Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster

Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Azelaic Acid, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Dimethicone, Salicylic Acid, Adenosine, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract, Allantoin, Bisabolol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Xanthan Gum, Sclerotium Gum, Propanediol, Butylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Azelaic Acid anti-acne, soothing, buffering superstar C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate emollient, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate emollient, emulsifying Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Glyceryl Stearate 0, 1 Dimethicone Salicylic Acid exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative Adenosine cell-communicating ingredient goodie Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract Allantoin soothing Bisabolol Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Sclerotium Gum Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Phenoxyethanol preservative 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. Superstar ingredient with antibacterial, skin cell regulating, anti-inflammatory and skin-lightening magic properties It is especially useful for acne-prone or rosacea-prone skin types (in concentration 10% and up) It is a prescription drug in the US but can be freely purchased in the EU in an up to 10% concentration An often used emollient with a light and silky feel. It's very mild to both skin and eyes and spreads nicely and easily. It's often used in sunscreens as it's also an excellent solvent for sunscreen agents. A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular. A mild, corn-sugar derived, oil-loving emulsifier that helps oil and water to mix nicely together. It is safe for sensitive skin or eye-care formulations and gives a light, satiny after-feel. It is often used together with its water-loving buddy Peg-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate. A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40% High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%. It’s a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Though chemically speaking, it is alcohol (as in, it has an -OH group in its molecule), its properties are totally different from the properties of low molecular weight or drying alcohols such as denat. alcohol. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble (and thus emollient) tail part that makes them absolutely non-drying and no what‑it‑does anti-acne | soothing | buffering emollient | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | emulsifying skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative soothing | skin brightening emollient | solvent solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent

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