Paula's Choice Resist Retinol Skin-Smoothing Body Treatment

Paula's Choice Resist Retinol Skin-Smoothing Body Treatment Paula's Choice Resist Retinol Skin-Smoothing Body Treatment ingredients explained: Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Cetyl Palmitate, Butyrospermum Parkii, Glyceryl Stearate, Peg-100 Stearate, Oenothera Biennis Oil, Vitis Vinifera Oil, Cetyl Alcohol, Retinol, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Panthenol, Carnosine, Dimethiconol, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Cera Alba, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Sodium Hydroxide, Xanthan Gum, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Decylene Glycol, Disodium Edta, Chlorphenesin, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate emollient Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Dimethicone 0, 1 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Cetyl Palmitate Butyrospermum Parkii goodie Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying Peg-100 Stearate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Oenothera Biennis Oil soothing, emollient 2, 3 Vitis Vinifera Oil antioxidant, emollient Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 Retinol cell-communicating ingredient Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate antioxidant, skin brightening Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Carnosine antioxidant, cell-communicating ingredient Dimethiconol emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Cera Alba emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, perfuming 0, 0-2 Magnesium Aluminum Silicate Sodium Hydroxide buffering Xanthan Gum Dicaprylyl Carbonate Decylene Glycol Disodium Edta chelating Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial 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. An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%. It’s a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Though chemically speaking, it is alcohol (as in, it has an -OH group in its molecule), its properties are totally different from the properties of low molecular weight or drying alcohols such as denat. alcohol. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble (and thus emollient) tail part that makes them absolutely non-drying and non-irritating and are totally ok for the skin. A synthetic emollient oil that leaves a soft non-greasy, non-sticky feel on the skin, absorbs fast and can be emulsified (mixed with water) very easily. 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. 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). A natural moisturizer that’s also in our ski what‑it‑does emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing irritancy, com. emollient | solvent skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent emollient | emulsifying surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying soothing | emollient antioxidant | emollient emollient | viscosity controlling antioxidant | skin brightening soothing | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | cell-communicating ingredient emollient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | perfuming preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial

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