Paula's Choice 6 % Mandelic Acid + 2 % Lactic Acid Liquid Exfoliant

Paula's Choice 6 % Mandelic Acid + 2 % Lactic Acid Liquid Exfoliant Paula's Choice 6 % Mandelic Acid + 2 % Lactic Acid Liquid Exfoliant ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, 2,3-Butanediol (Humectant/Solvent), Mandelic Acid (Exfoliant), Lactic Acid (Exfoliant/Humectant), Sodium Hydroxide (Ph Adjuster), Myrica Cerifera (Bayberry) Fruit Extract (Plant Extract/Antioxidant), Akebia Quinata (Chocolate Vine) Stem Extract (Plant Extract/Antioxidant), Prunus Lannesiana (Cherry Blossom) Flower Extract (Plant Extract/Antioxidant), Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate (Prebiotic/Probiotic/Postbiotic), Saccharomyces Lysate (Prebiotic/Probiotic/Postbiotic), Achillea Millefolium (Yarrow) Extract (Plant Extract/Antioxidant), Saccharide Isomerate (Humectant), Arginine (Antioxidant/Humectant), Hydroxyacetophenone (Humectant/Stabilizer), Butylene Glycol (Humectant/Solvent), Sodium Phytate (Chelating Agent), Pentylene Glycol (Humectant), Xanthan Gum (Stabilizer/Texture Enhancer), Citric Acid (Ph Adjuster), Sodium Citrate (Ph Adjuster/Chelating Agent), 1,2-Hexanediol (Preservati Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua/Eau solvent 2,3-Butanediol (Humectant/Solvent) moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Mandelic Acid (Exfoliant) exfoliant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial goodie Lactic Acid (Exfoliant/Humectant) exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering superstar Sodium Hydroxide (Ph Adjuster) buffering Myrica Cerifera (Bayberry) Fruit Extract (Plant Extract/Antioxidant) moisturizer/​humectant Akebia Quinata (Chocolate Vine) Stem Extract (Plant Extract/Antioxidant) Prunus Lannesiana (Cherry Blossom) Flower Extract (Plant Extract/Antioxidant) Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate (Prebiotic/Probiotic/Postbiotic) Saccharomyces Lysate (Prebiotic/Probiotic/Postbiotic) Achillea Millefolium (Yarrow) Extract (Plant Extract/Antioxidant) soothing, surfactant/​cleansing Saccharide Isomerate (Humectant) Arginine (Antioxidant/Humectant) skin-identical ingredient Hydroxyacetophenone (Humectant/Stabilizer) antioxidant, preservative Butylene Glycol (Humectant/Solvent) 0, 1 Sodium Phytate (Chelating Agent) chelating Pentylene Glycol (Humectant) solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Xanthan Gum (Stabilizer/Texture Enhancer) viscosity controlling Citric Acid (Ph Adjuster) Sodium Citrate (Ph Adjuster/Chelating Agent) chelating, buffering 1,2-Hexanediol (Preservative/Solvent) Caprylyl Glycol (Humectant) moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Sodium Benzoate (Preservative) 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. Mandelic acid is an AHA that comes from bitter almond It can gently lift off dead surface skin cells and make the skin more smooth and even It has antibacterial properties It’s promising against acne and post inflammatory hyperpigmentation It’s light sensitive, so choose a product with opaque packaging It’s the second most researched AHA after glycolic acid It gently lifts off dead skin cells to reveal newer, fresher, smoother skin It also has amazing skin hydrating properties In higher concentration (10% and up) it improves skin firmness, thickness and wrinkles Choose a product where you know the concentration and pH value because these two greatly influence effectiveness Don’t forget to use your sunscreen (in any case but especially so next to an AHA product) The unfancy name for it is lye. It’s a solid white stuff that’s very alkaline and used in small amounts to adjust the pH of the product and make it just right. For example, in case of AHA or BHA exfoliants, the right pH is super-duper important, and pH adjusters like sodium hydroxide are needed. BTW, lye is not something new. It was already used by ancient Egyptians to help oil and fat magically turn into something else. Can you guess what? Yes, it’s soap. It still often shows up in the ingredient list of soaps and other cleansers. Sodium hydroxide in itself is a potent skin irritant, but once it's reacted (as it is usually in skin care products, like exfoliants) it is totally harmless. A 100% natural and plant-derived moisturizer that mimics the natural carbohydrate fraction found in the upper layer of the skin. Its special magic power is to bind to the skin stronger and longer than other moisturizer ingredients do so it can keep the skin hydrated longer than usual. A semi-essential (infants cannot synthesize it, but adults can) amino acid that is one of the primary building blocks of hair keratin and skin collagen. It's a natural moisturizing factor, a skin hydrator and might also help to speed up wound healing. Arginine usually has a positive charge (cationic) that makes it substantive to skin and hair (those are more negatively charged surfaces) and an excellent film former. Thanks to the positive charge, it also creates a complex with AHAs (AHAs like to lose a hydrogen ion and be negativ what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent exfoliant | antimicrobial/antibacterial exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering moisturizer/humectant soothing | surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | preservative irritancy, com. solvent | moisturizer/humectant chelating | buffering moisturizer/humectant | emollient

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