PCA Skin Body Therapy

PCA Skin Body Therapy PCA Skin Body Therapy ingredients explained: Water, Lactic Acid, Glycerin, Jojoba Esters, Ammonium Lactate, Polyglyceryl-10 Dioleate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Behenyl Alcohol, Isopropyl Jojobate, Jojoba Alcohol, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Glyceryl Stearate, Polyacrylate-13, Arachidyl Alcohol, Gluconolactone, Hordeum Distichon (Barley) Extract, C20-22 Alkyl Phosphate, Arginine, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Galactoarabinan, C20-22 Alcohols, Polyisobutene, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Benzoate, Arachidyl Glucoside, Phellodendron Amurense Bark Extract, Santalum Album (Sandalwood) Extract, Ammonium Hydroxide, Polysorbate 20, Phytic Acid, Calcium Gluconate Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering superstar Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Jojoba Esters soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Ammonium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Polyglyceryl-10 Dioleate emulsifying Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Dimethicone 0, 1 Behenyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling Isopropyl Jojobate Jojoba Alcohol Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter goodie Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying Polyacrylate-13 Arachidyl Alcohol Gluconolactone exfoliant, chelating Hordeum Distichon (Barley) Extract C20-22 Alkyl Phosphate emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Arginine skin-identical ingredient Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil perfuming icky Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Galactoarabinan C20-22 Alcohols viscosity controlling Polyisobutene Xanthan Gum Sodium Benzoate preservative Arachidyl Glucoside Phellodendron Amurense Bark Extract soothing, anti-acne Santalum Album (Sandalwood) Extract surfactant/​cleansing, soothing Ammonium Hydroxide buffering Polysorbate 20 Phytic Acid chelating Calcium Gluconate moisturizer/​humectant 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. It’s the second most researched AHA after glycolic acid It gently lifts off dead skin cells to reveal newer, fresher, smoother skin It also has amazing skin hydrating properties In higher concentration (10% and up) it improves skin firmness, thickness and wrinkles Choose a product where you know the concentration and pH value because these two greatly influence effectiveness Don’t forget to use your sunscreen (in any case but especially so next to an AHA product) 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 Jojoba-derived emollient wax esters (fatty acid + fatty alcohol) that make your skin feel nice and smooth. Chemically speaking, pure jojoba oil is also a wax ester (read our shiny explanation here), however, the ingredients called jojoba esters on the ingredient lists are made from jojoba oil and/or hydrogenated jojoba oil via interesterification. They have multiple versions with variable fatty acid chain length and the ingredient can have a liquid, a creamy, a soft or firm paste, or even a hard wax consistency. The common thing between all versions is, that unlike most normal triglyceride oils, jojoba esters have superior stability, provide non-greasy emolliency and are readily absorbed into the skin. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A pale yellow to pale brown paste that can help to mix oil and water together. Combined with fellow emulsifier called polyglyceryl-2 sesquicaprylate, the two together are specifically recommended for oil-based facial cleansers that can be used also with wet hands on wet face (unlike most makeup remover oils that have to be used with dry hands on dry face). A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and what‑it‑does exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant buffering | moisturizer/humectant emollient | solvent emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | emulsifying exfoliant | chelating emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing soothing | anti-acne surfactant/cleansing | soothing moisturizer/humectant

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