Product and ingredient reference
Paula's Choice Skin Recovery Enriched Calming Toner
Paula's Choice Skin Recovery Enriched Calming Toner Paula's Choice Skin Recovery Enriched Calming Toner ingredients explained: Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Butylene Glycol, Glycereth-26, Dimethiconol, Oenothera Biennis Oil, Borago Officinalis Seed Oil, So
Paula's Choice Skin Recovery Enriched Calming Toner Paula's Choice Skin Recovery Enriched Calming Toner ingredients explained: Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Butylene Glycol, Glycereth-26, Dimethiconol, Oenothera Biennis Oil, Borago Officinalis Seed Oil, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Panthenol, Allantoin, Glycerin, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Niacinamide, Superoxide Dismutase, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Myristamidopropyl Pg-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate, Laureth-4, Laureth-23, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Benzoate, Chlorphenesin, Phenoxyethanol, Benzoic Acid, Sorbic Acid Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 1 Glycereth-26 moisturizer/humectant, emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 0 Dimethiconol emollient, moisturizer/humectant Oenothera Biennis Oil soothing, emollient 2, 3 goodie Borago Officinalis Seed Oil Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Tocopherol 0-3, 0-3 Ascorbyl Palmitate 0, 2 icky Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/humectant Allantoin soothing Glycerin superstar Hydrogenated Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/humectant Superoxide Dismutase PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Myristamidopropyl Pg-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate Laureth-4 4, 5 Laureth-23 0, 3 Disodium EDTA chelating Sodium Benzoate preservative Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/antibacterial Phenoxyethanol Benzoic Acid Sorbic Acid 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. It's a nice glycerin-based humectant and emollient that gives skin a smooth and luxurious feel. A thick, high molecular weight silicone that is usually diluted in another, lighter silicone fluid (like dimethicone or cyclopentasiloxane). The dimethiconol containing silicone blends leave a silky smooth, non-greasy film on the skin. The oil coming from the seeds of the nice, little, yellow-flowered plant called Evening Primrose. Similar to other plant oils, it's loaded with nourishing and moisturizing fatty acids. It's a very rich source of linoleic acid (66-76%), and also contains the soothing and healing superstar fatty acid, gamma-linolenic acid (aka GLA, 7-12%) (Btw, the richest known source of GLA is the borage oil, but evening primrose still counts as a very good source of it). It also contains oleic acid, but not too much around 6-15%. Since the 1980's, EPO is a well-known food supplement and there are quite a lot of studies examining what happens if you take it orally. It seems to be helpful with a bunch of things: atopic dermatitis, dry eyes, brittle nails, sunburn and even acne. As for the skin, it's a great hydrating plant oil, that can also reduce inflammation and irritation. It's a superb healing agent that can truly help dry skin, n what‑it‑does emollient | solvent moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial