Paula's Choice Earth Sourced Power Berry Serum

Paula's Choice Earth Sourced Power Berry Serum Paula's Choice Earth Sourced Power Berry Serum ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Glycerin (Skin-Replenishing), Coco-Caprylate (Emollient), Butylene Glycol (Slip Agent/Hydration), Propanediol (Hydration), Glyceryl Stearate (Texture Enhancer), Emblica Officinalis (Gooseberry) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant), Euterpe Oleracea (Açaí) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant), Vaccinium Angustifolium (Blueberry) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant), Vaccinium Myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant), Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant), Sambucus Nigra (Elderberry) Fruit Extract, Malpighia Emarginata (Acerola) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant), Hippophae Rhamnoides (Seaberry) Fruit Extract, Schisandra Chinensis (Magnolia) Fruit Extract, Rubus Fruticosus (Blackberry) Fruit Extract, Lycium Barbarum (Goji Berry) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant), Plinia Cauliflora (Jabuticaba) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant), Fragaria Vesca (Strawberry) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant), Melia Azadirachta (Chinaberry) Flower Extrac Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Glycerin (Skin-Replenishing) skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Coco-Caprylate (Emollient) emollient Butylene Glycol (Slip Agent/Hydration) moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Propanediol (Hydration) solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Glyceryl Stearate (Texture Enhancer) emollient, emulsifying Emblica Officinalis (Gooseberry) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant) Euterpe Oleracea (Açaí) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant) Vaccinium Angustifolium (Blueberry) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant) soothing Vaccinium Myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant) Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant) antioxidant, soothing goodie Sambucus Nigra (Elderberry) Fruit Extract Malpighia Emarginata (Acerola) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant) Hippophae Rhamnoides (Seaberry) Fruit Extract Schisandra Chinensis (Magnolia) Fruit Extract Rubus Fruticosus (Blackberry) Fruit Extract Lycium Barbarum (Goji Berry) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant) Plinia Cauliflora (Jabuticaba) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant) Fragaria Vesca (Strawberry) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant) Melia Azadirachta (Chinaberry) Flower Extract (Antioxidant) Melia Azadirachta (Chinaberry) Leaf Extract (Antioxidant) Myrciaria Dubia (Camu Camu) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant) Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract (Skin Soothing) soothing, skin brightening Squalane (Skin-Replenishing) skin-identical ingredient, emollient Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Vitamin C/Antioxidant) antioxidant, skin brightening Tocopherol (Vitamin E/Antioxidant) antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Acetyl Tetrapeptide-9 (Skin-Restoring) Acetyl Tetrapeptide-11 (Skin-Restoring) Prunus Domestica (Plum) Seed Oil (Skin-Replenishing) Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil (Emollient) 0, 1-3 Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate (Skin-Softening) antimicrobial/​antibacterial, preservative Corallina Officinalis (Seaweed) Extract (Hydration) Coccinia Indica (Ivy Gourd) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant) Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed) Seed Oil (Emollient) Xanthan Gum (Texture Enhancer) viscosity controlling Mannitol (Hydration) moisturizer/​humectant Potassium Sorbate (Preservative) preservative Sodium Benzoate (Preservative) Phenoxyethanol (Preservative) Ethylhexylglycerin (Hydration) 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 A clear, colorless to slightly yellowish oil that makes the skin nice and smooth (emollient), spreads easily on the skin and is marketed as a good alternative to volatile (does not absorb into the skin but rather evaporates from it) silicones like Cyclomethicone. 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. 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. 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 are attached to glycerin instead of just one like here) in a pretty simple, "green" process that is similar to soap making. It's readily biodegradable. It also occurs naturally in our body and is used as a food additive. As cosmetic chemist Colins writes it, "its safety r what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent solvent | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying antioxidant | soothing antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial soothing | skin brightening skin-identical ingredient | emollient antioxidant | skin brightening antimicrobial/antibacterial | preservative moisturizer/humectant

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