NOVELTY - Sunscreen composition (I), for providing protection against the effects of the sun on the skin, comprises a base sunscreen emulsion that includes one or more sunscreen agents for providing protection to the skin against the harmful effects of the sun, and one or more propellant agents that facilitates the dispensing of sunscreen composition from a container.    USE - (I) is useful to provide protection against the effects of the sun on the skin (especially to prevent/reduce the harmful and/or damaging effects of the sun on the skin) (claimed). No biological data given.    ADVANTAGE - (I) has a sun protection factor (SPF factor) of 2-100 (preferably 10-40). (I) provides a substantially uniform coverage of the skin. The sunscreen composition is dispensed from the aerosol by the propellants in the form of a fine mist spray or fog allowing a uniform film of the sunscreen composition to be applied to the skin of a person to provide a uniform protection (all claimed). The sunscreen agent and propellant are in direct contact with each other and are not separated from each other or are not stored in different directions or in different compartments of the container. The propellant forms the part of the emulsion system to provide an improved spray pattern and breakup of (I); and the improved spray pattern is more uniform and consistent in both droplet size and distribution to form a fine mist or spray. The improved breakup of (I) caused by the boiling of the propellant in the emulsion promotes a cooling effect on the skin because of the more even distribution. The container and contents are cheaper to manufacture. The container is used in any orientation as the propellant is contained within the emulsion along with the sunscreen agent.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Sunscreen composition (I), for providing protection against the effects of the sun on the skin, comprises a base sunscreen emulsion that includes one or more sunscreen agents for providing protection to the skin against the harmful effects of the sun, and one or more propellant agents that facilitates the dispensing of sunscreen composition from a container; where (I) is capable of being dispensed in the form of an aerosol spray, mist, fog or similar from the container to produce a spray or mist of (I) that is applied as a substantially uniform film to the skin of the person to provide uniform protection against the damaging effects of the sun.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of applying (I) to a person comprising dispensing (I) from an aerosol container using the propellant in response to operation of a dispensing valve provided on the container, in the form of a spray, mist or fog to form a substantially uniform film containing the sunscreen agents and to produce a substantially uniform coverage of the skin.