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Paula's Choice Anti-aging Lip Gloss SPF 40 (2023)
Paula's Choice Anti-aging Lip Gloss SPF 40 (2023) Paula's Choice Anti-aging Lip Gloss SPF 40 (2023) ingredients explained: Octyldodecanol, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Homosalate, Octisalate, Cera Microcristallina, Polyethylene, Polyglyceryl 2 Triisostearate,
Paula's Choice Anti-aging Lip Gloss SPF 40 (2023) Paula's Choice Anti-aging Lip Gloss SPF 40 (2023) ingredients explained: Octyldodecanol, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Homosalate, Octisalate, Cera Microcristallina, Polyethylene, Polyglyceryl 2 Triisostearate, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract, Avobenzone, Octocrylene, Flavor, Silica Silylate, Adenosine, Retinyl Palmitate, Lecithin, Alpha-Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Isononyl Isononanoate, Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Isopropyl Myristate, Propylene Carbonate, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Silica, Red 7 Lake, Iron Oxides, Titanium Dioxide, Mica, Phenoxyethanol, Manganese Violet, Blue 1 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Red 6 Lake, Red 28, Red 33 Show all ingredients by function Octyldodecanol emollient, perfuming Ethylhexyl Palmitate emollient 0, 2-4 Homosalate sunscreen Octisalate 0, 0 Cera Microcristallina viscosity controlling Polyethylene Polyglyceryl 2 Triisostearate emulsifying Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract Avobenzone goodie Octocrylene Flavor Silica Silylate viscosity controlling, emollient Adenosine cell-communicating ingredient Retinyl Palmitate 1-3, 1-3 Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Alpha-Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Tocopheryl Acetate Isononyl Isononanoate Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate Stearalkonium Hectorite Isopropyl Myristate 3, 3-5 Propylene Carbonate solvent, viscosity controlling Polyhydroxystearic Acid Silica Red 7 Lake colorant 0, 1 Iron Oxides Titanium Dioxide sunscreen, colorant Mica Phenoxyethanol preservative Manganese Violet Blue 1 Lake Yellow 6 Lake Yellow 5 Lake Red 6 Lake Red 28 0, 2 Red 33 2, 1 A clear, slightly yellow, odorless oil that's a very common, medium-spreading emollient. It makes the skin feel nice and smooth and works in a wide range of formulas. A super common, medium-spreading emollient ester that gives richness to the formula and a mild feel during rubout. It can be a replacement for mineral oil and is often combined with other emollients to achieve different sensorial properties. An oil-soluble chemical sunscreen agent that protects the skin from UVB (295-315 nm) with a peak protection at 306 nm. Homosalate is not a strong UV filter in and of itself (gives only SPF 4.3 protection at max. allowed 10% concentration) and it is not photostable (looses 10% of its SPF protection in 45 mins) so it always has to be combined with other sunscreens for proper protection. Its big advantage, though, is that it is a liquid and is excellent for dissolving other hard to solubilize powder sunscreen agents, like the famous Avobenzone. Regarding Homosalate's safety profile, we do not have the best news. In-vitro (made in the labs) studies have shown that it might have some estrogenic activity. Do not panic, these studies were not conducted on real humans under real world conditions. Still, if you are a 'better safe than sorry' type, be careful when using Homosalate containing sunscreens long-term and full-body. Expand to read more As of 2020, Homosalate is permitted to be used up to 10% in the EU and 15% in the US, but the EU is currently considering restricting it to only 1.4% (probably taking effect from 2022). A colorless to light yellowish oily liquid that works as a UVB (280-320nm) sunscreen filter with a peak absorbance at 306 nm. It's not a strong filter in itself, it's always used in combination with other sunscreen agents to further enhance the SPF and to solubilize other solid UV filters. It has a good safety profile and is allowed to be used at a max concentration of 5% both in the US and in Europe (10% is allowed in Japan). We don't have description for this ingredient yet. Polyethylene is the most common plastic in the world. It is a super versatile polymer (molecule from repeated subunits) and when it comes to cosmetics, it is often referred to as microbeads. Well, it used to be referred to as microbeads, as it was banned in 2015 in the " Microbead-Free Waters Act" due to the small plastic spheres accumulating in the waters and looking like food to fish. Well done by Obama. But being versatile means that polyethylene does not only come as scrub particles but also as a white wax. In its wax-form, it is still well, alive and pretty popular. It thickens up water-free formulas, increases hardness and raises the melting point of emulsions and water-less balms. It is particularly common in cleansing balms and stick-type makeup products due to its ability to add body, hardness and slip to these formulas. The extract coming from the coconut fruit. It is a similar thing to coconut water and fruit juice and is loaded with sugars, miner what‑it‑does emollient | perfuming irritancy, com. viscosity controlling | emollient emollient | emulsifying solvent | viscosity controlling sunscreen | colorant