We spoke to Anne Charpentier, CEO of French preclinical and clinical testing database company Skinobs, about the current challenges and the future of sun care testing.

Sun care clinical testing has always been complex, but innovations in the category and trends in recent years – such as the clean beauty movement and sustainability awareness – have made it even more complicated.

According to Anne Charpentier, the performance of sun care products can be evaluated using in-vitro, in-vivo or hybrids methods.

Criteria that influence the performance of sun care products include composition, repartition, photostability, absorbance, and distribution of inorganic and organic filters, as well as the format (eg spray, compact powder, oil, cream)…

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