PCA Skin Facial Wash

PCA Skin Facial Wash PCA Skin Facial Wash ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Lactic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Saccharomyces Ferment, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Allantoin, Chlorphenesin, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate surfactant/​cleansing icky Cocamidopropyl Betaine Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering superstar Sodium Hydroxide buffering Saccharomyces Ferment goodie Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Allantoin soothing 0, 0 Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Sodium Benzoate preservative Potassium Sorbate 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 versatile and biodegradable cleansing agent with high cleaning power and strong foaming properties. Unfortunately, these two properties for a surfactant usually mean that it is harsh on the skin, which is the case here as well. Super common ingredient in all kinds of cleansing products: face and body washes, shampoos and foam baths. Number one reason for its popularity has to do with bubbles. Everyone loves bubbles. And cocamidopropyl betaine is great at stabilizing them. The other reason is that it’s mild and works very well combined with other cleansing agents and surfactants. The art of cleansing is usually to balance between properly cleansing but not over-cleansing and cocamidopropyl betaine is helpful in pulling off this balance right. Oh, and one more nice thing: even though it’s synthetic it’s highly biodegradable. More info on CAPB on Collins Beaty Pages. 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) The unfancy name for it is lye. It’s a solid white stuff that’s very alkaline and used in small amounts to adjust the pH of the product and make it just right. For example, in case of AHA or BHA exfoliants, the right pH is super-duper important, and pH adjusters like sodium hydroxide are needed. BTW, lye is not something new. It was already used by ancient Egyptians to help oil and fat magically turn into something else. Can you guess what? Yes, it’s soap. It still often shows up in the ingredient list of soaps and other cleansers. Sodium hydroxide in itself is a potent skin irritant, but once it's reacted (as it is usually in skin care products, like exfoliants) it is totally harmless. There is not much info out there about this ingredient but the little we can know is the following: it comes from the fermentation of saccharomyces, that is a type of yeast and according to the manufacturer it's a natural deodorant. It contains a number of enzymes, which bio-converts several malo what‑it‑does surfactant/cleansing exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling soothing | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial

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