Paula's Choice Clear Exfoliating Body Spray

Paula's Choice Clear Exfoliating Body Spray Paula's Choice Clear Exfoliating Body Spray ingredients explained: Aqua, Dipropylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Polysorbate 20, Pentylene Glycol, Salicylic Acid, Panthenol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Berberis Vulgaris (Barberry) Root Extract, Lauric Acid, Allantoin, Glycerin, PEG/PPG-17/6 Copolymer, Methyl Gluceth-20, Glycereth-26, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Metabisulfite, Disodium EDTA, Potassium Sorbate Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Dipropylene Glycol Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 0 Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Salicylic Acid exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative superstar Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening Berberis Vulgaris (Barberry) Root Extract soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial, anti-acne Lauric Acid anti-acne, surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying 1, 4 Allantoin soothing Glycerin PEG/PPG-17/6 Copolymer emollient, solvent Methyl Gluceth-20 moisturizer/​humectant Glycereth-26 moisturizer/​humectant, emollient, viscosity controlling Sodium Hydroxide buffering Sodium Metabisulfite antioxidant, preservative Disodium EDTA chelating Potassium Sorbate 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 clear, colorless liquid that works as a solvent and viscosity decreasing ingredient. It also has great skin-moisturizing abilities. 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. It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together. Also, it can help to increase the solubility of some other ingredients in the formula. A multi-functional, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as an emulsion stabilizer, solvent and a broad spectrum antimicrobial. According to manufacturer info, it's also a moisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. It works synergistically with preservatives and helps to improve water-resistance of sunscreens. It's one of the gold standard ingredients for treating problem skin It can exfoliate skin both on the surface and in the pores It's a potent anti-inflammatory agent It's more effective for treating blackheads than acne For acne combine it with antibacterial agents like benzoyl peroxide or azelaic acid An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that’s also called pro-vitamin B5. As you might guess from the “pro” part, it’s a precursor to vitamin B5 (whose fancy name is pantothenic acid). Its main job in skincare products is to moisturise the skin. It’s a humectant meaning that it can help the skin to attract water and then hold onto it. There is also research showing that panthenol can help our skin to produce more lovely lipids that are important for a strong and healthy skin barrier. Another great thing about panthenol is that it has anti-inflammatory and skin protecting abilities. A study shows that it can reduce the irritation caused by less-nice other ingredients (e.g. fragrance, pres what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing solvent | moisturizer/humectant exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative soothing | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | skin brightening soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial | anti-acne anti-acne | surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying emollient | solvent moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient | viscosity controlling antioxidant | preservative

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