Paula's Choice Calm Lightweight Restoring Cream Moisturiser

Paula's Choice Calm Lightweight Restoring Cream Moisturiser Paula's Choice Calm Lightweight Restoring Cream Moisturiser ingredients explained: Aqua, Cyclopentasiloxane (Hydration), Glycerin (Skin-Replenishing), Butylene Glycol (Hydration), Bis-Phenylpropyl Dimethicone (Hydration), Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract (Skin-Soothing), Allantoin (Skin-Soothing), Beta-Glucan (Skin-Soothing/Antioxidant), Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate (Skin-Soothing), Epilobium Angustifolium (Willow Herb) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract (Skin-Soothing), Phenyl Trimethicone (Hydration), Dimethicone (Hydration), Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer (Texture-Enhancing), Etanorulayh Muidos (Skin-Replenishing), Arctium Lappa Root Extract (Skin-Soothing), Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract (Skin-Soothing/Antioxidant), Laminaria Saccharina (Algae) Extract (Hydration/Skin-Soothing), Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract (Antioxidant), Panthenol (Skin-Replenishing), Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer (Texture-Enhancing), Hydroxyethylcellulose (T Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Cyclopentasiloxane (Hydration) emollient, solvent Glycerin (Skin-Replenishing) skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Butylene Glycol (Hydration) moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Bis-Phenylpropyl Dimethicone (Hydration) Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract (Skin-Soothing) soothing, skin brightening Allantoin (Skin-Soothing) soothing goodie Beta-Glucan (Skin-Soothing/Antioxidant) soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate (Skin-Soothing) Epilobium Angustifolium (Willow Herb) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract (Skin-Soothing) Phenyl Trimethicone (Hydration) emollient Dimethicone (Hydration) Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer (Texture-Enhancing) viscosity controlling Etanorulayh Muidos (Skin-Replenishing) Arctium Lappa Root Extract (Skin-Soothing) antioxidant, soothing Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract (Skin-Soothing/Antioxidant) Laminaria Saccharina (Algae) Extract (Hydration/Skin-Soothing) moisturizer/​humectant, soothing Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract (Antioxidant) antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Panthenol (Skin-Replenishing) Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer (Texture-Enhancing) Hydroxyethylcellulose (Texture-Enhancing) Isohexadecane (Texture-Enhancing) Sodium Carbomer (Texture-Enhancing) Polysorbate 80 (Texture-Enhancing) emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 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 super commonly used 5 unit long, cyclic structured silicone that is water-thin and does not stay on the skin but evaporates from it (called volatile silicone). Similar to other silicones, it gives skin and hair a silky, smooth feel. It's often combined with the non-volatile (i.e. stays on the skin) dimethicone as the two together form a water-resistant, breathable protective barrier on the skin without a negative tacky feel. A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40% High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin Butylene glycol, or let’s just call it BG, is a multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid. It’s a great pick for creating a nice feeling product. BG’s main job is usually to be a solvent for the other ingredients. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin. It’s an ingredient whose safety hasn’t been questioned so far by anyone (at least not that we know about). BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. You might know licorice as a sweet treat from your childhood, but it's actually a legume that grows around the Mediterranean Sea, the Middle East, central and southern Russia. It's sweet and yellow and not only used for licorice all sorts but it's also a skincare superstar thanks to two magic properties: Nr. 1 magic property is that it has skin-lightening or to say it another way depigmenting properties. The most active part is called glabridin. The topical application (meaning when you put it on your face) of 0.5% glabridin was shown to inhibit UVB caused pigmentation of guinea pigs. Another study even suggested that licorice is more effective than the gold standard skin-lightening agent hydroquinone. All in all, lic what‑it‑does emollient | solvent skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent soothing | skin brightening soothing | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing moisturizer/humectant | soothing antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing

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