Paula's Choice Rescue & Repair Weightless Moisturizer Versus Pai Skincare The Anthemis

Paula's Choice Rescue & Repair Weightless Moisturizer Versus Pai Skincare The Anthemis

This barrier-repair moisturizer is formulated around Squalane and Allantoin to strengthen the skin barrier and calm redness.

This calming moisturizer is formulated around Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil and Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract to calm redness and hydrate skin.

What's inside

Key Ingredients

Benefits

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Ingredients Side-by-side

Water

Glycerin

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride

Stearic Acid

Triheptanoin

C13-16 Isoalkane

Butylene Glycol

Propanediol

Inulin

Glyceryl Stearate

Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer

Squalane

Ethylhexyl Stearate

Sodium Hydroxide

Caprylyl Glycol

Allantoin

Sodium Phytate

Ethylhexylglycerin

Hexylene Glycol

Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide

Glycogen

Laminaria Digitata Extract

Albatrellus Confluens Extract

Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract

Galactoarabinan

Citric Acid

Maltodextrin

Schizophyllan

Acetyl Hexapeptide-8

Phenoxyethanol

Potassium Sorbate

Water, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Stearic Acid, Triheptanoin, C13-16 Isoalkane, Butylene Glycol, Propanediol, Inulin, Glyceryl Stearate, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Squalane, Ethylhexyl Stearate, Sodium Hydroxide, Caprylyl Glycol, Allantoin, Sodium Phytate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Glycogen, Laminaria Digitata Extract, Albatrellus Confluens Extract, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract, Galactoarabinan, Citric Acid, Maltodextrin, Schizophyllan, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate

Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil

Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil

Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil

Cetearyl Alcohol

Rosa Canina Seed Extract

Butyrospermum Parkii Butter

Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Water

Cetearyl Glucoside

Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract

Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate

Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract

Tocopherol

Pelargonium Graveolens Oil

Sodium Levulinate

Sodium Anisate

Lavandula Angustifolia Oil

Beta-Sitosterol

Sodium Dehydroacetate

Squalene

Lactic Acid

Water, Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Rosa Canina Seed Extract, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Water, Cetearyl Glucoside, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Tocopherol, Pelargonium Graveolens Oil, Sodium Levulinate, Sodium Anisate, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil, Beta-Sitosterol, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Squalene, Lactic Acid

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Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

Glycerin (or glycerol) is a compound naturally found in your skin. It's a powerhouse humectant that pulls water into the stratum corneum.

Topically, glycerin does several things at once:

Your skin makes glycerin on its own (mostly from sebaceous oil breakdown) and shuttles it to your outermost layer of skin, or your epidermis, via aquaporin-3.

Aquaporin-3 is a transporter that is essential for normal skin hydration, elasticity, and repair. Interestingly, mice lacking in AQP3 have dry and less elastic skin that can be fully corrected with glycerin.

This ingredient is non-irritating, plays well with almost every ingredient, and works across all skin types. Typical use is anywhere between 3-10% but can go up to 79% in some leave-on products.

Just know very high concentrations (>40%) can feel tacky in low humidity.

Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.

Water. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.

So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.

You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Remember to stay hydrated!

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