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Essentials Acne Toner

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Clarifying Do-Over Peel

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Essentials Acne Toner

Clarifying Do-Over Peel

Leave-on Chemical Exfoliants	Leave-on Chemical Exfoliants
Formulations with exfoliating ingredients to gently dissolve dead skin cells. Once applied, these...	Formulations with exfoliating ingredients to gently dissolve dead skin cells. Once applied, these...
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Ingredient highlights

Essentials Acne Toner

Clarifying Do-Over Peel

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free

Full ingredient list

Essentials Acne Toner

Clarifying Do-Over Peel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Total Number of ingredients = 13	Total Number of ingredients = 20
Salicylic acid (2%), water, alcohol denat., butylene glycol, ppg-5-ceteth-20, c12-15 alkyl lactate, sodium citrate, panthenol, cocamidopropyl pg-dimonium chloride phosphate, cetyl lactate, sodium hydroxide, disodium edta, benzalkonium chloride 7	Water/aqua/eau, alcohol denat., glycolic acid, lactic acid, salicylic acid, sodium hydroxide, butylene glycol, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) extract, padina pavonica thallus extract, lactobionic acid, yeast extract/faex/extrait de levure, acetyl glucosamine, tartaric acid, pyruvic acid, glycerin, citric acid, caprylyl glycol, disodium edta, benzalkonium chloride, phenoxyethanol

Notable ingredients

Essentials Acne Toner

Clarifying Do-Over Peel

Anti-acne: Salicylic acid (2%)

Soothing: Panthenol

Exfoliant: Salicylic acid (2%)

Anti-acne: Salicylic acid

Skin brightening: Acetyl glucosamine

Exfoliant: Glycolic acid, Lactic acid, Tartaric acid, Salicylic acid

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Ingredients with their functions

Essentials Acne Toner

Clarifying Do-Over Peel

Salicylic acid (2%)

Function: Anti-acne, Skin conditioning, Preservative, Keratolytic, Exfoliant

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Water

Also-called: Aqua, Aqua/Water, Water/Aqua/Eau, Aqua/Water/Eau | Function: Skin conditioning, Solvent

Water serves as a fundamental component in skincare products, often listed as the first ingredient, which means it's the most abundant. It acts as a solvent, helping to dissolve other ingredients and facilitate the application and absorption of products.

Alcohol denat.

Also-called: Alcohol denat | Function: Viscosity controlling, Astringent, Solvent, Anti-microbial