Paula's Choice Omega+ Complex Moisturizer

Paula's Choice Omega+ Complex Moisturizer Paula's Choice Omega+ Complex Moisturizer ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Ceteareth-6 Olivate, Butylene Glycol, C13-15 Alkane, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Polyglyceryl-4 Laurate, Decyl Oleate, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil, Salvia Hispanica (Chia) Seed Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Passiflora Edulis (Passion Fruit) Seed Oil, Borago Officinalis Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Olive Oil, Psidium Guajava (Guava)Fruit Extract, Olea Europaea (Olive) Oil Unsaponifiables, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Linoleic Acid, Linolenic Acid, Oleic Acid, Euterpe Oleracea (Acai) Sterols, Ceramide AP, Ceramide Eop, Ceramide NP, Serine, Alanine, Glycine, Proline, Lysine Hcl, Threonine, Arginine, Squalane, Cholesterol, Phytosphingosine, Anastatica Hierochuntica Extract, Lecithin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Lactate, Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract, Adenosine, Phytic Acid, Glutamic Acid, Betaine, Pullulan, Pca, Sodium PCA, Carbomer, Sodium Polyacrylate Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter emollient goodie Ceteareth-6 Olivate emulsifying Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 C13-15 Alkane solvent, emollient Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying Polyglyceryl-4 Laurate Decyl Oleate 0, 3 Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil emollient, perfuming Salvia Hispanica (Chia) Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-2 Passiflora Edulis (Passion Fruit) Seed Oil Borago Officinalis Seed Oil soothing, emollient Hydrogenated Olive Oil viscosity controlling Psidium Guajava (Guava)Fruit Extract Olea Europaea (Olive) Oil Unsaponifiables Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil Linoleic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, surfactant/​cleansing Linolenic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, surfactant/​cleansing, perfuming Oleic Acid Euterpe Oleracea (Acai) Sterols Ceramide AP skin-identical ingredient Ceramide Eop Ceramide NP Serine Alanine Glycine Proline Lysine Hcl Threonine Arginine Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Cholesterol Phytosphingosine skin-identical ingredient, cell-communicating ingredient, anti-acne, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Anastatica Hierochuntica Extract Lecithin Sodium Hyaluronate Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract Adenosine cell-communicating ingredient Phytic Acid chelating Glutamic Acid moisturizer/​humectant Betaine Pullulan Pca Sodium PCA Carbomer Sodium Polyacrylate Starch Sclerotium Gum Xanthan Gum Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin 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. Unless you live under a rock you must have heard about shea butter. It's probably the most hyped up natural butter in skincare today. It comes from the seeds of African Shea or Karite Trees and used as a magic moisturizer and emollient. But it's not only a simple emollient, it regenerates and soothes the skin, protects it from external factors (such as UV rays or wind) and is also rich in antioxidants (among others vitamin A, E, F, quercetin and epigallocatechin gallate). If you are looking for rich emollient benefits + more, shea is hard to beat. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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 biodegradable emollient that gives a fresh gliding sensation and a powdery after feel. It works well with all kinds of oils including natural and silicone oils. 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 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 what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. solvent | emollient skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying emollient | perfuming antioxidant | emollient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | emollient soothing | emollient skin-identical ingredient | emollient | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | emollient | surfactant/cleansing | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | emollient skin-identical ingredient | cell-communicating ingredient | anti-acne | antimicrobial/antibacterial buffering | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant

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