Paula's Choice Pore Clarifying Charcoal Gel Mask

Paula's Choice Pore Clarifying Charcoal Gel Mask Paula's Choice Pore Clarifying Charcoal Gel Mask ingredients explained: Aqua, Tapioca Starch (Absorbent/Texture Enhancer), Glycerin (Skin-Replenishing), Decyl Glucoside (Cleansing Agent), Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate (Cleansing Agent/Emulsifier), Butylene Glycol (Hydration), Cocamidopropyl Betaine (Cleansing Agent), Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer (Texture Enhancer), Bentonite (Absorbent), Kaolin (Absorbent), Charcoal Powder (Absorbent/Coloring Agent), Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract (Skin-Soothing), Bisabolol (Skin-Soothing), Epilobium Angustifolium Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract (Skin-Soothing), Lactic Acid (Hydration), Xanthan Gum (Texture Enhancer), Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate (Slip Agent), C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate (Texture Enhancer), Iron Oxides (Coloring Agent), Phenoxyethanol (Preservative), Caprylyl Glycol (Preservative), Ethylhexylglycerin (Preservative), Hexylene Glycol (Preservative) Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Tapioca Starch (Absorbent/Texture Enhancer) viscosity controlling Glycerin (Skin-Replenishing) skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Decyl Glucoside (Cleansing Agent) surfactant/​cleansing Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate (Cleansing Agent/Emulsifier) surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying, viscosity controlling Butylene Glycol (Hydration) moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Cocamidopropyl Betaine (Cleansing Agent) Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer (Texture Enhancer) Bentonite (Absorbent) goodie Kaolin (Absorbent) colorant, abrasive/​scrub Charcoal Powder (Absorbent/Coloring Agent) abrasive/​scrub Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract (Skin-Soothing) Bisabolol (Skin-Soothing) soothing Epilobium Angustifolium Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract (Skin-Soothing) Lactic Acid (Hydration) exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Xanthan Gum (Texture Enhancer) Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate (Slip Agent) emollient, emulsifying C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate (Texture Enhancer) emollient, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Iron Oxides (Coloring Agent) colorant Phenoxyethanol (Preservative) preservative Caprylyl Glycol (Preservative) moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Ethylhexylglycerin (Preservative) Hexylene Glycol (Preservative) solvent, emulsifying, perfuming, surfactant/​cleansing 0-1, 0-2 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 soft, white powder that can be used as a talc replacement in body powders or in pressed powders. It also has some oil absorbing properties and gives increased cushion and richness to emulsion-type formulas. 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 vegetable origin (coconut or palm kernel oil and glucose) cleansing agent with great foaming abilities. It's also mild to the skin and readily biodegradable. A mild, biodegradable cleansing agent that is also a very good team-player next to other cleaning agents. It is known for its good foam-boosing abilities while improving the mildness of the formula. Its performance is similar to Isethionates, another group of cleaning agents known for their gentleness. 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. Super common ingredient in all kinds of cleansing products: face and body washes, shampoos and foam baths. Number one reason for its popularity has to do with bubbles. Everyone loves bubbles. And cocamidopropyl betaine is great at stabilizing them. The other reason is that it’s mild and works very well combined with other cleansing agents and surfactants. The art of cleansing is usually to balance between properly cleansing but not over-cleansing and cocamidopropyl betaine is helpful in pulling off this balance right. Oh, and one what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. surfactant/cleansing surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant | solvent colorant | abrasive/scrub abrasive/scrub exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering emollient | emulsifying emollient | antimicrobial/antibacterial moisturizer/humectant | emollient solvent | emulsifying | perfuming | surfactant/cleansing

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