Paula's Choice Skin Balancing - Super Antioxidant Concentrate SerumIngredients

Paula's Choice Skin Balancing - Super Antioxidant Concentrate Serum is a product with 25 ingredients. Contains:

Vitamins - Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A Palmitate), Tocopheryl Acetate, Retinol (Vitamin A)
Retinoids - Retinol (Vitamin A)
Antioxidant - Tocopheryl Acetate, Retinol (Vitamin A), Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Salix Alba (White Willow) Bark Extract, Ginkgo Biloba, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil

Provides following positive effects: Softening, Anti-aging, Antiseptic, Tones up skin, Lightening and 21 more.

Organic score: 52% natural, 48% chemical.

Made by Paula's Choice, from United States. The manufacturer has "Cruelty Free" badge - meaning it doesn't test products on animals.

INCI

Cyclopentasiloxane

Skin conditioning agent, Emollient, Hair conditioning, Solvent

Isododecane

Emollient, Fragrance ingredient, Solvent

Cyclohexasiloxane

Skin conditioning agent, Emollient, Hair conditioning, Solvent

Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate

Skin conditioning agent, Emollient, Viscosity controlling agent

Dimethicone Crosspolymer

Emulsion stabilizer, Hair fixative, Viscosity controlling agent

Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A Palmitate)

Skin conditioning agent

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride

Skin conditioning agent, Fragrance ingredient

Tocopheryl Acetate

Skin conditioning agent

Ingredients by function

Skin conditioning agent: Cyclopentasiloxane¹, Cyclohexasiloxane³, Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate⁴, Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A Palmitate)⁶, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride⁷ and 11 more. Show all.
Emollient: Cyclopentasiloxane¹, Isododecane², Cyclohexasiloxane³, Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate⁴, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract¹⁴ and 1 more. Show all.
Hair conditioning: Cyclopentasiloxane¹, Cyclohexasiloxane³, Salix Alba (White Willow) Bark Extract¹⁶
Solvent: Cyclopentasiloxane¹, Isododecane², Cyclohexasiloxane³

All the Positive

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Softening - 5 components: Isododecane², Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate⁴, Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A Palmitate)⁶, Tocopheryl Acetate⁸, Bisabolol¹²
Anti-aging - 5 components: Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A Palmitate)⁶, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate¹⁰, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract¹⁴, Ginkgo Biloba¹⁸, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract²⁰
Antiseptic - 5 components: Bisabolol¹², Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract¹⁴, Salix Alba (White Willow) Bark Extract¹⁶, Calluna Vulgaris (Heather) Extract¹⁹, Phenoxyethanol²⁵
Tones up skin - 5 components: Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract¹⁴, Salix Alba (White Willow) Bark Extract¹⁶, Calluna Vulgaris (Heather) Extract¹⁹, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract²⁰, Betula Alba (Birch) Bark Extract²²

Concerns

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Risk of clogging pores

Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A Palmitate), Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil

Can support fungal acne

Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A Palmitate), Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil

Silicones

1 component

Cyclopentasiloxane^#1

ECO Metrics

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Vegan

Cruelty free

Yes

Reef friendly

Yes

Ozone layer safe

Yes

Components by Skin Type

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Dry skin

Positive: 2Negative: 0

Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A Palmitate)^#6Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract^#17

Oily skin

Positive: 1Negative: 1

Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract^#14Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil^#23

Sensitive skin

Positive: 0Negative: 1

Retinol (Vitamin A)^#9

Detailed view

Paula's Choice Skin Balancing - Super Antioxidant Concentrate Serum

#1Cyclopentasiloxane

Origin: chemical

Role: Skin conditioning agent, Emollient, Hair conditioning, Solvent

Protection

Silicones

EWG Rating [ 3 ]

CIR Rating [ A ]

Cyclopentasiloxane is a fluid silicone. It’s non-greasy and doesn’t have any scent or color. It evaporates pretty fast which makes this ingredient essential when it comes to making products that have to dry quickly. It also gives a nice silky feeling when you apply the product to the skin and hair. It leaves a thin film that protects the skin after evaporation.

Cyclopentasiloxane is chemically neutral, meaning it doesn’t react with other components.