Paula's Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster

Paula's Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster Paula's Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster ingredients explained: Aqua, Niacinamide (Vitamin B3, Skin-Restoring), Acetyl Glucosamine (Skin Replenishing/Antioxidant), Ascorbyl Glucoside (Vitamin C/Antioxidant), Butylene Glycol (Hydration), Phospholipids (Skin Replenishing), Allantoin (Skin-Soothing), Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract (Skin-Soothing), Glycerin (Hydration/Skin Replenishing), Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate (Skin-Soothing), Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract (Skin-Soothing), Ubiquinone (Antioxidant), Epigallocatechin Gallate (Antioxidant), Beta-Glucan (Soothing Agent/Antioxidant), Panthenol (Skin Replenishing), Carnosine (Antioxidant), Genistein (Antioxidant), Citric Acid (Ph Balancing), Sodium Citrate (Ph Balancing), Sodium Hydroxide (Ph Balancing), Xanthan Gum (Texture-Enhancing), Disodium EDTA (Stabilizer), Ethylhexylglycerin (Preservative), Phenoxyethanol (Preservative) Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Niacinamide (Vitamin B3, Skin-Restoring) cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Acetyl Glucosamine (Skin Replenishing/Antioxidant) skin-identical ingredient, skin brightening goodie Ascorbyl Glucoside (Vitamin C/Antioxidant) antioxidant, skin brightening Butylene Glycol (Hydration) moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Phospholipids (Skin Replenishing) skin-identical ingredient, emollient Allantoin (Skin-Soothing) soothing 0, 0 Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract (Skin-Soothing) Glycerin (Hydration/Skin Replenishing) skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate (Skin-Soothing) soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract (Skin-Soothing) soothing, skin brightening Ubiquinone (Antioxidant) antioxidant Epigallocatechin Gallate (Antioxidant) antioxidant, soothing Beta-Glucan (Soothing Agent/Antioxidant) Panthenol (Skin Replenishing) Carnosine (Antioxidant) antioxidant, cell-communicating ingredient Genistein (Antioxidant) Citric Acid (Ph Balancing) buffering Sodium Citrate (Ph Balancing) chelating, buffering Sodium Hydroxide (Ph Balancing) Xanthan Gum (Texture-Enhancing) viscosity controlling Disodium EDTA (Stabilizer) chelating Ethylhexylglycerin (Preservative) preservative 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. 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

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