Abstract: A sunscreen composition in oil-in-water emulsion form comprising cosmetically acceptable oil and water phases and having substantially uniformly suspended therein from about 1% to about 5%, by weight, of microfine TiO.sub.2 having a particle size of less than about 100 nm, the composition further comprising a dispersing agent in an amount sufficient to stabilize the emulsion, the dispersing agent comprising a member selected from the group consisting of a long chain saturated primary alcohol, a derivative thereof or a mixture thereof, the member having an average of from about 25 to about 45 carbon atoms in the long chain.

Abstract: A sunscreen composition comprising a water-in-oil emulsion which comprises an aqueous phase and an oil phase, the oil phase comprising an organic sunscreen agent and polyethylene, the oil phase having suspended therein microfine zinc oxide having a particle size in the range of from about 0.01 to about 0.25 microns, the amount of sunscreen agent being in the range of from about 1% to about 12%, the amount of polyethylene being in the range of from about 0.2% to about 5% and the amount of zinc oxide being in the range of from about 1% to about 10%, the percentages being by weight based on the weight of the water-in-oil emulsion.