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Paula's Choice Resist Youth-Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid SPF 50 Versus PURITO Oat-In Calming Gel Cream
Paula's Choice Resist Youth-Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid SPF 50 Versus PURITO Oat-In Calming Gel Cream This hybrid sunscreen covers the full UV range and blocks ~98% of UVB at SPF 50. This calming moisturizer is formulated around Avena Sativa Seed Water and
Paula's Choice Resist Youth-Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid SPF 50 Versus PURITO Oat-In Calming Gel Cream
This hybrid sunscreen covers the full UV range and blocks ~98% of UVB at SPF 50.
This calming moisturizer is formulated around Avena Sativa Seed Water and Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate to calm redness and hydrate skin.
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane 2%
Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate 7.5%
Ethylhexyl Salicylate 5%
Octocrylene 2%
Water
Glycerin
Silica
Dimethicone
Tocopherol
Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Vitis Vinifera Seed Extract
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract
Peucedanum Graveolens Extract
Sambucus Nigra Fruit Extract
Avena Sativa Bran Extract
Punica Granatum Extract
Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract
Hydrogenated Lecithin
Titanium Dioxide
Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer
Diethylhexyl Syringylidenemalonate
Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
Xanthan Gum
Sodium Carbomer
Benzyl Alcohol
Sodium Benzoate
Potassium Sorbate
Phenoxyethanol
Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane 2%, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate 7.5%, Ethylhexyl Salicylate 5%, Octocrylene 2%, Water, Glycerin, Silica, Dimethicone, Tocopherol, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Vitis Vinifera Seed Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract, Peucedanum Graveolens Extract, Sambucus Nigra Fruit Extract, Avena Sativa Bran Extract, Punica Granatum Extract, Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Titanium Dioxide, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Diethylhexyl Syringylidenemalonate, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Carbomer, Benzyl Alcohol, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Phenoxyethanol
Avena Sativa Seed Water 77%
Butylene Glycol
2,3-Butanediol
1,2-Hexanediol
Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer
Squalane
Hydroxyacetophenone
Carbomer
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Panthenol
Tromethamine
Ethylhexylglycerin
Inulin Lauryl Carbamate
Sodium Surfactin
Beta-Glucan
Avena Sativa Seed Water 77%, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, 2,3-Butanediol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Water, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer, Squalane, Hydroxyacetophenone, Carbomer, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Panthenol, Tromethamine, Ethylhexylglycerin, Inulin Lauryl Carbamate, Sodium Surfactin, Beta-Glucan
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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!