Paula's Choice SKIN PERFECTING 8 AHA Gel ExfoliantIngredients

Paula's Choice SKIN PERFECTING 8 AHA Gel Exfoliant is a product with 15 ingredients. Contains:

AHA - Glycolic Acid
Vitamins - Panthenol

Provides following positive effects: Moisturizing, Softening, UV Protection, Soothing, Healing and 12 more.

Organic score: 33% natural, 60% chemical.

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

INCI

Water

Solvent

Glycolic Acid

Buffering agent, Exfoliant

Sodium Hydroxide

Buffering agent

Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract

Skin conditioning agent, Fragrance ingredient

Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice

Skin conditioning agent

Camellia Oleifera (Tea-Oil Camellia) Leaf Extract

Skin conditioning agent, Astringent

Sodium Hyaluronate

Skin conditioning agent, Humectant

Panthenol

Skin conditioning agent, Antistatic agent, Hair conditioning

Ingredients by function

Solvent: Water¹, Propylene Glycol¹⁰, Butylene Glycol¹¹
Buffering agent: Glycolic Acid², Sodium Hydroxide³
Exfoliant: Glycolic Acid²
Skin conditioning agent: Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract⁴, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice⁵, Camellia Oleifera (Tea-Oil Camellia) Leaf Extract⁶, Sodium Hyaluronate⁷, Panthenol⁸ and 3 more. Show all.

All the Positive

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Moisturizing - 6 components: Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice⁵, Sodium Hyaluronate⁷, Panthenol⁸, Sodium PCA⁹, Propylene Glycol¹⁰, Butylene Glycol¹¹
Softening - 4 components: Sodium Hyaluronate⁷, Sodium PCA⁹, Butylene Glycol¹¹, Polyquaternium-10¹³
UV Protection - 3 components: Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract⁴, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice⁵, Sodium PCA⁹
Soothing - 3 components: Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract⁴, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice⁵, Panthenol⁸

Concerns

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Risk of clogging pores

Butylene Glycol ¹¹

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: 6Negative: 0

Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract^#4Sodium Hyaluronate^#7Panthenol^#8Sodium PCA^#9Propylene Glycol^#10Butylene Glycol^#11

Oily skin

Positive: 1Negative: 0

Glycolic Acid^#2

Sensitive skin

Positive: 1Negative: 1

Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract^#4Glycolic Acid^#2

Detailed view

Paula's Choice SKIN PERFECTING 8 AHA Gel Exfoliant

#1Water

Origin: natural

Role: Solvent

EWG Rating [ 1 ]

Water is a great solvent. It’s neutral and doesn’t provide any strong positive or negative effects. It just helps components to mix better and to transport active components.

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