miessence -NEW Organic Sunscreen- 100% Natural, SPF 15!

[Guest guest]

Greetings! I hope you are all having a WONDERFUL summer! We are VERY

excited to announce the much anticipated new *miessence raw, organic,

100% natural sunscreen!*

* www.GreenLifeOrganics.com <http://www.greenlifeorganics.com/>*

 

 

[image: Reflect Outdoor Balm] Reflect Outdoor Balm SPF 15

 

A water-free nourishing balm with natural minerals that help

reflectdamaging ultraviolet radiation. Microfine zinc oxide offers

protection from

harmful rays whilst organic olive oil keeps the skin supple. Potent

antioxidants including natural vitamin E, beta carotene and polygonum

extract, protect the skin from premature aging and prevent damage caused by

the elements.

 

This Balm has actually been tested at SPF 29.5, however because it is not

TGA listed (which requires a huge amount of additional requirements and

limitations) the company can only officially call it SPF 15.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Ingredients*:

 

organic olea europaea (olive) juice extract, zinc oxide, organic

butyrospermum parkii (shea) fruit butter, organic unrefined cera alba

(beeswax), avena sativa (oat) kernel flour, polygonoum multiflorum root

extract, d-alpha tocopherol (natural vitamin e), organic copernicia

prunifera (carauba) wax, aroma (essential oils), rsmarinus officinalis

(rosemary) leaf extract, dunaliella salina algae extract

[image: BFA Logo]

 

Zinc oxide has been used as the natural blocking agent as it is the only

ingredient synthetic chemical or natural to effectively provide

comprehensive protection against UVB and both short and long UVA radiation.

Zinc oxide is the closest thing to a total sunblock on the market today. It

uniformly covers from 290 to 380 nm, thus protecting against UVB and most of

the UVA spectrum. No other sunscreen ingredient provides broader protection.

And unlike many chemical sunscreen agents, zinc oxide is never irritating.

In fact, it is recognized by the Food and Drug Administration as a Category

I skin protectant, meaning that it is safe for compromised or

environmentally challenged skin. Zinc oxide has over a 300-year history of

safety, with no known adverse reactions (which is why it is often used to

treat babies). Now, in its microfine form, it is ideal for use in sunscreens

and daily moisturisers.

 

*Many commercial sunscreen products contain ingredients which latest

research reveals may cause serious problems…*

 

- Octyl-methoxycinnamate – produces *free radicals* (singlet molecular

oxygen) known to be *toxic to cells* (1)

 

 

- Titanium dioxide – causes *DNA damage* (the cells genetic material)

due to superoxide radicals, active oxygen radicals and hydroxyl

radicals when exposed to light (2) (3) (4)

 

 

- Oxybenzone – is rapidly oxidised in the presence of light and *inactivates

important antioxidant* *systems in the skin* (the skin's natural

protection system) (5)

 

 

- PABA – produces *free radicals* in the presence of light (1)

 

 

- Cinoxate – causes *DNA damage* (sister chromatid exchanges) (6)

 

 

- Padimate-O – produces *free radicals* in presence of light (singlet

molecular oxygen) and *substantially increase **indirect* *damage

(strand breaks in DNA*) when in contact with cells (1) (7)

 

 

- Dibenzoylmethane and Parsol 1789 – produces free radicals

responsible for *direct DNA damage* (strand breaks) (8)

 

 

- Methyl sinapate – causes *DNA damage* (chromosome aberrations and

sister chromatid exchanges) (9)

 

 

- Phenylbenzimidazole sulphonic acid and 2-phenylbenzimidazole – acts

as *photosensitisers of DNA damage* when exposed to sunlight or UV- B

radiation (10)

 

[image: Miessence]

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Kassia Fiedor

510.882.4703

miessence

World's First Certified Organic Skin, Hair, Body, Cosmetic, Oral, and

Nutritional Products

www.GreenLifeOrganics.com <http://www.greenlifeorganics.com/>

 

" Food for your skin, literally! " , literally! "

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

On Wednesday 15 August 2007 16:47, you wrote:

> Zinc oxide has been used as the natural blocking agent as it is the only

> ingredient synthetic chemical or natural to effectively provide

> comprehensive protection against UVB and both short and long UVA radiation.

> Zinc oxide is the closest thing to a total sunblock on the market today.

 

This is my main concern. The skin is an organ, it absorbs through its surface.

 

" Food for the Skin "

 

http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/skindeep.html

 

> It

> uniformly covers from 290 to 380 nm, thus protecting against UVB and most

> of the UVA spectrum. No other sunscreen ingredient provides broader

> protection. And unlike many chemical sunscreen agents, zinc oxide is never

> irritating.

 

> In fact, it is recognized by the Food and Drug Administration

 

Hah!

 

 

> as a Category I skin protectant, meaning that it is safe for compromised or

> environmentally challenged skin. Zinc oxide has over a 300-year history of

> safety, with no known adverse reactions (which is why it is often used to

> treat babies).

 

OK. (or none known and *reported*).

 

> Now, in its microfine form, it is ideal for use in

> sunscreens and daily moisturisers.

 

OK, well the microfine form does not have a 300 year history of safety.

 

Finally, not everyone would agree with the premise that the sun's rays are

harmful, certainly in the way we've been led to believe.

 

neal.

[Guest guest]

Hi, I'm new here and while going thru some of the posts this caught my

eye. Living in New Mexico I'm concerned with the sun and the damages

it can cause. While I am olived- skinned, I still burn in the intense

sun we get here. Am aware also that we need the sun on our skin, but

when you are going to spend a long while in the sun you do need some

protection but with all the bad stuff going on with the commercial

sunscreens, I will not use them. Zinc Oxide is the protector to use.

But the prices for those " organic products " are so high priced that I

just make my own by using the zinc oxide (in a tube you buy at any

drugstore/WalMart) and thin it down with a little olive oil. Very,

very cheap and safe.

 

Sandi-New Mexico