Paula's Choice Resist Weekly Resurfacing Treatment 10% Aha

Paula's Choice Resist Weekly Resurfacing Treatment 10% Aha Paula's Choice Resist Weekly Resurfacing Treatment 10% Aha ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Methylpropanediol, Glycolic Acid, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Hydroxide, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Licorice) Root Extract, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract, Arctium (Burdock) Lappa Root Extract, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract, Borago Officinalis (Borage) Extract, Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Salix Nigra (Willow) Bark Extract, Ulmus Fulva Bark Extract, Glycerin, Allantoin, Propylene Glycol, Tetrasodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Methylpropanediol Glycolic Acid exfoliant, buffering superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Sodium Hydroxide buffering Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing goodie Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate antioxidant, anti-acne Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate Glycyrrhiza Glabra Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Arctium (Burdock) Lappa Root Extract Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract antioxidant, soothing, emollient, abrasive/​scrub Borago Officinalis (Borage) Extract emollient Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract soothing, antioxidant 0, 0 Salix Nigra (Willow) Bark Extract Ulmus Fulva Bark Extract moisturizer/​humectant Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Allantoin soothing Propylene Glycol Tetrasodium EDTA chelating 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. It's a type of glycol that - according to the manufacturer - is an extremely good replacement for other glycols like propylene or butylene glycol. Its main job is to be a solvent, but it has also very good antimicrobial properties and acts as a true preservative booster. Also helps with skin hydration without stickiness or tacky feel. It’s the most researched AHA with the most proven skin benefits It gently lifts off dead skin cells to reveal newer, fresher, smoother skin It can help skin’s own collagen production that results in firmer, younger skin It can fade brown spots caused by sun damage or PIH Choose a product where you know the concentration and pH value because these two greatly influence effectiveness Don’t forget to use your sunscreen (in any case but especially so next to an AHA product) Slight stinging or burning with a stronger AHA product is normal If your skin is very sensitive, rosacea prone choose rather a BHA or PHA product 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. The unfancy name for it is lye. It’s a solid white stuff that’s very alkaline and used in small amounts to adjust the pH of the product and make it just right. For example, in case of AHA or BHA exfoliants, the right pH is super-duper important, and pH adjusters like sodium hydroxide are needed. BTW, lye is not something new. It was already used by ancient Egyptians to help oil and fat magically turn into something else. Can you guess what? Yes, it’s soap. It still often shows up in the ingredient list of soaps and other cleansers. Sodium hydroxide in itself is a potent skin irritant, but once it's reacted (as it is usually in skin care products, like exfoliants) it is totally harmless. Green tea is one of the most researched what‑it‑does exfoliant | buffering moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. antioxidant | soothing soothing | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | anti-acne soothing | skin brightening antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial antioxidant | soothing | emollient | abrasive/scrub soothing | antioxidant moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant

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