Anti-Aging Clear Skin Hydrator
- Water Water, the base most formulas are built on. It dissolves the other ingredients
- Cyclopentasiloxane Emollients. Emollient, hair conditioning, skin conditioning, solvent
- Octyldodecyl Neopentanoate Emollients. Emollient
- Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer Thickeners and film formers. Viscosity controlling
- Glycerin Humectants. The reference humectant. Cheap, proven, works at 3 to 10 percent.
- Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate Actives. Stable vitamin C salt with anti-acne data at 5 percent.
- Cetyl AlcoholPore-clogging 2/5 Emollients. Fatty alcohol thickener.
- Niacinamide Actives. Vitamin B3. Sebum, barrier, pigment transfer, at 2 to 5 percent.
- Dimethicone Emollients. Non-volatile silicone, slip and light occlusion.
- Cetearyl AlcoholPore-clogging 2/5 Emollients. Fatty alcohol thickener and co-emulsifier.
- Butylene Glycol Humectants. Solvent and humectant, improves spread of actives.
- Glyceryl StearateFeeds Malassezia Emulsifiers. Workhorse non-ionic emulsifier.
- PEG-100 StearateFeeds Malassezia Emulsifiers. Partner to glyceryl stearate.
- Adenosine Actives. Nucleoside with anti-wrinkle data at 0.04 percent.
- Epigallocatechin Gallate Antioxidants. Polyphenol with sebum-reducing data.
- Glucose Oxidase Other ingredients. Stabilising
- Lactoperoxidase Other ingredients. Stabilising
- Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract Other ingredients. Skin protecting
- Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract Emollients. Emollient, hair conditioning, skin conditioning
- Lactobacillus Ferment Other ingredients. Skin conditioning
- Polysilicone-11 Thickeners and film formers. Film forming
- Sodium Chloride Thickeners and film formers. Bulking, masking, oral care, viscosity controlling
- Potassium
- Glucose Humectants. Humectant
- Xanthan Gum Thickeners and film formers. Natural gum thickener.
- Ceteareth-20 Surfactants. Cleansing, emulsifying, surfactant
- Decyl Glucoside Surfactants. Sugar-based non-ionic, very mild.
- Citric Acid pH adjusters and chelators. Acid for pH adjustment.
- Phenoxyethanol Preservatives. The standard broad-spectrum preservative at up to 1 percent.
Taken from Paula's Choice's product page, last checked 2026-10-26. Formulas change, so check the pack before you buy. Brands can send us a correction.