Paula's Choice Defense Triple Algae Pollution Shield

Paula's Choice Defense Triple Algae Pollution Shield Paula's Choice Defense Triple Algae Pollution Shield ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Glycerin (Skin-Replenishing), Butylene Glycol (Hydration/Texture Enhancer), Coco-Caprylate/Caprate (Emollient), Decyl Oleate (Emollient), Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Extract (Antioxidant), Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi (Bearberry) Leaf Extract (Antioxidant), Propanediol (Hydration/Slip Agent), Glutathione (Antioxidant), Chondrus Crispus (Algae) Extract (Skin-Soothing/Film-Forming Agent), Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Vitamin C/Antioxidant), Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract (Antioxidant), Ubiquinone (Coenzyme Q10/Antioxidant), Curcumin (Antioxidant/Skin-Soothing), Silybum Marianum (Milk Thistle) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant), Epigallocatechin Gallate (Green Tea-Derived Antioxidant), Ascophyllum Nodosum (Kelp) Extract, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil (Non-Fragrant Antioxidant Plant Oil), Fucus Vesiculosus (Seaweed) Extract (Hydration/Film-Forming Agent), Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract (Hydration), Leontopodium A Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Glycerin (Skin-Replenishing) skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Butylene Glycol (Hydration/Texture Enhancer) moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Coco-Caprylate/Caprate (Emollient) emollient Decyl Oleate (Emollient) 0, 3 Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Extract (Antioxidant) soothing, emollient goodie Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi (Bearberry) Leaf Extract (Antioxidant) antioxidant, skin brightening Propanediol (Hydration/Slip Agent) solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Glutathione (Antioxidant) Chondrus Crispus (Algae) Extract (Skin-Soothing/Film-Forming Agent) moisturizer/​humectant, viscosity controlling Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Vitamin C/Antioxidant) Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract (Antioxidant) antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Ubiquinone (Coenzyme Q10/Antioxidant) antioxidant Curcumin (Antioxidant/Skin-Soothing) antioxidant, colorant Silybum Marianum (Milk Thistle) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant) Epigallocatechin Gallate (Green Tea-Derived Antioxidant) antioxidant, soothing Ascophyllum Nodosum (Kelp) Extract Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil (Non-Fragrant Antioxidant Plant Oil) Fucus Vesiculosus (Seaweed) Extract (Hydration/Film-Forming Agent) emollient, soothing Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract (Hydration) moisturizer/​humectant Leontopodium Alpinum (Edelweiss) Flower Extract (Antioxidant) Emblica Officinalis (Gooseberry) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant) Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter (Emollient/Antioxidant) Linoleic Acid (Skin-Restoring) skin-identical ingredient, emollient, surfactant/​cleansing Linolenic Acid (Skin-Restoring) skin-identical ingredient, emollient, surfactant/​cleansing, perfuming Phytosphingosine Phosphate (Skin-Replenishing) Thermus Thermophillus Ferment (Antioxidant) Tocopherol (Vitamin E/Antioxidant) 0-3, 0-3 Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil (Non-Fragrant Plant Oil) 0, 1-3 Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E/Antioxidant) Lecithin (Skin-Restoring) emollient, emulsifying Xanthan Gum (Thickener) viscosity controlling Acacia Senegal Gum (Film-Forming Agent) Ectoin (Hydration) antioxidant, soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Glyceryl Stearate (Texture Enhancer) Polyacrylamide (Film-Forming Agent) Cetearyl Alcohol (Hydration) emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Caprylyl Glycol (Hydration) moisturizer/​humectant, emollient C13-14 Isoparaffin (Solvent) emollient, viscosity controlling, solvent C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate (Emollient) emollient, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Polysorbate 80 (Emulsifier) emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1,2-Hexanediol (Preservative) Laureth-7 (Emulsifier) Dipropylene Glycol (Texture Enhancer) Phenoxyethanol (Preservative) preservative Ethylhexylglycerin (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 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. A light emollient ester (C8-10 fatty acids connected to C12-18 fatty alcohols) that absorbs quickly and leaves a dry but silky finish on the skin. In terms of skin feel, it is similar to Dicaprylyl Carbonate, another commonly used light emollient. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. Cucumber is a nice, non-irritating plant extract that’s known for it’s soothing and emollient properties. It’s not something new to put it on our face: even Cleopatra used it to “preserve her skin”. It’s commonly believed that cucumber is the answer to puffy eyes, but there is no research confirming this. What research does confirm is that it contains amino acids and organic acids that’s helpful for the skin’s acid mantle. There is also an enzyme (called shikimate dehydrigenase) in the pulp that’s shown to have anti-inflammatory properties. Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi is a little plant with nice red berries that lives in the North and is also called bearberry or kinnikinnick. According to Wikipedia the uva-ursi part means “grape of the bear”. As for skincare bearberry is interesting because it contains the well-known skin lightening agent arbutin. The leaves contain 5-15% percent of it and might be ab what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent soothing | emollient antioxidant | skin brightening solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial antioxidant | colorant antioxidant | soothing emollient | soothing moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | emollient | surfactant/cleansing | perfuming emollient | emulsifying antioxidant | soothing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | emollient emollient | viscosity controlling | solvent emollient | antimicrobial/antibacterial emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing

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