Patent ID: 6890521

Claim:
A sunscreen composition, comprising a mixture of (a) from about 0.1% to about 25% by weight of the total weight of the composition of a dibenzoylmethane derivative, (b) less than 1% by weight of the total weight of the composition of an α-cyano-β,β-diphenylacrylate compound, (c) a diester or polyester of naphthalene dicarboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of formula (I), formula (II), and combinations thereof: wherein R 1 and R 2 are the same or different and selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 22 alkyl groups, diols having the structure HO—R 3 —OH, and polyglycols having the structure HO—R 4 —(—O—R 3 —) n —OH; wherein each R 3 and R 4 is the same or different and selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 6 straight or branched chain alkyl groups; wherein m and n are each in a range of 1 to 100 and p is in a range of 0 to 100; and (d) benzophenone-3 is present in an amount of 0.5% or less by weight of the total weight of the composition, wherein said amount is sufficient to increase the photostability of the dibenzoylmethane derivative, and wherein the weight ratio of (b) to (c) is 0.01 to 0.027.