Paula's Choice Omega + Complex Eye Cream

Paula's Choice Omega + Complex Eye Cream Paula's Choice Omega + Complex Eye Cream ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Butylene Glycol, Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate, Cetyl Palmitate, Nylon-12, Propanediol, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Propylene Glycol Dibenzoate, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Borago Officinalis (Borage) Seed Oil, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Squalane, Niacinamide, Salvia Hispanica (Chia) Seed Oil, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Passiflora Edulis (Passion Flower) Seed Oil, Ceramide EOP, Ceramide NP, Ceramide AP, Sodium Hyaluronate, Cholesterol, Morus Alba (White Mulberry) Root Extract, Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi (Bearberry) Leaf Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Linoleic Acid, Linolenic Acid, Serine, Alanine, Proline, Arginine, Threonine, Phytosphingosine, Phytosterols, Sodium PCA, Glycine, Oleic Acid, Glutamic Acid, Lysine Hcl, Lecithin, Adenosine, Sodium Lactate, Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate Cetyl Palmitate 0, 0 Nylon-12 viscosity controlling Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer Propylene Glycol Dibenzoate Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-3 goodie Borago Officinalis (Borage) Seed Oil soothing, emollient Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Salvia Hispanica (Chia) Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil emollient, perfuming Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil 0, 0-2 Passiflora Edulis (Passion Flower) Seed Oil Ceramide EOP skin-identical ingredient Ceramide NP Ceramide AP Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Cholesterol Morus Alba (White Mulberry) Root Extract skin brightening Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi (Bearberry) Leaf Extract antioxidant, skin brightening Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening Linoleic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, surfactant/​cleansing Linolenic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, surfactant/​cleansing, perfuming Serine Alanine Proline Arginine Threonine Phytosphingosine skin-identical ingredient, cell-communicating ingredient, anti-acne, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Phytosterols Sodium PCA Glycine Oleic Acid emollient, emulsifying Glutamic Acid moisturizer/​humectant Lysine Hcl Lecithin Adenosine cell-communicating ingredient Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Hydrogenated Olive Oil Euterpe Oleracea Sterols Olea Europaea (Olive) Oil Unsaponifiables Phytic Acid chelating Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract soothing, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial, moisturizer/​humectant Anastatica Hierochuntica Extract Glycerin Pca Betaine Pullulan Carbomer Sclerotium Gum Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Citric Acid buffering Ascorbyl Palmitate antioxidant 0, 2 icky Tocopheryl Acetate Silica Sorbitan Oleate emulsifying 0, 3 Xanthan Gum Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial 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 super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular. 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 clear, odorless, very light emollient ester that helps to achieve light textures. It has great spreadability, a good slip, and a silky skin feel. It's ideal to solubilize sunscreen agents and fragrances. It's also touted as a volatile (evaporates from the skin rather than absorbs into it) silicone alternative, especially to replace Cyclomethicone mixes. A white, waxy emollient that gives "body" to skincare formulas. Comes from coconut or palm kernel oil. An odorless, slightly yellowish powder that's used as a polymer microsphere (a tiny little ball from repeated subunits). It gives products an elegant, silky texture and better slip. It can also scatter light to blur fine lines while letting enough light through so that the skin still looks natural. 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 kind of polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) that helps to create beautiful gel-like textures. It's also a texturizer and thickener for oil-in-water emulsions. It gives products a good skin feel and does not make the formula tacky or sticky. It works over a wide pH ran what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. solvent | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | emollient soothing | emollient emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | emollient cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | emollient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | skin brightening soothing | skin brightening skin-identical ingredient | emollient | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | emollient | surfactant/cleansing | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | cell-communicating ingredient | anti-acne | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant buffering | moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial | moisturizer/humectant chelating | buffering preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial

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