excellent sunscreen with skin loving ingredients broad spectrum great little container [SEP] the drop the bomb bbosong suns stick uses one of thee best uva uvb sunscreen ingredients on the planet bis ethylhexyloxyphenol methoxyphenyl triazine say that times fast or once lol it is a broad spectrum highly photo stable chemical sunscreen chemical sunscreens mean that they absorb rays and disperse as heat before they can reach skin and do damage the spf rating of and pa means that it offers the highest amount of protection that a sunscreen can offerkorean skin care particularly sunscreens can use super effective ingredients that products made in or for usa can not have because the governing bodies have not approved it it is not because they are unsafe but because there is a significant amount of bureaucracy involved no new sunscreen ingredients have been approved in the usa in over years sad since there are so many wonderful innovations in the rest of the world we lag greatly behind fortunately we can still buy these productsthe other sunscreen used in this product is ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate octinoxate a less stellar chemical sunscreen that has mixed thoughts on its efficacy safety and desirability it protects only against uvb rays and breaks down when exposed to light per minutes however when combined with another broad spectrum sunscreen it compliments it very wellthe third sunscreen component is octocrylene screens out the uvb and somewhat in the uva ii range it is quite photostable loses of spf protection in mins and is often used to stabilize other photo unstable uv filters octinoxate it is also often used to improve the water resistance of the productsas for all the other ingredients primarily stabilizers viscosity controlling ingredients hardeners basically all ingredients that make it a stick than can glide onto the skin it is formulated to melt into the skin on contact and yet absorb thoroughly basically you will not even know it is thereand like so many other korean skin care items there are ingredients that go above and beyond the basic sunscreen included are skin loving ingredients emollients skin conditioners soothers such as japanese knotweed water lily gotu kola centella asiatica camellia japonica lespedeza capitata extract anti inflammatory scutellaria ie scullcap mint green tea licorice rosemary chamomilehas a super mild scent clean fresh almost like a deodorant but subtlehappens to be a in a container that reminds me of deodorant super small cute stick in a pocket or purse i happen to love using it on my hands i am in my and while i have been using spf most of my life on my face i figured it was high time to remember to put some on my hands i like keeping this in my purse or my car and applying it when i go to drive that seems to be the time that my hands are most consistently exposed to the sun figure hands on the steering wheel and in front of a big window so yeh this is perfect for thati have no problem using this on my face does not grab skin when used over a moisturizer if need be can be applied emulsified in palms then patted on i prefer it as my reapply spf rather than my first application product i am used to a cream style when i do apply it to my face i always run it over my lips it is very silky doesnt have a sunscreen flavor or feel and it is adding much needed hydration and protection from the sun again i am in my clear fair skin but with rosacea non acne just redness and visible veins leans dry loves korean skin carethis is so clear so clean feeling and so incredibly light that i wish i could show you how it does not even feel like anything is on not greasy not even dewy my skin feels bareif i have any complaints it is the use of fragrance while it smells nice and does not really linger it would not make a top choice for use on my face i do however like it for everywhere else and rather enjoy the light scent before it dissipates fullyeven so it is a really good product so far if i experience anything else i will be back to say sofor all the other ingredients the each rate very low in terms of hazard to self or environment on ewg skin deep database