Products / Paula's Choice

Oil-Free Moisturizer

1. Water⁠ Water, the base most formulas are built on. It dissolves the other ingredients
2. Ethyl Macadamiate⁠ Other ingredients. Skin conditioning
3. Glycerin⁠ Humectants. The reference humectant. Cheap, proven, works at 3 to 10 percent.
4. Cetearyl Alcohol⁠Pore-clogging 2/5 Emollients. Fatty alcohol thickener and co-emulsifier.
5. Propanediol⁠ Humectants. Corn-derived glycol, solvent and humectant.
6. Triethylhexanoin⁠ Fragrance, colour, solvents. Hair conditioning, masking, perfuming, skin conditioning
7. Sodium Acrylates Copolymer⁠ Thickeners and film formers. Binding, film forming, opacifying, viscosity controlling
8. Glyceryl Stearate⁠Feeds Malassezia Emulsifiers. Workhorse non-ionic emulsifier.
9. PEG-100 Stearate⁠Feeds Malassezia Emulsifiers. Partner to glyceryl stearate.
10. Glycyrrhiza Glabra⁠ Actives. Glabridin and glycyrrhizin, tyrosinase inhibitor and soother.
11. Hydrolyzed Pumpkin Seedcake⁠ Other ingredients. Skin protecting
12. Vaccinum Angustifolium (Blueberry) Fruit Extract⁠ Other ingredients. Skin protecting, soothing
13. Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract⁠ Other ingredients. Hair conditioning
14. Prunus Serotina (Wild Cherry) Fruit Extract⁠ Humectants. Masking, moisturising, skin conditioning
15. Niacinamide⁠ Actives. Vitamin B3. Sebum, barrier, pigment transfer, at 2 to 5 percent.
16. Tripeptide-29⁠ Other ingredients. Skin conditioning
17. Ceramide NP⁠ Actives. Barrier lipids. Work in a 3:1:1 ratio with cholesterol and fatty acids.
18. Ceramide AP⁠ Other ingredients. Hair conditioning, skin conditioning
19. Ceramide EOP⁠
20. Sodium Hyaluronate⁠ Humectants. Smaller fragments reach the upper epidermis.
21. Phytosphingosine⁠ Other ingredients. Hair conditioning, skin conditioning
22. Cholesterol⁠ Actives. Barrier lipid partner to ceramides.
23. Panthenol⁠ Humectants. Provitamin B5, humectant and wound-healing support.
24. Sodium PCA⁠ Humectants. A natural moisturising factor component.
25. Adenosine⁠ Actives. Nucleoside with anti-wrinkle data at 0.04 percent.
26. Lecithin⁠Feeds Malassezia Emulsifiers. Phospholipid emulsifier and penetration aid.
27. Arginine⁠ Fragrance, colour, solvents. Antistatic, hair conditioning, masking, skin conditioning
28. Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate⁠ Emulsifiers. Emulsifying
29. Sodium Gluconate⁠ pH adjusters and chelators. Mild chelator.
30. Citric Acid⁠ pH adjusters and chelators. Acid for pH adjustment.
31. Isohexadecane⁠ Emollients. Emollient, skin conditioning, solvent
32. Xanthan Gum⁠ Thickeners and film formers. Natural gum thickener.
33. Carbomer⁠ Thickeners and film formers. Acrylic gel former, needs neutralising.
34. Phenoxyethanol⁠ Preservatives. The standard broad-spectrum preservative at up to 1 percent.
35. Ethylhexylglycerin⁠ Preservatives. Preservative booster and deodorising agent.

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.