Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% Bha Lotion

Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% Bha Lotion Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% Bha Lotion ingredients explained: Aqua, Cetearyl Alcohol (Thickener), Squalane (Emollient), Glycerin (Skin-Identical Agent), C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate (Thickener), Glyceryl Stearate (Thickener), PEG-100 Stearate (Thickener), Salicylic Acid (Beta Hydroxy Acid - Exfoliant), Epilobium Angustifolium (Willow Herb) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract (Anti-Irritant), Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract (Anti-Irritant), Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil (Antioxidant), Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil (Non-Volatile Plant Oil), Beta-Glucan (Antioxidant), Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E/Antioxidant), Panthenol (Water-Binding Agent), Bisabolol (Anti-Irritanting Agent), Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate (Emulsifier), Xanthan Gum (Thickener), Sodium Citrate (Ph Adjuster), Butylene Glycol (Slip Agent), Acacia Senegal Gum (Thickener), Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba (Guar) Gum (Thickener), Tocopherol (Vitamin E/Antioxidant), Sodium Hydroxide (Ph Adjuster), Ethylhexylglycerin (Skin-Cond Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Cetearyl Alcohol (Thickener) emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Squalane (Emollient) skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 goodie Glycerin (Skin-Identical Agent) skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate (Thickener) emollient, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Glyceryl Stearate (Thickener) emollient, emulsifying PEG-100 Stearate (Thickener) surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Salicylic Acid (Beta Hydroxy Acid - Exfoliant) exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative Epilobium Angustifolium (Willow Herb) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract (Anti-Irritant) Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract (Anti-Irritant) antioxidant, soothing Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil (Antioxidant) antioxidant, emollient Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil (Non-Volatile Plant Oil) emollient 0, 1-3 Beta-Glucan (Antioxidant) soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E/Antioxidant) antioxidant Panthenol (Water-Binding Agent) Bisabolol (Anti-Irritanting Agent) soothing Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate (Emulsifier) emulsifying Xanthan Gum (Thickener) viscosity controlling Sodium Citrate (Ph Adjuster) chelating, buffering Butylene Glycol (Slip Agent) moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Acacia Senegal Gum (Thickener) Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba (Guar) Gum (Thickener) Tocopherol (Vitamin E/Antioxidant) 0-3, 0-3 Sodium Hydroxide (Ph Adjuster) buffering Ethylhexylglycerin (Skin-Conditioning Agent) preservative Phenoxyethanol (Preservative) Sodium Benzoate (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. It seems to us that squalane is in fashion and there is a reason for it. Chemically speaking, it is a saturated (no double bonds) hydrocarbon (a molecule consisting only of carbon and hydrogen), meaning that it's a nice and stable oily liquid with a long shelf life. It occurs naturally in certain fish and plant oils (e.g. olive), and in the sebum (the oily stuff our skin produces) of the human skin. As f.c. puts it in his awesome blog post, squalane's main things are "emolliency, surface occlusion, and TEWL prevention all with extreme cosmetic elegance". In other words, it's a superb moisturizer that makes your skin nice and smooth, without being heavy or greasy. Another advantage of squalane is that it is pretty much compatible with all skin types and skin conditions. It is excellent for acne-prone skin and safe to use even if you have fungi-related skin issues, like seborrhea or fungal acne. The unsaturated (with double bonds) and hence less stable version of Squalane is Squalene, you can read about it here >> 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 An often used emollient with a light and silky fe what‑it‑does emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | emollient skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | emulsifying surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative antioxidant | soothing antioxidant | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant chelating | buffering moisturizer/humectant | solvent

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