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Paula's Choice 1% BHA Sensitive Skin Exfoliant
Paula's Choice 1% BHA Sensitive Skin Exfoliant Paula's Choice 1% BHA Sensitive Skin Exfoliant ingredients explained: Water, Methylpropanediol, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, C15-19 Alkane, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Salicylic
Paula's Choice 1% BHA Sensitive Skin Exfoliant Paula's Choice 1% BHA Sensitive Skin Exfoliant ingredients explained: Water, Methylpropanediol, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, C15-19 Alkane, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Salicylic Acid, Propanediol, Inulin, Caprylyl Glycol, Allantoin, Tocopherol, Sodium Hydroxide, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Sorbitan Isostearate, Alpha Glucan Oligosaccharide, Glycerin, Laminaria Digitata Extract, Albatrellus Confluens Mushroom Extract, Glycine Soja Oil, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract, Galactoarabinan, Citric Acid, Schizophyllan, Maltodextrin, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Methylpropanediol Dicaprylyl Carbonate emollient C15-19 Alkane Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer viscosity controlling Salicylic Acid exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative superstar Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/humectant Inulin goodie Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/humectant, emollient Allantoin soothing 0, 0 Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Sodium Hydroxide buffering Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Hexylene Glycol solvent, emulsifying, perfuming, surfactant/cleansing 0-1, 0-2 Sorbitan Isostearate emulsifying 0, 1-2 Alpha Glucan Oligosaccharide Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant Laminaria Digitata Extract Albatrellus Confluens Mushroom Extract Glycine Soja Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 3 Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract Galactoarabinan Citric Acid Schizophyllan moisturizer/humectant Maltodextrin Phenoxyethanol Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product. It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water. Expand to read more Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying. One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time. It's a type of glycol that - according to the manufacturer - is an extremely good replacement for other glycols like propylene or butylene glycol. Its main job is to be a solvent, but it has also very good antimicrobial properties and acts as a true preservative booster. Also helps with skin hydration without stickiness or tacky feel. A clear, colorless, almost odorless oil that spreads nicely and easily and gives a velvet dry skin feel. It is good friends with sunscreen agents and helps to solubilize them. Also, it makes sunscreens feel lighter and spread easier. A nice-feeling, light emollient that makes the skin soft and smooth. It gives a fresh and gliding sensation with a powdery or soft after-feel depending on the exact grade used. It is a popular alternative to replace silicones. Chemically speaking, it is an alkane (stable, non-reacting hydrocarbon) that used to be produced from petrochemicals, but today's versions are typically vegetable based. It is readily biodegradable. This long-named, polymer molecule (big molecule from repeated subunits) is a helper ingredient that's good at emulsifying and stabilizing oils into water-based formulas. It also acts as a thickening and gelling agent that creates nice, non-sticky and supple textures. It works over a very wide pH range (3-12) and can be used to thicken up low-ph formulas, such as exfoliants. Its recommended used range is 0.3-3%. It's one of the gold standard ingredients for treating problem skin It can exfoliate skin both on the surface and in the pores It's a potent anti-inflammatory agent It's more effective for treating blackheads than acne For acne combine it with antibacterial agents like benzoyl peroxide or azelaic acid Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. A naturally occurring fructose polysaccharide found in the roots and rhizomes of several plants, for example, chicory. It is used in skincare for its prebiotic activity, meaning that it reduces the growth of bad bacteria in favor of friendly microorganisms naturally present on the ski what‑it‑does exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient irritancy, com. solvent | emulsifying | perfuming | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | perfuming moisturizer/humectant