| abstract |
A photostable cosmetic screening composition and process for protection of the human epidermis against UV rays of wavelengths between 280 and 380 nm, the composition having, in a cosmetically acceptable vehicle containing at least one fatty phase, 1 to 5% by weight of a dibenzoylmethane derivative and at least 1% by weight of an alkyl beta - beta -diphenylacrylate or alpha -cyano- beta - beta -diphenylacrylate of formula (I), the mole ratio of the compound of formula (I) to the dibenzoylmethane derivative being not less than 0.8. |