PCA Skin Pore Cleansing Gel

PCA Skin Pore Cleansing Gel PCA Skin Pore Cleansing Gel ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Alcohol, Mandelic Acid, Isopentyldiol, Pentylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Polyglyceryl-10 Dioleate, Ethoxydiglycol, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Potassium Hydroxide, Ethyl Linoleate, Hexylresorcinol, Hydroxyethylcellulose Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Alcohol antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Mandelic Acid exfoliant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial goodie Isopentyldiol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Polyglyceryl-10 Dioleate emulsifying Ethoxydiglycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant, perfuming 0, 0 Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6 viscosity controlling Potassium Hydroxide buffering Ethyl Linoleate emollient, perfuming Hexylresorcinol skin brightening, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Hydroxyethylcellulose 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. Simply alcohol refers to ethanol and it's a pretty controversial ingredient. It has many instant benefits: it's a great solvent, penetration enhancer, creates cosmetically elegant, light formulas, great astringent and antimicrobial. No wonder it's popular in toners and oily skin formulas. The downside is that it can be very drying if it's in the first few ingredients on an ingredient list. Some experts even think that regular exposure to alcohol damages skin barrier and causes inflammation though it's a debated opinion. If you wanna know more, we wrote a more detailed explanation about what's the deal with alcohol in skincare products at alcohol denat. (it's also alcohol, but with some additives to make sure no one drinks it). Mandelic acid is an AHA that comes from bitter almond It can gently lift off dead surface skin cells and make the skin more smooth and even It has antibacterial properties It’s promising against acne and post inflammatory hyperpigmentation It’s light sensitive, so choose a product with opaque packaging A water-soluble, colorless, odorless humectant liquid that makes your skin nice and smooth (aka emollient) and gives a dry, non-tacky skin feel. It also has great instant and some longer-lasting moisturizing effect and works in synergy with fellow moisturizer, sorbitol. A multi-functional, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as an emulsion stabilizer, solvent and a broad spectrum antimicrobial. According to manufacturer info, it's also a moisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. It works synergistically with preservatives and helps to improve water-resistance of sunscreens. 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. A pale yell what‑it‑does antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling exfoliant | antimicrobial/antibacterial solvent | moisturizer/humectant | emollient solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. solvent | moisturizer/humectant | perfuming emollient | perfuming skin brightening | antimicrobial/antibacterial

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