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                  From: CONSUMERCARE-UK@GCC.MACCOSMETICS.COM

               Subject: Re:MAC Response to Case No.44528

                       To: Canalily

Dear Ms. Canalily, 

We are in receipt of your recent correspondence. 

As requested, please find below the ingredient listing for the Studio Moisture Tint SPF15, for your perusal. 

INGREDIENTS: WATER\AQUA\EAU [] CYCLOPENTASILOXANE [] BUTYLENE GLYCOL [] ETHYLHEXYL METHOXYCINNAMATE [] STEARETH-21 [] GLYCERYL STEARATE [] DIMETHICONE [] ISOSTEARIC ACID [] TROMETHAMINE [] TOCOPHERYL ACETATE [] LECITHIN [] CHOLESTEROL [] ASCORBYL PALMITATE [] SODIUM HYALURONATE [] CAFFEINE [] ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF WATER [] HYDROGENATED LECITHIN [] SUCROSE [] SORBITOL [] SILICA [] MAGNESIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE [] TREHALOSE [] CARBOMER [] STEARETH-2 [] CELLULOSE GUM [] PVP [] PALMITOYL OLIGOPEPTIDE [] GLYCERYL POLYMETHACRYLATE [] METHYLDIHYDROJASMONATE [] XANTHAN GUM [] CAPRYLYL GLYCOL [] STEARIC ACID [] SODIUM CITRATE [] PEG-8 [] GLYCERIN [] DISODIUM EDTA [] HEXYLENE GLYCOL [] BHT [] PHENOXYETHANOL [] CHLORPHENESIN [] CHLOROXYLENOL []  [+/- MICA [] IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499) [] TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891)]

Please be assured of our best attention. 

Sincerely,

Rachel Martin

Consumer Care Centre

Global Consumer Communications

I am pleased to find that this product contains relatively few suspect carcinogenic or endocrine disrupting ingredients. Surely it would be a simple thing for the MAC boffins to find safe alternatives for the sunscreen Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate (a.k.a. Octinoxate), the skin conditioner Tocopheryl Acetate, the solvent PEG-8, the masking agent BHT, the preservative Phenoxyethanol and a few other odds and sods? They would then reap the benefit of being able to market an undeniably safe product and thereby enjoy the eternal gratitude of the likes of you and me.