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minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoYes. Source: I also have a collection of them even though I hate them.
minus-squaretheUwUhugger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoHand lotion is a mixture of water, oil and an emulsifier! I don’t think an apolar diluent can have any place in it? But I am sure its flavored very pleasantly regardless
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minus-squaretheUwUhugger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoYes, would be happy to learn so otherwise if you actually had anything to add!
minus-squareDroggelbecher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoI’ve been wondering why so much sunscreen has alcohol, exactly because of what you explained. Do you happen to know?
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-24 months agoNot OP but just to hazard a guess: Alcohol evaporates quickly. It’s probably there for the same reason it’s used in dry shampoos and antiperspirants; to make something that sprays but drys into a powder or thickens to a gel in a very short period of time.
minus-squaretheUwUhugger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoI don’t understand the connection? I don’t think sunscreen contains oil? UV protection is based on a mineral or chemical filtration aaaaaaaand I looked it up oil does not provide UV prot
minus-squareDroggelbecher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoHuh I thought since most are moisturizing that they were basically lotion with extra sun protecting ingredients!
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Yes.
Source: I also have a collection of them even though I hate them.
oof
Hand lotion is a mixture of water, oil and an emulsifier! I don’t think an apolar diluent can have any place in it?
But I am sure its flavored very pleasantly regardless
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Yes, would be happy to learn so otherwise if you actually had anything to add!
I’ve been wondering why so much sunscreen has alcohol, exactly because of what you explained. Do you happen to know?
Not OP but just to hazard a guess:
Alcohol evaporates quickly. It’s probably there for the same reason it’s used in dry shampoos and antiperspirants; to make something that sprays but drys into a powder or thickens to a gel in a very short period of time.
I don’t understand the connection? I don’t think sunscreen contains oil?
UV protection is based on a mineral or chemical filtration aaaaaaaand I looked it up oil does not provide UV prot
Huh I thought since most are moisturizing that they were basically lotion with extra sun protecting ingredients!