Skin Perfecting 8% AHA Lotion Exfoliant

Paula's Choice

Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 8% AHA Lotion Exfoliant

Skin perfecting 8% AHA lotion is a lightweight, moisturizing AHA exfoliant that combines 8% glycolic acid with a customized mix of calming, anti-aging antioxidants and nourishing plant oils that soothe, [more] [more] smooth, and dramatically soften dry sk

Area: Face

Category: Skincare

#alcohol-free#fragrance & essentialoil-free
★ 4.7 (3 reviews)

Ingredient list

35 ingredients recorded in the Macherre catalog. Ingredient names are standardized; formulas can change, so compare this list with your packaging.

Water, Glycolic Acid, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Sodium Hydroxide, Beheneth-5, Dimethicone, Neopentyl Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Polyglyceryl-3 Stearate, Behenyl Alcohol, Undecane, Arachidyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Phospholipids, Allantoin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Bisabolol, Arctium Lappa Root Extract, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizinate, Panthenol, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Tridecane, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Sclerotium Gum, Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate, Disodium EDTA, Tocopherol, Chlorphenesin, Benzoic Acid, Sorbic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol.

Product references: incidecoder.com

Ingredients by function

Antioxidant
Exfoliant
Skin-identical ingredient
  • Glycerin⁠Comedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    denaturant
    hair conditioning, humectant, moisturizer/​humectant, oral care, perfuming, skin conditioning, skin-identical ingredient, skin protecting, solvent, viscosity controlling
  • emollient
    skin conditioning, skin-identical ingredient
Soothing
Antimicrobial/antibacterial
Buffering
Chelating
Emollient
  • Caprylic/​Capric Triglyceride⁠
  • Dimethicone⁠Comedogenicity: 1Irritancy: 0
    emollient
  • Neopentyl Glycol Dicaprylate/​Dicaprate⁠
  • binding
    emollient, emulsion stabilising, viscosity controlling
  • emollient
    skin conditioning
  • emollient
    emulsion stabilising, viscosity controlling
  • Stearyl Alcohol⁠Comedogenicity: 2Irritancy: 2
    emollient
    emulsifying, emulsion stabilising, foam boosting, masking, opacifying, refatting, surfactant, surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling
  • Cetyl Alcohol⁠Comedogenicity: 2Irritancy: 2
    emollient
    emulsifying, emulsion stabilising, foam boosting, masking, opacifying, surfactant, viscosity controlling
  • emollient
    skin conditioning, skin-identical ingredient
  • Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil⁠Comedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    emollient
    masking, skin conditioning
  • emollient
    hair conditioning, masking, perfuming, skin conditioning, solvent
Emulsifying
Moisturizer/humectant
  • Glycerin⁠Comedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    denaturant
    hair conditioning, humectant, moisturizer/​humectant, oral care, perfuming, skin conditioning, skin-identical ingredient, skin protecting, solvent, viscosity controlling
  • humectant
    moisturizer/​humectant, skin brightening, skin conditioning, soothing
  • Panthenol⁠Comedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    antistatic
    hair conditioning, moisturizer/​humectant, skin conditioning, soothing
Perfuming
Preservative
Solvent
Surfactant/cleansing
  • Stearyl Alcohol⁠Comedogenicity: 2Irritancy: 2
    emollient
    emulsifying, emulsion stabilising, foam boosting, masking, opacifying, refatting, surfactant, surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling
Viscosity controlling
  • binding
    emollient, emulsion stabilising, viscosity controlling
  • emollient
    emulsion stabilising, viscosity controlling
  • Stearyl Alcohol⁠Comedogenicity: 2Irritancy: 2
    emollient
    emulsifying, emulsion stabilising, foam boosting, masking, opacifying, refatting, surfactant, surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling
  • Cetyl Alcohol⁠Comedogenicity: 2Irritancy: 2
    emollient
    emulsifying, emulsion stabilising, foam boosting, masking, opacifying, surfactant, viscosity controlling
  • binding
    film forming, opacifying, viscosity controlling
  • emulsion stabilising
    skin conditioning, viscosity controlling

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