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Ultra-Sheer Daily Defense SPF 30

Paula's Choice Sunscreen SPF 30 27 ingredients
  1. Water (Aqua) Water, the base most formulas are built on. It dissolves the other ingredients
  2. Butylene Glycol (hydration) Humectants. Solvent and humectant, improves spread of actives.
  3. Silica (texture-enhancing) Thickeners and film formers. Oil-absorbing matte powder.
  4. Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate (texture-enhancing) Thickeners and film formers. Absorbent, anticaking, viscosity controlling
  5. Cetyl Dimethicone (hydration/texture-enhancing) Emollients. Emollient
  6. Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract (green tea extract/antioxidant) Antioxidants. Polyphenol with sebum-reducing data.
  7. Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder (hydration) Other ingredients. Skin conditioning
  8. Ascorbyl Palmitate (vitamin C/antioxidant) Antioxidants. Antioxidant, masking
  9. Phospholipids (skin-restoring)Feeds Malassezia Emulsifiers. Phospholipid emulsifier and penetration aid.
  10. Superoxide Dismutase (antioxidant) Antioxidants. Antioxidant, reducing, skin conditioning
  11. Adenosine (skin-restoring) Actives. Nucleoside with anti-wrinkle data at 0.04 percent.
  12. Tocopherol (vitamin E/antioxidant)Pore-clogging 2/5 Antioxidants. Vitamin E, free form.
  13. Bisabolol (skin-soothing) Actives. Chamomile-derived soother.
  14. Boerhavia Diffusa Root Extract (antioxidant/skin-soothing) Other ingredients. Skin protecting
  15. Colloidal Oatmeal (skin-soothing) Actives. Finely milled oat, FDA skin protectant with avenanthramides.
  16. Panthenol (skin replenishing) Humectants. Provitamin B5, humectant and wound-healing support.
  17. Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract (antioxidant) Other ingredients. Skin conditioning
  18. Salix Alba Bark Extract (willow herb extract/skin-soothing) Other ingredients. Astringent, hair conditioning, skin conditioning, soothing, tonic
  19. Acrylate/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer (texture-enhancing) Thickeners and film formers. Gel former that holds oils in suspension.
  20. Titanium Dioxide (texture-enhancing) Mineral filters and pigments. UVB particulate, often a booster in hybrids.
  21. Sodium Hydroxide (pH balancing) pH adjusters and chelators. Base for neutralising acids and carbomers.
  22. Steareth-21 (texture-enhancing) Surfactants. Cleansing, emulsifying, surfactant
  23. Steareth-2 (texture-enhancing) Surfactants. Emulsifying, surfactant
  24. Polysorbate 20 (texture-enhancing)Feeds Malassezia Surfactants. Solubiliser for oils and fragrance in water.
  25. Disodium EDTA (stabilizer) pH adjusters and chelators. Chelator that protects preservatives.
  26. Phenoxyethanol (preservative) Preservatives. The standard broad-spectrum preservative at up to 1 percent.
  27. Sorbic Acid (preservative) Preservatives. Preservative

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.