PHOTOSTABLE SUNSCREEN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF STBAILIZING

摘要

There is provided a photostable and synergistically enhanced topical sunscreen composition. There is further provided a method of enhancing the photostability of a sunscreen active in a topical sunscreen composition. There is further still provided a method of synergistically enhancing the UV absorbance of a sunscreen active in a topical sunscreen composition. The preferred compositions and methods of the present invention use a dibenzoylmethane sunscreen active, an extract of Kaempferia Galanga, and a cosmetically acceptable vehicle.