Sunscreen compositions

摘要

A sunscreen composition comprising a water-in-oil emulsion which comprises an aqueous phase and an oil phase, the oil phase comprising an organic sunscreen agent and polyethylene, the oil phase having suspended therein microfine zinc oxide having a particle size in the range of from about 0.01 to about 0.25 microns, the amount of sunscreen agent being in the range of from about 1% to about 12%, the amount of polyethylene being in the range of from about 0.2% to about 5% and the amount of zinc oxide being in the range of from about 1% to about 10%, the percentages being by weight based on the weight of the water-in-oil emulsion.