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PCA Skin Daily Cleansing Oil

PCA Skin Daily Cleansing Oil PCA Skin Daily Cleansing Oil ingredients explained: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, PEG-20 Glyceryl Triisostearate, Isopropyl Isostearate, Tocopherol, Fragr

PCA Skin Daily Cleansing Oil PCA Skin Daily Cleansing Oil ingredients explained: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, PEG-20 Glyceryl Triisostearate, Isopropyl Isostearate, Tocopherol, Fragrance, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Retinyl Palmitate, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Glycerin, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil, Triethyl Citrate, Cornus Officinalis Fruit Extract, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract, Pimpinella Anisum (Anise) Fruit Extract, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Ananas Sativus (Pineapple) Fruit Extract, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Fruit Extract, Cucumis Melo Cantalupensis Fruit Extract, Dipteryx Odorata Seed Extract, Gardenia Jasminoides Fruit Extract, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Fruit Extract, Pyrus Communis (Pear) Fruit Extract, Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract Show all ingredients by function Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient goodie Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil 0, 1-3 PEG-20 Glyceryl Triisostearate emollient, emulsifying Isopropyl Isostearate 0, 4-5 Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Fragrance perfuming icky Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 3 Retinyl Palmitate cell-communicating ingredient 1-3, 1-3 Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate antioxidant, skin brightening Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil perfuming, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Triethyl Citrate Cornus Officinalis Fruit Extract Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract Pimpinella Anisum (Anise) Fruit Extract Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract antioxidant, soothing Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract Ananas Sativus (Pineapple) Fruit Extract soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Fruit Extract Cucumis Melo Cantalupensis Fruit Extract Dipteryx Odorata Seed Extract Gardenia Jasminoides Fruit Extract colorant Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Fruit Extract Pyrus Communis (Pear) Fruit Extract Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract moisturizer/​humectant 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 easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular. A goodie plant oil coming from the polyphenol-rich seeds of the grape. It's a light emollient oil that makes your skin feel smooth and nice and also contains a bunch of good-for-the-skin stuff. It's a great source of antioxidant polyphenols, barrier repair fatty acid linoleic acid (about 55-77%, while oleic acid is about 12-27%) and antioxidant, skin-protectant vitamin E. The emollient plant oil that comes from almonds. Similar to other plant oils, it is loaded with skin-nourishing fatty acids (oleic acid - 55-86% and linoleic acid 7-35%) and contains several other skin goodies such as antioxidant vitamin E and vitamin B versions. It's a nice, basic oil that is often used due to its great smoothing, softening and moisturizing properties. It's also particularly good at treating dry brittle nails (source). A clear pale yellow liquid that works as a highly effective but mild surfactant. According to the manufacturer, Peg-20 Glyceryl Triisostearate can create microemulsion facial cleansers (microemulsions are a mixture of water, oil, and surfactants) that are crystal clear, gentle to the skin and can easily be rinsed off leaving no oily residue. If you like oil cleansers but do not like to remove them with a washcloth, look out for this ingredient to find the perfect emulsifiable, water-rinsable oil cleanser. An oily liquid (ester) that makes your skin nice and smooth, aka emollient. It is described as highly emollient or substantive, but with a light and easy spreading and nonoily skin feel. Primary fat-soluble antioxidant in our skin Significant photoprotection against UVB rays Vit C + Vit E work in synergy and provide great photoprotection Has emollient properties Easy to formulate, stable and relatively inexpensive Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!). If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face then fragrance is not your best friend - there's no way to know what’s really in it. Expand to read more Also, if your skin is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s the number one cause of contact allergy to cosmetics. It’s definitely a smart thing to avoid with sensitive skin (and fragrance of any type - natural is just as allergic as synthetic, if not worse!). 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 lin what‑it‑does antioxidant | emollient irritancy, com. emollient | emulsifying emollient | perfuming antioxidant | skin brightening skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant perfuming | antimicrobial/antibacterial antioxidant | soothing soothing | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant

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