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Paula's Choice
RESIST Daily Smoothing Treatment With 5% Aha

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Re-Texturizing Toner

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RESIST Daily Smoothing Treatment With 5% Aha

Re-Texturizing Toner

Leave-on Chemical Exfoliants	Leave-on Chemical Exfoliants
Formulations with exfoliating ingredients to gently dissolve dead skin cells. Once applied, these...	Formulations with exfoliating ingredients to gently dissolve dead skin cells. Once applied, these...
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Ingredient highlights

RESIST Daily Smoothing Treatment With 5% Aha

Re-Texturizing Toner

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free

Full ingredient list

RESIST Daily Smoothing Treatment With 5% Aha

Re-Texturizing Toner

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water, glycolic acid, cetyl alcohol, butylene glycol, polyacrylamide, dimethicone, ppg-14 butyl ether, palmitoyl hexapeptide-12, ceramide ng, tetrahydrodiferuloylmethane, tetrahydrodemethoxydiferuloylmethane, tetrahydrobisdemethoxydiferuloylmethane, epigallocatechin gallate, salicylic acid, disodium lauriminodipropionate tocopheryl phosphates, peg-10 phytosterol, vanilla planifolia fruit extract, bisabolol, allantoin, cyclopentasiloxane, cyclohexasiloxane, dimethiconol, tribehenin, c12-15 alkyl benzoate, peg-40 stearate, sorbitan stearate, pvm/ma decadiene crosspolymer, disodium edta, c13-14 isoparaffin, laureth-7, sodium hydroxide, caprylyl glycol, caprylic/capric triglyceride, hexylene glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol 8	Salicylic acid (2%), butylene glycol, disodium edta, ethylhexylglycerin, glycolic acid, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water, phenoxyethanol, polysorbate 20, portulaca oleracea extract, sodium benzoate, sodium hydroxide, water

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 36

Total Number of ingredients = 12

Water, glycolic acid, cetyl alcohol, butylene glycol, polyacrylamide, dimethicone, ppg-14 butyl ether, palmitoyl hexapeptide-12, ceramide ng, tetrahydrodiferuloylmethane, tetrahydrodemethoxydiferuloylmethane, tetrahydrobisdemethoxydiferuloylmethane, epigallocatechin gallate, salicylic acid, disodium lauriminodipropionate tocopheryl phosphates, peg-10 phytosterol, vanilla planifolia fruit extract, bisabolol, allantoin, cyclopentasiloxane, cyclohexasiloxane, dimethiconol, tribehenin, c12-15 alkyl benzoate, peg-40 stearate, sorbitan stearate, pvm/ma decadiene crosspolymer, disodium edta, c13-14 isoparaffin, laureth-7, sodium hydroxide, caprylyl glycol, caprylic/capric triglyceride, hexylene glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol

Salicylic acid (2%), butylene glycol, disodium edta, ethylhexylglycerin, glycolic acid, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water, phenoxyethanol, polysorbate 20, portulaca oleracea extract, sodium benzoate, sodium hydroxide, water

Notable ingredients

RESIST Daily Smoothing Treatment With 5% Aha

Re-Texturizing Toner

Anti-acne: Salicylic acid

Soothing: Allantoin, Bisabolol

Antioxidant: Epigallocatechin gallate, Tetrahydrobisdemethoxydiferuloylmethane, Tetrahydrodemethoxydiferuloylmethane, Tetrahydrodiferuloylmethane, Vanilla planifolia fruit extract

Anti-acne: Salicylic acid (2%)

Soothing: Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water

Exfoliant: Glycolic acid, Salicylic acid (2%)

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Ingredients with their functions

RESIST Daily Smoothing Treatment With 5% Aha

Re-Texturizing Toner

Water

Also-called: Aqua, Aqua/Water, Water/Aqua/Eau, Aqua/Water/Eau | Function: Skin conditioning, Solvent

Water serves as a fundamental component in skincare products, often listed as the first ingredient, which means it's the most abundant. It acts as a solvent, helping to dissolve other ingredients and facilitate the application and absorption of products.

Glycolic acid

Function: Buffering, Exfoliant

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Cetyl alcohol

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning, Emulsion stabilizing