Paula's Choice Resist Anti-Aging Clear Skin Hydrator

Paula's Choice Resist Anti-Aging Clear Skin Hydrator Paula's Choice Resist Anti-Aging Clear Skin Hydrator ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Cyclopentasiloxane (Texture Enhancer/Hydration), Octyldodecyl Neopentanoate (Texture Enhancer), Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer (Texture Enhancer/Film-Forming Agent), Glycerin (Skin-Replenishing), Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate (Vitamin C/Antioxidant), Cetyl Alcohol (Emollient), Niacinamide (Skin-Restoring), Dimethicone (Hydration), Cetearyl Alcohol (Emollient), Butylene Glycol (Slip Agent/Hydration), Glyceryl Stearate (Texture Enhancer), PEG-100 Stearate (Texture Enhancer), Adenosine (Skin-Restoring), Epigallocatechin Gallate (Green Tea-Derived Antioxidant), Glucose Oxidase (Hydration), Lactoperoxidase (Hydration/Soothing), Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract (Skin-Soothing), Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant), Lactobacillus (Hydration/Skin-Soothing), Polysilicone-11 (Texture Enhancer), Sodium Chloride (Texture Enhancer), Potassium Thiocyanate (Hydration), Glucose Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Cyclopentasiloxane (Texture Enhancer/Hydration) emollient, solvent Octyldodecyl Neopentanoate (Texture Enhancer) emollient Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer (Texture Enhancer/Film-Forming Agent) viscosity controlling Glycerin (Skin-Replenishing) skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate (Vitamin C/Antioxidant) antioxidant, anti-acne goodie Cetyl Alcohol (Emollient) emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 Niacinamide (Skin-Restoring) cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Dimethicone (Hydration) 0, 1 Cetearyl Alcohol (Emollient) emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Butylene Glycol (Slip Agent/Hydration) moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Glyceryl Stearate (Texture Enhancer) emollient, emulsifying PEG-100 Stearate (Texture Enhancer) surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Adenosine (Skin-Restoring) cell-communicating ingredient Epigallocatechin Gallate (Green Tea-Derived Antioxidant) antioxidant, soothing Glucose Oxidase (Hydration) Lactoperoxidase (Hydration/Soothing) Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract (Skin-Soothing) Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract (Antioxidant) Lactobacillus (Hydration/Skin-Soothing) Polysilicone-11 (Texture Enhancer) Sodium Chloride (Texture Enhancer) Potassium Thiocyanate (Hydration) Glucose (Hydration) moisturizer/​humectant Xanthan Gum (Thickener) Ceteareth-20 (Solubilizing Agent) emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 3, 2 Decyl Glucoside (Surfactant) surfactant/​cleansing Citric Acid (Ph Adjuster) buffering Phenoxyethanol (Preservative) 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. A super commonly used 5 unit long, cyclic structured silicone that is water-thin and does not stay on the skin but evaporates from it (called volatile silicone). Similar to other silicones, it gives skin and hair a silky, smooth feel. It's often combined with the non-volatile (i.e. stays on the skin) dimethicone as the two together form a water-resistant, breathable protective barrier on the skin without a negative tacky feel. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. This bamboozling INCI name is given to a spherical silicone powder that has an elastic silicone rubber inner part and a harder silicone resin outer part. It gives formulas a uniquely soft, silky feeling, and has a mattifying and soft focus effect. It is available in different particle sizes and the larger the particle the more line/pore filling effect the powder has. 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 The sodium salt form of skincare superstar, vitamin C. If you do not know what the big fuss about vitamin C is, you are missing out and you have to click here and read all the geeky details about it. Pure vitamin C (aka ascorbic acid, AA) is great and all, but its lack of stability is a big challenge for the cosmetics industry. One solution is to create stable derivatives that can be absorbed into the skin, convert there to AA and do all the magic AA is proven to do (which is being an antioxidant, a collagen booster, and a skin brightener). SAP (the vit C derivative, not the enterprise software, obvs) is a promising derivative that has great stability up to pH 7. The challenge with it though is skin penetration. Unfortunately, it seems to be limited, or to quote a great article from the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology "topically applied ascorbyl phosphate salts are, at very best, poorly absorbed in comparison with AA". Regarding conversion to AA, there seems to be no data about it, so we what‑it‑does emollient | solvent skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. antioxidant | anti-acne emollient | viscosity controlling cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | solvent emollient | emulsifying surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying antioxidant | soothing moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing surfactant/cleansing

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