Paula's Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster

Paula's Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster Paula's Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster ingredients explained: Water, Niacinamide, Acetyl Glucosamine, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Butylene Glycol, Phospholipids, Sodium Hyaluronate, Allantoin, Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract, Glycerin, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Epigallocatechin Gallate, Beta-Glucan, Panthenol, Carnosine, Genistein, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Hydroxide, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Polysorbate 20, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Pentylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Acetyl Glucosamine skin-identical ingredient, skin brightening goodie Ascorbyl Glucoside antioxidant, skin brightening Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Phospholipids skin-identical ingredient, emollient Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Allantoin soothing Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract Glycerin Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening Epigallocatechin Gallate antioxidant, soothing Beta-Glucan Panthenol Carnosine antioxidant, cell-communicating ingredient Genistein antioxidant Citric Acid buffering Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Sodium Hydroxide Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate chelating Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient 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. A multi-functional skincare superstar with several proven benefits for the skin Great anti-aging, wrinkle smoothing ingredient used at 4-5% concentration Fades brown spots alone or in combination with amino sugar, acetyl glucosamine Increases ceramide synthesis that results in a stronger, healthier skin barrier and better skin hydration Can help to improve several skin conditions including acne, rosacea, and atopic dermatitis An amino acid sugar that can be found in the skin and does there good and important things. One of them is that it's a precursor for the biosynthesis of superstar moisturizer, hyaluronic acid. So acetyl glucosamine itself is also an important skin-identical ingredient and natural moisturizing factor. But that is not all, acetyl glucosamine has two other great properties proved by double-blind clinical trials. First, it's a promising ingredient against wrinkles: 2% can improve wrinkles, particularly in the eye area. Second, the same amount can also fade - always stubborn - brown spots. (Do not expect magic, though - the photos from the study show the difference after 8 weeks of daily use. The difference is visible, but not that big. It's always good to have realistic expectations. :)) Combined with skincare superstar niacinamide the duo is synergistic and is more effective at improving hyperpigmentation, so if you are after the skin-lightening benefit look out for products that contain both. A form of skincare superstar, vitamin C. If you do not know why vitamin C is such a big deal in skincare, we have a really detailed, geeky description that's good to read. :) So now you know that because pure vitamin C is such a diva (very unstable and hard to formulate) the cosmetic industry is trying to come up with some derivatives that have the badass anti-aging properties of vitamin C (antioxidant protection + collagen boosting + fading hyperpigmentation) but without the disadvantages. This is a hard task, and there is not yet a derivative that is really proven to be better in every aspect, but Ascorbyl Glucoside is one of the best options when it comes to vitamin C derivatives. Let's see why: First, it's really stable and easy to formulate, so the problems that come with pure vitamin C are solved here. Second, in vitro (meaning made in the lab, not on real humans) studies show that asc what‑it‑does cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | skin brightening antioxidant | skin brightening moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | emollient skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant soothing | skin brightening antioxidant | soothing antioxidant | cell-communicating ingredient chelating | buffering emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient

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