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Absolue L’Extrait Elixir Lotion

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Absolue L’Extrait Elixir Lotion

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

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Absolue L’Extrait Elixir Lotion

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

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Absolue L’Extrait Elixir Lotion

No. of common ingredients = 0
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) 9	Rosa damascena flower water, aqua/water/eau, hydroxyethylpiperazine ethane sulfonic acid, pentylene glycol, glycerin, propanediol, anhydroxylitol, arginine, aureobasidium pullulans ferment, citric acid, hydroxypropyl tetrahydropyrantriol, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, xylitol, xylitylglucoside, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ppg-26-buteth-26, propylene glycol, tocopherol, bis-peg-18 methyl ether dimethyl silane, citral, citronellol, coumarin, eugenol, geraniol, limonene, linalool, chlorphenesin, phenoxyethanol, parfum/fragrance

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 23

Total Number of ingredients = 29

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)

Rosa damascena flower water, aqua/water/eau, hydroxyethylpiperazine ethane sulfonic acid, pentylene glycol, glycerin, propanediol, anhydroxylitol, arginine, aureobasidium pullulans ferment, citric acid, hydroxypropyl tetrahydropyrantriol, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, xylitol, xylitylglucoside, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, ppg-26-buteth-26, propylene glycol, tocopherol, bis-peg-18 methyl ether dimethyl silane, citral, citronellol, coumarin, eugenol, geraniol, limonene, linalool, chlorphenesin, phenoxyethanol, parfum/fragrance

Notable ingredients

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Absolue L’Extrait Elixir Lotion

Soothing: Avena sativa (oat) meal extract

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

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

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

Anti-microbial: Chlorphenesin, Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

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Absolue L’Extrait Elixir Lotion

Aqua/water/eau

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.

Glycerin

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

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

Aloe barbadensis leaf juice

Also-called: Aloe Vera, Aloe Vera Juice, Aloe barbadensis juice | Function: Skin conditioning

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

Rosa damascena flower water

Also-called: Damask Rose Flower Water, Rose Hydrosol, Rose Flower Water, Rosa damascena Hydrosol | Function: Skin protecting, Skin conditioning, Masking

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

Aqua/water/eau

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