| abstract |
A sunscreen composition for application to human skin comprises an ultraviolet absorber which is introduced as an anion into a layered double hydroxide of the general formula [NmNn(OH)2(m+n)]<y+> X<x->y/x . zH2O where M is a divalent metal or lithium, N is a trivalent metal and X denotes anions present as an interlayer between layers of metal atoms joined through the OH groups. Such layered double hydroxides are, for this invention, suspended in a cosmetically acceptable vehicle. |