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How face moisturizer is different from a sunblock?|

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UV Sun Protection: Moisturizer simply helps to lock moisture into the skin and protect it from drying out. Sunblock has chemical or physical uv blockers which protect the skin from the damaging rays of the sun. Some sunblocks/sunscreens are also moisturizing. Hope this helps!

Answered 11/25/2013

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Moisturizer sunblock: Moisturizers by themselves do not protect from sun and those moisturizers with sunscreen in them, do not function as well as separate sunscreens that focus their effort on filtering out the harmful ultraviolet rays that damage our skin's dna.

Answered 3/26/2013

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Moisturizers poor bl: Sunblocks work by combining organic and inorganic substances. Organic substances, like oxybenzone, absorb ultraviolet rays. The inorganic substances, like titanium dioxide, reflect the rays. A moisturizer works by basically "trapping" water into your skin. Some sunblocks may keep the water in your skin but moisturizers with SPF don't hold the integrity of the sunblock ingrediant well.

Answered 2/13/2015

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