![]() ![]() A second in-vivo test by a German lab showed an SPF 19.2 ± 2.4. The in-vivo test showed an SPF 19, and the in-vitro test showed an SPF 15.8. It seemed so strange to Racz that she decided to send the sunscreen to a Polish lab to conduct a human in-vivo test and an in-vitro test without humans. “Purito claimed their product is SPF 84 and using only one UVB filter at 2% to achieve this seemed very strange.” “Though I do not say it is theoretically impossible to create a broad-spectrum high SPF product with only two organic filters, most brands use a wider array of filters and at a 15% to 20% percentage to create an SPF 50+ product,” she explains to Beauty Independent via email. Judit Racz, founder of ingredient information website INCIDecoder, was dubious that the 3% Uvinul A and 2% Uvinul T in Centella Green Level Unscented Sun SPF 50+’s formula could yield the SPF 84.5 Purito publicized. Reports of people wearing it and getting sunburned started to surface, and its reliance on low percentages of Uvinul A and Uvinul T, filters produced by the German chemical company BASF and not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for American sunscreens, elicited skepticism. ![]() TikTok sensation Hyram Yarbro raved the product is “so freaking good,” Mixed Makeup founder Susan Yara listed it as one of her favorite Korean sunscreens, and it scored a 4.8 out of five in nearly 250 reviews on Influenster, where consumers praised its lightweight formula for leaving no white cast.īut simmering under the approbation has been a sneaking suspicion among beauty enthusiasts and experts that the product is too good to be true. Gushing about K-Beauty brand Purito’s Centella Green Level Unscented Sun SPF 50+ in Business Insider, reporter Alison Barretta wrote, “When I use it, I’m often able to skip moisturizer and makeup because it makes my complexion look radiant.” ![]()
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