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Balancing Toner

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Merle Norman
Skintelligent Toner

Product category and function

Balancing Toner

Skintelligent Toner

Toners/Sprays	Toners/Sprays
Lightweight liquids to refresh and prep the skin.	Lightweight liquids to refresh and prep the skin.
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Ingredient highlights

Balancing Toner

Skintelligent Toner

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

Full ingredient list

Balancing Toner

Skintelligent Toner

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water, butylene glycol, glycerin, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, althaea officinalis root extract, caprylyl glycol, cucumis sativus (cucumber) fruit extract, disodium edta, ethylhexylglycerin, hexylene glycol, menthol, phenoxyethanol, phoenix dactylifera (date) fruit extract, salix alba (willow) bark extract, vitis vinifera (grape) seed extract 7	Aqua/water/eau, glycerin, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, avena sativa (oat) meal extract, cucumis sativus (cucumber) fruit extract, lactococcus ferment lysate, epilobium fleischeri extract, panax ginseng root extract, tephrosia purpurea seed extract, bifida ferment lysate, lactis proteinum (milk protein), lactose, pentylene glycol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, propanediol, sodium pca, ppg-26-buteth-26, disodium edta, phenoxyethanol, sodium benzoate, fragrance (parfum)

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 15

Total Number of ingredients = 23

Water, butylene glycol, glycerin, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, althaea officinalis root extract, caprylyl glycol, cucumis sativus (cucumber) fruit extract, disodium edta, ethylhexylglycerin, hexylene glycol, menthol, phenoxyethanol, phoenix dactylifera (date) fruit extract, salix alba (willow) bark extract, vitis vinifera (grape) seed extract

Aqua/water/eau, glycerin, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, avena sativa (oat) meal extract, cucumis sativus (cucumber) fruit extract, lactococcus ferment lysate, epilobium fleischeri extract, panax ginseng root extract, tephrosia purpurea seed extract, bifida ferment lysate, lactis proteinum (milk protein), lactose, pentylene glycol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, propanediol, sodium pca, ppg-26-buteth-26, disodium edta, phenoxyethanol, sodium benzoate, fragrance (parfum)

Notable ingredients

Balancing Toner

Skintelligent Toner

Soothing: Menthol, Salix alba (willow) bark extract

Antioxidant: Vitis vinifera (grape) seed extract

Solvent: Water, Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Hexylene glycol

Soothing: Avena sativa (oat) meal extract

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Propylene glycol, Propanediol, Pentylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Balancing Toner

Skintelligent Toner

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.

Butylene glycol

Function: Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent

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

Glycerin

Also-called: Glycerol | Function: Skin-identical ingredient, Viscosity controlling, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent