Paula's Choice Smooth Finish Conditioner

Paula's Choice Smooth Finish Conditioner Paula's Choice Smooth Finish Conditioner ingredients explained: Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Behentrimonium Chloride, Stearyl Alcohol, Phenyl Trimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Panthenol, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Glycol Stearate, Polyquaternium-10, Sorbic Acid, Citric Acid, Disodium EDTA, Chlorphenesin, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Behentrimonium Chloride preservative Stearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Phenyl Trimethicone emollient Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 goodie Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein moisturizer/​humectant Glycol Stearate emollient, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Polyquaternium-10 viscosity controlling Sorbic Acid Citric Acid buffering Disodium EDTA chelating Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Phenoxyethanol 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 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 derived from coconut or palm kernel oil. 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A handy multi-tasker, white to light yellowish oil-loving wax that works very well in oil-in-water emulsions. It makes your skin feel nice and smooth (emollient), stabilizes oil-water mixes and gives body to them. Oh, and one more thing: it's a so-called fatty alcohol - the good, emollient type of alcohol that is non-drying and non-irritating. It is often mixed with fellow fatty alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, and the mixture is called Cetearyl Alcohol in the ingredient list. A silicone fluid that gives a nonoily, easy to spread emolliency to the formulas. It is also used as a water repellent additive and to reduce the tackiness and stickiness of other ingredients. It also imparts gloss, softness and better manageability to hair. 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. An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that’s also called pro-vitamin B5. As you might guess from the “pro” part, it’s a precursor to vitamin B5 (whose fancy name is what‑it‑does emollient | viscosity controlling irritancy, com. emollient | solvent emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | solvent soothing | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial

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