Paula's Choice Skin Recovery Softening Cream Cleanser

Paula's Choice Skin Recovery Softening Cream Cleanser Paula's Choice Skin Recovery Softening Cream Cleanser ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Hydrogenated Polydecene, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Glycine Soja Oil (Soybean Oil), C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Polysorbate 80, Laureth-4, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Chamomilla Recutita Matricaria Flower Extract, Beta-Glucan, Paraffinum Liquidum, Peg-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Butylene Glycol, Disodium Edta, Sodium Hydroxide, Hexylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Hydrogenated Polydecene emollient, perfuming, solvent Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate surfactant/​cleansing Glycine Soja Oil (Soybean Oil) emollient, perfuming 0, 3 goodie C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate emollient, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Polysorbate 80 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 0 Laureth-4 4, 5 Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Cocamidopropyl Betaine Chamomilla Recutita Matricaria Flower Extract soothing, antioxidant Beta-Glucan soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Paraffinum Liquidum emollient, solvent 0, 0-2 Peg-7 Glyceryl Cocoate Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Disodium Edta chelating Sodium Hydroxide buffering Hexylene Glycol solvent, emulsifying, perfuming, surfactant/​cleansing 0-1, 0-2 Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Phenoxyethanol Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial 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 hydrocarbon-based emollient that can come in different viscosities from silky-light through satiny-smooth to luxurious, rich. It forms a non-occlusive film on the surface of the skin and brings gloss without greasiness to the formula. It's a very pure and hypoallergenic emollient that's also ideal for baby care products. A soft, mild cleansing agent with amphoteric structure meaning that its head contains both a positively and a negatively charged part (surfactants are most commonly anionic meaning their head has a negative charge). It also has great foaming abilities and is recommended for baby products and other non-irritating cleansers. The emollient plant oil coming from the soybean. It is considered to be a nice, cost-effective base oil with moisturizing properties. As for its fatty acid profile, it contains 48-59% barrier-repairing linoleic acid, 17-30% nourishing oleic acid and also some (4.5-11%) potentially anti-inflammatory linolenic acid. An often used emollient with a light and silky feel. It's very mild to both skin and eyes and spreads nicely and easily. It's often used in sunscreens as it's also an excellent solvent for sunscreen agents. A common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together, aka emulsifier. The number at the end refers to the oil-loving part and the bigger the number the more emulsifying power it has. 20 is a weak emulsifier, rather called solubilizer used commonly in toners while 60 and 80 are more common in serums and creams. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. Though its long name does not reveal it, this polymer molecule (big molecule from repeated subunits or monomers) is a relative to the super common, water-loving thickener, Carbomer. Both of them are big molecules that contain acrylic acid units, but Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer also contains some other monomers that are hydrophobic, i.e. water-hating. This means that our molecule is part water- and part oil-loving, so it not only works as a thickener but also as an emulsion stabilizer. It is very common in gel-type formulas that also contain an oil-phase as well as in cleansers as it also works with most cleansing agents (unlike a lot of other thickeners). Super common ingredient in all kinds of cleansing products: face and body washes, shampoos and foam b what‑it‑does emollient | perfuming | solvent surfactant/cleansing emollient | perfuming irritancy, com. emollient | antimicrobial/antibacterial emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing soothing | antioxidant soothing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | solvent moisturizer/humectant | solvent solvent | emulsifying | perfuming | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | emollient preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial

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