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Paula's Choice Skin Recovery Replenishing Moisturizer
Paula's Choice Skin Recovery Replenishing Moisturizer Paula's Choice Skin Recovery Replenishing Moisturizer ingredients explained: Water, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Butylene Glycol, Glycereth-26, Oenothera Biennis Oil, Cetyl Alcohol, Neopentyl Glycol Dihep
Paula's Choice Skin Recovery Replenishing Moisturizer Paula's Choice Skin Recovery Replenishing Moisturizer ingredients explained: Water, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Butylene Glycol, Glycereth-26, Oenothera Biennis Oil, Cetyl Alcohol, Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate, Cyclopentasiloxane, Stearic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Glycerin, Cyclohexasiloxane, Dimethicone, Panthenol, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Alpha-Tocopherol, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Sodium PCA, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Linoleic Acid, Linolenic Acid, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Saccharide Isomerate, Hydroxypropyl Guar, Allantoin, Rosa Moschata Seed Oil , Polysorbate 20, Cetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose, Carbomer, Sodium Citrate, Trisodium EDTA, Batyl Alcohol, Sodium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin, Benzoic Acid, Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate emollient Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 1 Glycereth-26 moisturizer/humectant, emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 0 Oenothera Biennis Oil soothing, emollient 2, 3 goodie Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Stearic Acid 0, 2-3 Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying PEG-100 Stearate surfactant/cleansing, emulsifying Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant superstar Cyclohexasiloxane Dimethicone Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/humectant Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Sodium Hyaluronate Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Alpha-Tocopherol 0-3, 0-3 Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate skin brightening, antioxidant Ascorbyl Palmitate 0, 2 icky Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate Sodium PCA Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract soothing, perfuming Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate antioxidant, anti-acne Linoleic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, surfactant/cleansing Linolenic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, surfactant/cleansing, perfuming Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate antioxidant, preservative Saccharide Isomerate moisturizer/humectant Hydroxypropyl Guar surfactant/cleansing, viscosity controlling Allantoin soothing Rosa Moschata Seed Oil Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Cetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose viscosity controlling Carbomer Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Trisodium EDTA chelating Batyl Alcohol Sodium Hydroxide buffering Phenoxyethanol preservative Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/antibacterial 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 synthetic emollient oil that leaves a soft non-greasy, non-sticky feel on the skin, absorbs fast and can be emulsified (mixed with water) very easily. 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. 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, not just on the surface by covering it (and not letting water to evaporate) but by initiating structural changes within the skin. If that's not enough, it also helps skin cell regeneration. All in all, a real goodie especially for dry, easily irritated skin. A so-called fatty (the good, non-drying kind of) alcohol that does all kinds of things in a skincare product: it makes your skin feel smooth and nice (emollient), helps to thicken up products and also helps water and oil to blend (emulsifier). Can be deriv what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | emollient | viscosity controlling soothing | emollient emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | solvent emollient | emulsifying surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant skin brightening | antioxidant soothing | perfuming antioxidant | anti-acne skin-identical ingredient | emollient | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | emollient | surfactant/cleansing | perfuming antioxidant | preservative moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing chelating | buffering preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial