Paula's Choice
Skincare Advanced Replenishing Toner
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SPALIFE
Deep Collagen Pore-perfecting Toner Pads+22 on ingredient safety
$15
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Labor
A 33-point gap between the two loudest voices.
55Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofit
vs88Open Beauty Facts CertificationsNonprofit
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Ingredient safety
32 pts apartIndependent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
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Also screened, nothing found: ANSES Endocrine Disruptors · Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist · California Proposition 65 · EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI) · US NTP Report on Carcinogens · IARC Monographs
Environmental
Also screened, nothing found: EU Microplastics Restriction
Labor
33 pts apartRun by a nonprofit. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
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Ingredients, decoded
Data availability
Robust40 of 41 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 40 of 41 listed ingredients; 1 is uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
Worth a look (2)
Persistent / bioaccumulativeflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
Mild sensitizer for someflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
No flags in our sources (38)
- Water
- Glycerinhumectant
- Polysorbate 20
- Dimethiconol
- Linoleic Acidbarrier lipid
- Oleic Acid
- Linolenic Acid
- Phospholipids
- Carnosine
- Epigallocatechin Gallate
- Genistein
- Sodium Hyaluronatehumectant
- Sphingolipids
- Ferulic Acid
- Laurdimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
- Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
- Acetyl Glucosamine
- Quercetin
- Oenothera Biennis Oil
- Beta Vulgaris Root Extract
- Cucurbita Pepo Seed Extract
- Lecithin
- Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
- Hydrolyzed Corn Starch
- Hydrogenated Lecithin
- Palmitic Acid
- Butylene Glycol
- Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
- Xanthan Gum
- Laureth-23
- Laureth-4
- Aminomethyl Propanol
- Disodium EDTA
- Sodium Benzoate
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Chlorphenesin
- Benzoic Acid
- Sorbic Acid
No data in our sources (1)
Not a verdict — our authorities simply have no reference for these.
What these ingredient tags mean (2)
These describe what an ingredient is, not whether it is a problem. The stance marks above are the ratings; these are not.
humectantGlycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate
- Glycerin: A humectant, and one of the two ingredients a comparison of moisturiser components found made a significant difference to skin hydration. FDA OTC skin protectant monograph, 21 CFR 347.10(h), lists glycerin as a skin protectant at 20 to 45%. On the humectant half: Jeong CB, Han JY, Cho JC, Suh KD, Nam GW, "Analysis of electrical property changes of skin by oil-in-water emulsion components", Int J Cosmet Sci 2013;35(4):402-410, DOI 10.1111/ics.12059, PMID 23621673, found that "glycerine and urea showed significant skin hydration effects compared with other humectants".
- Sodium Hyaluronate: A humectant that holds a large amount of water at the skin surface. Chylińska N, Maciejczyk M, "Hyaluronic Acid and Skin: Its Role in Aging and Wound-Healing Processes", Gels 2025;11(4):281, DOI 10.3390/gels11040281, PMID 40277717, open access: hyaluronic acid's "high osmotic activity and anionic structure enable it to bind large amounts of water", and "sodium and potassium hyaluronate are widely used in moisturizing products". The same review notes that high-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid does not penetrate the deeper layers.
barrier lipidLinoleic Acid
- Linoleic Acid: An essential fatty acid the skin barrier uses and cannot make for itself. Khnykin D, Miner JH, Jahnsen F, "Role of fatty acid transporters in epidermis", Dermatoendocrinol 2011;3(2):53-61, DOI 10.4161/derm.3.2.14816, open access: "The human body can produce all but two of the fatty acids it needs: linoleic acid (C18:2, n6) and alpha-linolenic acid (C18:3, n3)", and replacing linoleic acid with a non-essential fatty acid "will lead to barrier defects". Feingold and Elias, J Lipid Res 2024: linoleate "is required for the synthesis of a subgroup of acylceramides".
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