Paula's Choice Clear Oil-Free Moisturizer

Paula's Choice Clear Oil-Free Moisturizer Paula's Choice Clear Oil-Free Moisturizer ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Ethyl Macadamiate, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Propanediol, Triethylhexanoin, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Hydrolyzed Pumpkin Seedcake, Vaccinum Angustifolium (Bluberry) Fruit Extract, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract, Prunus Serotina (Wild Cherry) Fruit Extract, Niacinamide, Tripeptide-29, Ceramide NP, Ceramide AP, Ceramide Eop, Sodium Hyaluronate, Phytosphingosine, Cholesterol, Panthenol, Sodium Pca, Adenosine, Lecithin, Arginine, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Sodium Gluconate, Citric Acid, Isohexadecane, Xanthan Gum, Carbomer, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Ethyl Macadamiate Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Triethylhexanoin emollient, perfuming Sodium Acrylates Copolymer viscosity controlling Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 PEG-100 Stearate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening Hydrolyzed Pumpkin Seedcake Vaccinum Angustifolium (Bluberry) Fruit Extract soothing Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract Prunus Serotina (Wild Cherry) Fruit Extract moisturizer/​humectant Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Tripeptide-29 cell-communicating ingredient goodie Ceramide NP skin-identical ingredient Ceramide AP Ceramide Eop Sodium Hyaluronate Phytosphingosine skin-identical ingredient, cell-communicating ingredient, anti-acne, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Cholesterol skin-identical ingredient, emollient Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Pca Adenosine Lecithin Arginine Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate emulsifying Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/​humectant Citric Acid buffering Isohexadecane emollient, solvent Xanthan Gum Carbomer Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin 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. 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 An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%. It’s a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Though chemically speaking, it is alcohol (as in, it has an -OH group in its molecule), its properties are totally different from the properties of low molecular weight or drying alcohols such as denat. alcohol. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble (and thus emollient) tail part that makes them absolutely non-drying and non-irritating and are totally ok for the skin. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. Triethylhexanoin is a colorless to pale yellow liquid ester that makes the skin nice and smooth, aka emollient. It has a pleasant non-sticky, non-greasy feel to it, gives formulas smooth application properties and also helps moisture retention. A big molecule from repeated subunits that is used to form gel-like textures and create a film on the skin. A super common, waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth. Chemically speaking, it is the attachment of a glycerin molecule to the fatty acid called stearic acid. It can be produced from most vegetable oils (in oils three fatty acid molecules what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing solvent | moisturizer/humectant emollient | perfuming emollient | emulsifying surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying soothing | skin brightening moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | cell-communicating ingredient | anti-acne | antimicrobial/antibacterial skin-identical ingredient | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant chelating | moisturizer/humectant emollient | solvent

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