Paula's Choice Resist Ultra-Light Super Antioxidant Concentrate Serum (Discontinued)

Paula's Choice Resist Ultra-Light Super Antioxidant Concentrate Serum (Discontinued) Paula's Choice Resist Ultra-Light Super Antioxidant Concentrate Serum ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Cyclopentasiloxane, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Polysorbate 20, Polysilicone-11, Lauryl Peg-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Hyaluronic Acid, Resveratrol, Niacinamide, Quercetin, Adenosine, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Tocopherol, Phospholipids, Ubiquinone, Epigallocatechin Gallate, Sea Whip Extract, Bisabolol, Beta-Glucan, Phytic Acid, Xanthan Gum, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Sodium Hydroxide, Disodium Edta, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Dimethicone emollient Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Polysilicone-11 Lauryl Peg-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone Hyaluronic Acid goodie Resveratrol antioxidant Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Quercetin antioxidant, soothing Adenosine cell-communicating ingredient Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate antioxidant, skin brightening Tocopherol 0-3, 0-3 Phospholipids skin-identical ingredient, emollient Ubiquinone Epigallocatechin Gallate Sea Whip Extract Bisabolol soothing Beta-Glucan soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Phytic Acid chelating Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer Sodium Hydroxide buffering Disodium Edta Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Phenoxyethanol 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. 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). 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 what‑it‑does emollient | solvent moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing antioxidant | skin brightening skin-identical ingredient | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant

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