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Paula's Choice Defense Hydrating Gel-to-cream Facial Cleanser

Paula's Choice Defense Hydrating Gel-to-cream Facial Cleanser Paula's Choice Defense Hydrating Gel-to-cream Facial Cleanser ingredients explained: Water (Aqua/Eau), Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Sodium Lauroamphoacetate, Cocamidoprop

Paula's Choice Defense Hydrating Gel-to-cream Facial Cleanser Paula's Choice Defense Hydrating Gel-to-cream Facial Cleanser ingredients explained: Water (Aqua/Eau), Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Sodium Lauroamphoacetate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycerin, Sorbeth-230 Tetraoleate, Decyl Glucoside, Pentylene Glycol, Sodium Chloride, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Lauric Acid, Lactic Acid, Sodium Lauroyl Oat Amino Acids, Sorbitan Laurate, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Disodium EDTA, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Linoleic Acid, Phospholipids, Glycine, Alanine, Serine, Valine, Isoleucine, Proline, Threonine, Cocoyl Proline, Sodium Citrate, Sodium PCA, Sodium Lactate, Arginine, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Sterols, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Pca, Histidine, Phenylalanine, Lactoperoxidase, Glucose Oxidase, Aspartic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Coconut Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Potassium Citrate, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua/Eau) solvent Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate surfactant/​cleansing Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling Sodium Lauroamphoacetate Cocamidopropyl Betaine Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Sorbeth-230 Tetraoleate emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling Decyl Glucoside Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Chloride viscosity controlling Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate Lauric Acid anti-acne, surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying 1, 4 goodie Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Sodium Lauroyl Oat Amino Acids Sorbitan Laurate emulsifying 1-2, 1-2 Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate Disodium EDTA chelating Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening Linoleic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, surfactant/​cleansing Phospholipids skin-identical ingredient, emollient Glycine skin-identical ingredient Alanine Serine Valine Isoleucine Proline Threonine Cocoyl Proline Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Sodium PCA Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Arginine Glycine Soja (Soybean) Sterols emollient Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Pca Histidine Phenylalanine Lactoperoxidase Glucose Oxidase Aspartic Acid Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Coconut Acid surfactant/​cleansing, emollient, emulsifying Potassium Sorbate Potassium Citrate buffering, chelating Citric Acid buffering Sodium Benzoate Phenoxyethanol 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 thickening and foam-boasting co-surfactant with amphoteric structure meaning that its head contains both a positively and a negatively charged part (surfactants are most commonly anionic meaning their head has a negative charge). It's very mild and gentle, comes from coconut oil and is readily biodegradable. A mild amphoteric (contains both a negative and a positive ion in its water-loving head part) surfactant that gives a nice foam and also has the unique ability to reduce irritation from other co-surfactants. Super common ingredient in all kinds of cleansing products: face and body washes, shampoos and foam baths. Number one reason for its popularity has to do with bubbles. Everyone loves bubbles. And cocamidopropyl betaine is great at stabilizing them. The other reason is that it’s mild and works very well combined with other cleansing agents and surfactants. The art of cleansing is usually to balance between properly cleansing but not over-cleansing and cocamidopropyl betaine is helpful in pulling off this balance right. Oh, and one more nice thing: even though it’s synthetic it’s highly biodegradable. More info on CAPB on Collins Beaty Pages. 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 A vegetable origin (coconut or palm kernel oil and glucose) cleansing agent with great foaming abilities. It's also mild to the skin and readily biodegradable. 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. Sodium chloride is the fancy name of salt. Normal, everyday table salt. If (similar to us) you are in th what‑it‑does surfactant/cleansing surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling solvent | moisturizer/humectant anti-acne | surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering soothing | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing soothing | skin brightening skin-identical ingredient | emollient | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | emollient chelating | buffering buffering | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing | emollient | emulsifying buffering | chelating

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