your skin, but not much. SPF 10 is not enough for everyday. And how can you be sure that the adequate amount of SPF 10 is on your face?
This St. Ives cleanser does NOT provide broad protection from UVA rays. UVA rays causes the most long-term damage like aging and melanoma on your skin.
This would help as the first thin layer of physical sunscreen, but be sure to use a regular physical sunscreen after you use this cleanser as well.
If you use a chemical sunscreen after this cleanser the oxides from this physical sunscreen ingredients will destabilize the chemical sunscreen. That is why it is important to not mix a chemical and physical sunscreen together.
I just do not want people to think that this is all they need, especially in the summer!
Thank you for correcting your previous declaration that this product WILL NOT WORK, and for backing off your previous claim that, since the product did not have zinc oxide, only titanium dioxide, it had no sunscreen. it is still important to note, however, that this product is providing some level of sun protection – including UVA – by simply washing with it, so that coverage is available while one is simply going about normal activities involving short periods of sun exposure for which they might not normally apply suncsreen, i.e. walking from the parking lot to work, running errands at lunchtime. Check with your dermatologist; I think s/he would agree it’s an excellent first step in a future of making sun protection a no-brainer.
Unfortunately, this St. Ives cleanser is still not enough protection for everyday incendental sun exposure. Even if you just walk to and from you car once, it is still not enough protection.
A great deal of our sun exposure is from the everyday errands walking to and from the car, just driving, or sitting next to a window in your office. All of it adds up over the years. UVA rays causes aging, wrinkling, sagging, leathering, and skin cancer. UVA rays are constant all year long too!
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/ped_7_1x_Protect_Your_Skin_From_UV.asp?sitearea=PED
I never said this cleanser had no sunscreen, it has some UVB and UVA protection. This cleanser does not have zinc oxide.
St. Ives Elements Protective Cleanser:
Water (Aqua, Eau), Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate, Ammonium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamide MEA, Polyquaternium 4, Acrylates Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Silica, Petrolatum, Dimethicone, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Fragrance (Parfum), Benzoic Acid, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine Stearate, Stearic Acid, Cetrimonium Chloride, PVP, Glycerin, Benzyl Salicylate
Titanium Dioxide provides some UVA protection but it would be better if this cleanser had Zinc Oxide too! Plus the fact that this cleanser does not give you the sunscreen percentages means that there is no way to tell how much protection you are really getting.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/431185
http://www.ciba.com/ind-pc-uv-sss.htm
Again SPF 10, which is only a number for UVB rays, is NOT good enough for everyday running around. How can you tell that this cleanser even correctly applies the right amount of SPF 10 evenly to your face everyday.
You still need to wear an additional sunscreen everyday! Check out my sunscreen posts.
However, if you really like this St. Ives cleanser and don’t want to wear an additional sunscreen, then this is better than wearing nothing! It is all about you being happy. You only live once!
Wow, anonymous, could you make it any more obvious that you’re working for St. Ives?
And just in case anybody here is wondering how they can get away with making such ludicrous claims, just remember that the FDA does not regulate cosmetics companies. They can say almost anything without getting in trouble, and St. Ives lying about something that could cause skin cancer is not only reprehensible, it’s dangerous as well. The company, and anonymous, should be ashamed of themselves.
Hi Mya, thank you for commenting!
Yes, I was thinking that the anonymous person may be working for St. Ives too!
Thanks for making the point about the FDA not regulating the cosmetic companies. It is crazy that so many companies can claim so much!
Comments from a different anonymous…
The FDA does regulate cosmetic products, but not to the same extent as drug products, and they seem fairly lax when it comes to enforcement. However, since this product makes a sun protection claim it is technically an over-the-counter drug product and should be subject to stricter regulations, including calling out specific sunscreen active ingredients and their levels.
Personally, I haven’t used this product but I’m skeptical that it would provide sufficient protection, especially since most people do not apply enough of a traditional sunscreen lotion to achieve the claimed level of SPF protection.
Different Anonymous-Thanks for commenting and making it more clear about the FDA.