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paulas choice Daily Smoothing Treatment with AHA.

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

This product belongs to the sub-category: Leave-on Chemical Exfoliants

Full ingredient list

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

Ingredient highlights

Ingredient functions

Quick Review of Ingredients

Ingredients Function (What it does)
Water Skin conditioning, Solvent
Glycolic acid Buffering, Exfoliant
Cetyl alcohol Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning, Emulsion stabilizing
Butylene glycol Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent
Polyacrylamide Film forming
Dimethicone Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning
Ppg-14 butyl ether Skin conditioning
Palmitoyl hexapeptide-12 Skin conditioning

Ingredients explained

1

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.

2

Glycolic acid

Function: Buffering, Exfoliant

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

Price range

$20 to $50

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