Paula's choice Clear Daily Skin Clearing Treatment Full size
- Anti-blemish
- Moisturizing
- Evens skin tone
- Anti-aging
- +1 more
- salicylic acid
- bisabolol
- c12-15 alkyl benzoate
- caprylic/capric triglyceride
- +5 more

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Can the product deliver on its promises?
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What does the product description say?WIMJ summary for anti-blemish
This product can help reduce breakouts and clogged pores because it contains the following ingredient: salicylic acid. This ingredient is used for treating acne and can have a noticeable effect.
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What does the product description say?WIMJ summary for anti-aging
Effective ingredients missing or their concentration is too low.
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What does the product description say?WIMJ summary for evens skin tone
This product might help improve the skin tone through exfoliation. In other words, it helps to speed up the shedding of cells from the upper layer of the skin, and this might help reduce hyperpigmentation.
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What does the product description say?WIMJ summary for moisturizing
This product can help improve hydration of the skin with the two types of ingredients.
The first type is called “humectants”:
these ingredients help attract water.
When humectants are on the surface of the skin, they “pull in” the moisture from the outside environment, or from
within deeper layers of the skin. The following ingredients in this product do the job:
allantoin, glycerin.
This product also contains ingredients called “occlusives”. They help reduce the speed with which our skin loses moisture to the outside environment. These ingredients also help soften the upper layer of the skin, so it feels less tight and nicer to the touch. The following ingredients in this product do the job: caprylic/capric triglyceride, dimethicone.
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WIMJ summary for exfoliation
This product can help exfoliate the skin. In other words, it helps break down the bonds between dead cells on the surface of the skin and speed up the skin turnover. Skin often appears softer and brighter after exfoliation, but overdoing it can result in disrupted skin barrier. The following ingredient is doing the exfoliating job in this product: salicylic acid.
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Anti-blemish | |
Moisturizing | |
Evens skin tone | |
Anti-aging |
Potential irritants

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caprylic/capric triglyceride |
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Used for skin exfoliation. It has an anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial effect, helps to unclog pores, prevent blemishes and speed up healing of the existing ones. Sometimes referred to as a BHA (beta-hydroxy acid)
| 1.25% - 2.5% |
Helps preserve the product formulation
| 5.9% - 8.8% |
Plain old water
| 4.6% - 6.8% |
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Skincare resources
Scientific Sources
- Salicylic acid as a peeling agent: a comprehensive review
- Beta Hydroxy Acids
- A review of toxicity from topical salicylic acid preparations
- Glycolic Acid Peels Versus Salicylic–Mandelic Acid Peels in Active Acne Vulgaris and Post‐Acne Scarring and Hyperpigmentation: A Comparative Study
- Glycerol and the skin: holistic approach to its origin and functions