Compositions including an oil phase substantially homogeneously distributed in a continuous water phase the oil phase including a sunscreen agent that includes a UV absorbing polyester in an amount effective to provide the composition with an SPF of about 10 or greater and which is the polymerization reaction product of monomers including a UV absorbing triazole a diester a diol and a tetrol polyol； an alkylated polyvinylpyrrolidone； and an emulsifier selected from anionic emulsifier and/or a non ionic emulsifier where the composition is substantially free of a non polymeric UV absorbing sunscreen agent and has an SPF of less than 2 in the absence of the UV absorbing polyester.
