Paula's Choice Shine Stopper

Paula's Choice Shine Stopper Paula's Choice Shine Stopper ingredients explained: Aqua, Methyl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer (Film-Forming Agent/Absorbent Polymer), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride (Thickener), Dimethicone (Silicone Slip Agent), Cetearyl Alcohol (Thickener), Glycerin (Skin-Identical Agent), Peg-100 Stearate (Thickener), Magnesium Aluminum Silicate (Thickener), Glyceryl Stearate (Thickener), Myristyl Myristate (Thickener), Ceteareth-20 (Thickener), Xanthan Gum (Thickener), Disodium Edta (Stabilizer), Benzyl Alcohol (Preservative), Phenoxyethanol (Preservative) Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Methyl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer (Film-Forming Agent/Absorbent Polymer) Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride (Thickener) emollient Dimethicone (Silicone Slip Agent) 0, 1 Cetearyl Alcohol (Thickener) emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Glycerin (Skin-Identical Agent) skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Peg-100 Stearate (Thickener) surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Magnesium Aluminum Silicate (Thickener) viscosity controlling Glyceryl Stearate (Thickener) emollient, emulsifying Myristyl Myristate (Thickener) 2, 0-5 Ceteareth-20 (Thickener) emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 3, 2 Xanthan Gum (Thickener) Disodium Edta (Stabilizer) chelating Benzyl Alcohol (Preservative) preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular. 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). 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 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, protec what‑it‑does irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying emollient | emulsifying emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling

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