Paula's Choice Resist Advanced Pore-Refining Treatment 4% Bha

Paula's Choice Resist Advanced Pore-Refining Treatment 4% Bha Paula's Choice Resist Advanced Pore-Refining Treatment 4% Bha ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Salicylic Acid, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Glycerin, Aminomethyl Propanol, Adenosine, Allantoin, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract, Avena Sativa (Oat) Bran Extract, Punica Granatum Fruit Extract, Sambucus Nigra Fruit Extract, Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract, Peucedanum Graveolens (Dill) Extract, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Disodium Edta, Benzyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Dimethicone emollient Salicylic Acid exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative superstar Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer viscosity controlling Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Aminomethyl Propanol buffering Adenosine cell-communicating ingredient goodie Allantoin soothing Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Avena Sativa (Oat) Bran Extract soothing, abrasive/​scrub Punica Granatum Fruit Extract Sambucus Nigra Fruit Extract Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract soothing, antioxidant Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract Peucedanum Graveolens (Dill) Extract Hydrogenated Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Xanthan Gum Citric Acid Disodium Edta chelating Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling Phenoxyethanol preservative 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. 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. Probably the most common silicone of all. It is a polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule and has different molecular weight and thus different viscosity versions from water-light to thick liquid. As for skincare, it makes the skin silky smooth, creates a subtle gloss and forms a protective barrier (aka occlusive). Also, works well to fill in fine lines and wrinkles and give skin a plump look (of course that is only temporary, but still, it's nice). There are also scar treatment gels out there using dimethicone as their base ingredient. It helps to soften scars and increase their elasticity. As for hair care, it is a non-volatile silicone meaning that it stays on the hair rather than evaporates from it and smoothes the hair like no other thing. Depending on your hair type, it can be a bit difficult to wash out and might cause some build-up (btw, this is not true to all silicones, only the non-volatile types). 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 This long-named, polymer molecule (big molecule from repeated subunits) is a helper ingredient that's good at emulsifying and stabilizing oils into water-based formulas. It also acts as a thickening and gelling agent that creates nice, non-sticky and supple textures. It works over a very wide pH range (3-12) and can be used to thicken up low-ph formulas, such as exfoliants. Its recommended used range is 0.3-3%. A natural moisturizer that’s also in our s what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial soothing | abrasive/scrub antioxidant | soothing soothing | antioxidant emollient | emulsifying preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling

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