Paula's Choice C5 Super Boost Moisturiser

Paula's Choice C5 Super Boost Moisturiser Paula's Choice C5 Super Boost Moisturiser ingredients explained: Aqua, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Squalane, Citrullus Lanatus (Watermelon) Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Polyglyceryl-6 Polyricinoleate, Hydrogenated Phosphatidylcholine, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract, Propanediol, Jojoba Esters, Tocopherol, Acetyl Zingerone, Caprylyl Glycol, Cetyl Alcohol, Polyglyceryl-3 Beeswax, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Acetyl SH-Hexapeptide-5 Amide Acetate, Sodium Phytate, Polysorbate 60, Sorbitan Isostearate, Lecithin, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Lysolecithin, Bacillus Ferment, Citric Acid, Polyglutamic Acid, Beta-Sitosterol Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Dicaprylyl Carbonate emollient 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid antioxidant, skin brightening goodie Dimethicone 0, 1 Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate emulsifying Ascorbyl Glucoside Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer viscosity controlling Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Citrullus Lanatus (Watermelon) Seed Oil Hydrogenated Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter 0, 4 Polyglyceryl-6 Polyricinoleate Hydrogenated Phosphatidylcholine Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate antioxidant, preservative Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Jojoba Esters soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Acetyl Zingerone antioxidant, chelating Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 Polyglyceryl-3 Beeswax Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Hexylene Glycol solvent, emulsifying, perfuming, surfactant/​cleansing 0-1, 0-2 Acetyl SH-Hexapeptide-5 Amide Acetate cell-communicating ingredient Sodium Phytate chelating Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Sorbitan Isostearate 0, 1-2 Lecithin Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 3 Lysolecithin Bacillus Ferment Citric Acid buffering Polyglutamic Acid moisturizer/​humectant Beta-Sitosterol Phytic Acid Squalene skin-identical ingredient, antioxidant, emollient Phenoxyethanol Sodium Benzoate Potassium Sorbate Sodium Hydroxide 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 clear, colorless, almost odorless oil that spreads nicely and easily and gives a velvet dry skin feel. It is good friends with sunscreen agents and helps to solubilize them. Also, it makes sunscreens feel lighter and spread easier. A very stable and promising form of the skincare superstar, Vitamin C. If you do not know why Vitamin C is such a big deal in skin care, you can catch up here. In short, Vitamin C has three proven magic abilities: antioxidant, collagen booster, and skin brightener. The problem, though, is that it's very unstable, turns brown and becomes ineffective in no time (after a few month) and the cosmetics industry is trying to come up with smart derivatives that are stable and have the magic properties of pure Vitamin C. Ethyl Ascorbic Acid or EAC for short is an "etherified derivative of ascorbic acid" that consists of vitamin C and an ethyl group bound to the third carbon position. This makes Vitamin C very stable and soluble in both water and oil. However, for a Vitamin C derivative to work it's not enough just to be stable, they also have to be absorbed into the skin and be converted there to pure Vitamin C. We have good news regarding the absorption: on top of manufacturer claims, there is some data (animal study) demonstrating in can get into the skin, and it seems to be better at it than Ascorbyl Glucoside, another vitamin C derivative. Regarding conversion, we can cite only a manufacturers claim saying that EAC is metabolized in the skin into pure ascorbic acid (and the ascorbic acid content of EAC is very high - 86,4% - compared to the usual 50-60% Vitamin C content of other derivatives). As for the three magic abilities of Vitamin C, we again mostly have only the manufacturer's claims, but at least those are very promising. EAC seems to have both an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect, and it's claimed to be able to boost the skin's collagen production. The strong point of EAC though is skin brightening. On top of manufacturer claims, there is also clinical in-vivo (tested on real people) data showing that 2% EAC can improve skin tone and whiten the skin. Overall, Ethyl Ascorbic Acid is a very promising but not a fully proven Vitamin C derivative. It's worth a try, especially if you are after Vitamin C's skin-brightening effects. Probably the most common silicone what‑it‑does antioxidant | skin brightening irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent skin-identical ingredient | emollient emollient | emulsifying antioxidant | preservative skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | chelating moisturizer/humectant | emollient emollient | viscosity controlling solvent | emulsifying | perfuming | surfactant/cleansing emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | perfuming moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | antioxidant | emollient

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