The Studies Performed on
Our Suncare
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At Laboratoires de Biarritz, our R&D strategy is driven by three fundamental values:
• Creating safe, high-performance cosmetics that take care of you and that you can trust,
• A commitment to minimize the impact of our skincare on the environment,
• Providing scientific proof for all our claims.
Our Suncare illustrates these three objectives perfectly
When you were born by the ocean, when you interact with it and draw inspiration from it every day, it inevitably makes you design your cosmetics a bit differently. Making our environmental impact as minimal as possible is a clear imperative.
Beyond a rigorous selection of non-controversial ingredients, our formulas are subjected to multiple ecotoxicity tests by specialized, independent laboratories.
A Combination of Safe Filters
Our Organic range of dermatological sun protection products, designed for people with sensitive skin, have been formulated with mineral screens for optimal tolerance by delicate and vulnerable skin. They create a physical barrier over the skin's surface that reflects UV radiation and provides immediate protection on application.
Our range of sensorial Suncare products is elaborated, in part, using synthetic filters to ensure invisible formulas. We scrupulously chosen for their safety. Not all synthetic filters are equal when it comes to safety. Some may be hazardous for the health, such as octocrylene, oxybenzone, or octinoxate.
Others are suspected hormone disruptors or skin irritants. At Laboratoires de Biarritz, after careful study of the science of sunscreen safety, we selected the safest synthetic filters to protect the skin from UV radiation.
As experts, Laboratoires de Biarritz has chosen the very best photoprotectors for our ranges to ensure broad spectrum protection.
An Emphasis on Naturalness
In sunscreen product formulas, filters are the ingredients present at the highest concentrations.
In our Organic dermatological Suncare, these filters are mineral filters of natural origin. For this reason, they contain 99.6 to 100% natural-origin ingredients.
We set the same standards for our sensorial Suncare, where the protection is provided by synthetic filters. In this way, formulas containing 73% to 84% natural-origin ingredients make for exceptionally natural sunscreen products in the non-Organic category.
Going beyond their very high percentage of natural-origin ingredients, our Suncare products contain high concentrations of ingredients from Organic Farming, with Organic ingredients making up 20% to 33% of their formulas.
The few non-natural ingredients are those necessary to keep the formulas stable and effective and that do not yet exist from a natural origin. These synthetic components were selected by our R&D team in accordance with cosmetics regulations, and only if further tests have proven them safe.
Proven Non-Ecotoxic
To provide the strongest possible guarantees for our planet, it seemed crucial to evaluate the impact of our Suncare on aquatic ecosystems scientifically.We did this testing in both seawater - to investigate their impact on the oceans - and in freshwater. Indeed, our products also end up in the water of your shower. So we evaluated their biodegradability¹ and had ecotoxicity testing performed using extreme conditions². We did this both in seawater, to know the impact on the oceans, but also in freshwater. Indeed, our products also end up in the water of your shower.
To get a realistic overview, as close as possible to reality, our studies used an impressive number of different species, observing the effects on no less than seven planktonic and sedimentary organisms from both fresh- and saltwater, different trophic levels, and representative of various aquatic food chains.
These studies conclude that our Suncare is non-ecotoxic for aquatic ecosystems.
¹ Standard method for freshwater (OCDE301F).
² For marine environments: crustaceans - Artemia salina (method FD ISO 14669); marine algae - Phaeodactylum tricornutum (method EN ISO 10253), corals (non-standardized method/study of nub bleaching and polyp retraction), sedimentary crustacean - Corophium (method NF EN ISO 16712), bacteria - Vibrio fischeri (method NF EN ISO 11348-3). For freshwater environments: water fleas - Daphnia magna (method NF EN ISO 6341), on freshwater algae - Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata (method NF EN ISO 8692).
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Ocean Engagement
When displaying this logo on the packaging of our Suncare, we wish to convey our commitment to reducing the impact of our formulas on marine biodiversity. Our numerous ecotoxicity studies demonstrate this engagement.