If you’re a city dweller or if you live near a major road or highway like I do, the air quality isn’t always the best. Not only is it bad for your lungs, it’s not great for your skin. Enter Paula’s Choice Triple Algae Pollution Shield. While it won’t help your breathing, it will help protect your skin from pollution and other environmental stressors.
Soothing green, red and brown algae along with other antioxidants help revive your glow form a weightless, hydrating, protective shield over your skin. The antioxidant glutathione (I hadn’t heard of it either, but it’s a good thing!) and polyphenols from grapes (precursors to antioxidants) both protect skin from free radicals. The shield created by this serum prevent airborne particulate matter from sticking to skin. That sounds pretty amazing to me!
When I lived in New York and worked at The Rockefeller University, I used to jog at lunchtime along the FDR Parkway. Honestly, any health benefits I thought I was getting from running was certainly ruined by the polluted air I was breathing and that was sticking all over my skin. Frankly, I have always assumed that my asthma was due to running every day in New York during decades of non-existent emissions standards. I wish I had had a product like Paula’s Choice Triple Algae Pollution Shield to at least help protect my skin.
I’ve been using the serum for about a month because I have been spending a lot of time exercising outdoors, gardening and relaxing at the beach. I think it’s a warm weather must.
The translucent lightweight gel serum comes in a tube containing 1 fl. oz./30 ml. A little goes a long way. I don’t perceive it as having a fragrance. It’s sold on the Paula’s Choice website, Nordstrom and on Dermstore.com and Skinstore.com.
For more information, check out Triple Algae Pollution Shield on the Paula’s Choice website. Paula’s Choice is a cruelty-free brand.
Ingredients: Water (Aqua), Glycerin (skin-replenishing), Butylene Glycol (hydration/texture enhancer), Coco-Caprylate/Caprate (emollient), Decyl Oleate (emollient), Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Extract (antioxidant), Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi (Bearberry) Leaf Extract (antioxidant), Propanediol (hydration/slip agent), Glutathione (antioxidant), Chondrus Crispus (Algae) Extract (skin-soothing/film-forming agent), Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (vitamin C/antioxidant), Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract (antioxidant), Ubiquinone (coenzyme Q10/antioxidant), Curcumin (antioxidant/skin-soothing), Silybum Marianum (Milk Thistle) Fruit Extract (antioxidant), Epigallocatechin Gallate (green tea-derived antioxidant), Ascophyllum Nodosum (Kelp) Extract, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil (non-fragrant antioxidant plant oil), Fucus Vesiculosus (Seaweed) Extract (hydration/film-forming agent), Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract (hydration), Leontopodium Alpinum (Edelweiss) Flower Extract (antioxidant), Emblica Officinalis (Gooseberry) Fruit Extract (antioxidant), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter (emollient/antioxidant), Linoleic Acid (skin-restoring), Linolenic Acid (skin-restoring), Phytosphingosine Phosphate (skin-replenishing), Thermus Thermophillus Ferment (antioxidant), Tocopherol (vitamin E/antioxidant), Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil (non-fragrant plant oil), Tocopheryl Acetate (vitamin E/antioxidant), Lecithin (skin-restoring), Xanthan Gum (thickener), Acacia Senegal Gum (film-forming agent), Ectoin (hydration), Glyceryl Stearate (texture enhancer), Polyacrylamide (film-forming agent), Cetearyl Alcohol (hydration), Caprylyl Glycol (hydration), C13-14 Isoparaffin (solvent), C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate (emollient), Polysorbate 80 (emulsifier), 1,2-Hexanediol (preservative), Laureth-7 (emulsifier), Dipropylene Glycol (texture enhancer), Phenoxyethanol (preservative), Ethylhexylglycerin (preservative).
What a wonderful sounding product. Her products are always so innovative and effective!
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This sounds like a really nice serum!
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I love Paula’s Choice but this one product that I don’t need. Haha
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The air quality in Tempe Arizona is not that great, even when you’re further from the busy downtown area. I should pick this up!
they really appear to have lots of good sounding products. I could see this being helpful for some areas for sure!
With as bad as the air quality has been getting I can only imagine the feet it’s having on my skin! This sounds like a great product.
I just received anti-pollution serum from Avon and I am super excited to try it now that I read this post. Air pollution can wreak havoc to us in ways that we don’t even realize. Thankfully, there are more regulations in place now.
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Paula’s Choice is my go-to. I use Beautypedia to round out my skin care with a couple of considerably less expensive, top quality products from other companies. I use the PC ingredients dictionary at list three times a week. PC has so much integrity when it comes to research-based products and knowledge.
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I feel the same way about Beautypedia, and I know I have written about it on the blog some years ago. Paula’s Choice has frequent sale, so it is usually within reach 🙂