Paula's Choice Earth Sourced Moisturizer

Paula's Choice Earth Sourced Moisturizer Paula's Choice Earth Sourced Moisturizer ingredients explained: Aqua, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Glycerin, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Canola Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Propanediol (Hydration), Borago Officinalis (Borage) Seed Oil, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Seed Oil, Sodium Hyaluronate, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Seed Extract, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract, Vaccinium Myrtillus (Bilberry) Leaf Extract, Malpighia Punicifolia (Acerola) Fruit Extract, Lycium Barbarum (Goij) Fruit Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Tocopherol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Thermus Thermophillus Ferment, Rosa Canina (Rose Hip) Seed Oil, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Seed Oil, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Arginine, Glycine, Alanine, Serine, Valine, Proline, Threonine, Isoleucine, Histidine, Phenylalanine, Aspartic Acid, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Cera (Wax), Hydrolyzed Caesalp Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter emollient 0, 4 goodie Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil 0, 0-2 Canola Oil Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Propanediol (Hydration) solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Borago Officinalis (Borage) Seed Oil soothing, emollient Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Seed Oil 2, 3 Sodium Hyaluronate Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Seed Extract Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract Vaccinium Myrtillus (Bilberry) Leaf Extract Malpighia Punicifolia (Acerola) Fruit Extract antioxidant Lycium Barbarum (Goij) Fruit Extract Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Tocopherol 0-3, 0-3 Hydrogenated Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Thermus Thermophillus Ferment Rosa Canina (Rose Hip) Seed Oil Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Seed Oil Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Oil emollient, perfuming Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Arginine skin-identical ingredient Glycine Alanine Serine Valine Proline Threonine Isoleucine Histidine Phenylalanine Aspartic Acid Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Cera (Wax) Hydrolyzed Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum viscosity controlling Carrageenan Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Potassium Stearate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Sodium PCA Glyceryl Stearate 0, 1 Pca Silica Xanthan Gum Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate antimicrobial/​antibacterial, preservative Potassium Sorbate preservative Sodium Benzoate Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling 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. Theobroma means "food of the gods" in Greek though probably "treat of the people" would be more spot on. The cacao fruits and especially the seeds in it need no introduction as everyone knows them as the magical raw material of the magical sweet treat, chocolate (the flavour is composed of more than 1200(!) substances, and the exact chemical nature of it is not really understood, so it's indeed magic. :)). As for skincare, cocoa butter counts as a rich emollient that can moisturize and nourish even the driest skin (think chapped hands or lips). It's solid at room temperature and melts nicely when you smear it on. It's loaded with good-for-the-skin things: it contains fatty acids, mainly oleic (35%), stearic (34%), and palmitic (25%) and it also has antioxidant vitamin E and polyphenols. An ex-vivo (made on human skin but not on real people) study examined the cocoa polyphenols and found that 0.5-0.75% of them improved skin tone and elasticity and had a similarly positive impact on GAGs (important natural moisturizing factors in the skin) and collagen synthesis than a commercial high-end moisturizer (it was an Estee Lauder one). All in all, cocoa butter is a goodie, especially for very dry skin. 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 goodie plant oil coming from the polyphenol-rich seeds of the grape. It's a light emollient oil that makes your skin feel smooth and nice and also contains a bunch of good-for-the-skin stuff. It's a great source of antioxidant polyphenols, barrier repair fatty acid linoleic acid (about 55-77%, while oleic acid is about 12-27%) and antioxidant, skin-protectant vitamin E. You probably know olive oil from the kitchen as a great and healthy option for salad dressing but it's also a great and healthy option to moisturize and nourish the skin, especially if it's on the dry side. Similar to other emollient plant oils, it's loaded with nou what‑it‑does irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | emollient solvent | moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying emollient | perfuming buffering | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying antimicrobial/antibacterial | preservative preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling

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