Paula's Choice: PC 4 Men Soothe+Smooth

Paula's Choice: PC 4 Men Soothe+Smooth Paula's Choice: PC 4 Men Soothe+Smooth ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Dipropylene Glycol (Hydration), Salicylic Acid (Beta Hydroxy Acid/Exfoliant), Pentylene Glycol (Hydration), Butylene Glycol (Hydration), Polysorbate 20 (Texture-Enhancing), Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 (Skin-Restoring), Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate (Skin-Soothing), Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid (Antioxidant), Oleanolic Acid (Skin-Soothing), Sodium Hyaluronate (Hydration/Skin Replenishing), Allantoin (Skin-Soothing), Trehalose (Hydration/Skin Replenishing), Panthenol (Skin Replenishing), Glycerin (Hydration/Skin Replenishing), PEG-60 Almond Glycerides (Texture-Enhancing), Sodium Metabisulfite (Stabilizer), PEG/PPG-18/4 Copolymer (Texture-Enhancing), Methyl Gluceth-20, Bis-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane (Texture-Enhancing), Glycereth-26 (Texture-Enhancing), Sodium Hydroxide (Ph Adjuster), Carbomer (Texture-Enhancing), Disodium EDTA (Stabilizer), Caprylyl Glycol (Preservative) Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Dipropylene Glycol (Hydration) Salicylic Acid (Beta Hydroxy Acid/Exfoliant) exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative superstar Pentylene Glycol (Hydration) solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Butylene Glycol (Hydration) moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Polysorbate 20 (Texture-Enhancing) emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 0 Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient goodie Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 (Skin-Restoring) Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate (Skin-Soothing) soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid (Antioxidant) antioxidant Oleanolic Acid (Skin-Soothing) Sodium Hyaluronate (Hydration/Skin Replenishing) skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Allantoin (Skin-Soothing) soothing Trehalose (Hydration/Skin Replenishing) moisturizer/​humectant Panthenol (Skin Replenishing) Glycerin (Hydration/Skin Replenishing) PEG-60 Almond Glycerides (Texture-Enhancing) emulsifying Sodium Metabisulfite (Stabilizer) antioxidant, preservative PEG/PPG-18/4 Copolymer (Texture-Enhancing) Methyl Gluceth-20 Bis-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane (Texture-Enhancing) emollient, moisturizer/​humectant, surfactant/​cleansing Glycereth-26 (Texture-Enhancing) moisturizer/​humectant, emollient, viscosity controlling Sodium Hydroxide (Ph Adjuster) buffering Carbomer (Texture-Enhancing) viscosity controlling Disodium EDTA (Stabilizer) chelating Caprylyl Glycol (Preservative) moisturizer/​humectant, emollient 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 clear, colorless liquid that works as a solvent and viscosity decreasing ingredient. It also has great skin-moisturizing abilities. It's one of the gold standard ingredients for treating problem skin It can exfoliate skin both on the surface and in the pores It's a potent anti-inflammatory agent It's more effective for treating blackheads than acne For acne combine it with antibacterial agents like benzoyl peroxide or azelaic acid A multi-functional, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as an emulsion stabilizer, solvent and a broad spectrum antimicrobial. According to manufacturer info, it's also a moisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. It works synergistically with preservatives and helps to improve water-resistance of sunscreens. 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. It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together. Also, it can help to increase the solubility of some other ingredients in the formula. A really famous peptide that is part of Matrixyl 3000, the most sold peptide complex in the word. Before we go and find out what the big deal with Matrixyl 3000 is, let's just focus on Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 itself for a bit. It's a small three amino acid (they are the building blocks of all proteins) peptide with the amino sequence of glycine-histidine-lysine, or GHK. GHK is attached to palmitic acid (a fatty acid) to increase oil solubility and skin penetration. The GHK part is the important one as it's a type I collagen fragment. When collagen naturally breaks down in the skin, the resulting peptide fragments signal to the skin that it should get to work and create some nice, new collagen. Adding in collag what‑it‑does exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing soothing | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | preservative emollient | moisturizer/humectant | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | emollient | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant | emollient

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