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Essential C Toner

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Multi Active Toner

Product category and function

Essential C Toner

Multi Active 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

Essential C Toner

Multi Active Toner

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

Full ingredient list

Essential C Toner

Multi Active Toner

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, butylene glycol, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) fruit extract, citrus aurantium amara (bitter orange) flower extract, echinacea purpurea extract, rice amino acids, serine, alanine, glycine, urea, yeast amino acids, inositol, taurine, trehalose, glutamic acid, lysine hcl, threonine, arginine, tocopheryl acetate, ascorbyl palmitate, retinyl palmitate, peg-12 dimethicone, sodium pca, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, sodium lactate, pca, polyquaternium-4, alcohol, sodium polyaspartate, betaine, caprylyl glycol, potassium sorbate, proline, phospholipids, sodium benzoate, benzyl alcohol, disodium edta, citric acid, chlorphenesin, phenoxyethanol, limonene, fragrance/parfum, coneflower extract, vitamin c, vitamin e 19	Water/aqua/eau, butylene glycol, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, arginine, lavandula angustifolia (lavender) flower/leaf/stem extract, melissa officinalis leaf extract, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) fruit oil, cymbopogon nardus (citronella) oil, glycine, alanine, serine, lavandula angustifolia (lavender) oil, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, cucumis sativus (cucumber) fruit extract, arnica montana flower extract, hedera helix (ivy) extract, malva sylvestris (mallow) flower extract, parietaria officinalis extract, sambucus nigra flower extract, tocopherol, phenylalanine, histidine, valine, isoleucine, proline, threonine, sodium pca, sodium lactate, citric acid, polyquaternium-4, aspartic acid, pca, ethylhexylglycerin, methyl gluceth-20, polysorbate 20, 1,2-hexanediol, caprylyl glycol, peg-12 dimethicone, ricinoleth-40, sodium citrate, sodium hydroxide, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, linalool, limonene, citral, geraniol, phenoxyethanol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 47

Total Number of ingredients = 48

Water/aqua/eau, butylene glycol, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) fruit extract, citrus aurantium amara (bitter orange) flower extract, echinacea purpurea extract, rice amino acids, serine, alanine, glycine, urea, yeast amino acids, inositol, taurine, trehalose, glutamic acid, lysine hcl, threonine, arginine, tocopheryl acetate, ascorbyl palmitate, retinyl palmitate, peg-12 dimethicone, sodium pca, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, sodium lactate, pca, polyquaternium-4, alcohol, sodium polyaspartate, betaine, caprylyl glycol, potassium sorbate, proline, phospholipids, sodium benzoate, benzyl alcohol, disodium edta, citric acid, chlorphenesin, phenoxyethanol, limonene, fragrance/parfum, coneflower extract, vitamin c, vitamin e

Water/aqua/eau, butylene glycol, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, arginine, lavandula angustifolia (lavender) flower/leaf/stem extract, melissa officinalis leaf extract, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) fruit oil, cymbopogon nardus (citronella) oil, glycine, alanine, serine, lavandula angustifolia (lavender) oil, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, cucumis sativus (cucumber) fruit extract, arnica montana flower extract, hedera helix (ivy) extract, malva sylvestris (mallow) flower extract, parietaria officinalis extract, sambucus nigra flower extract, tocopherol, phenylalanine, histidine, valine, isoleucine, proline, threonine, sodium pca, sodium lactate, citric acid, polyquaternium-4, aspartic acid, pca, ethylhexylglycerin, methyl gluceth-20, polysorbate 20, 1,2-hexanediol, caprylyl glycol, peg-12 dimethicone, ricinoleth-40, sodium citrate, sodium hydroxide, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, linalool, limonene, citral, geraniol, phenoxyethanol

Notable ingredients

Essential C Toner

Multi Active Toner

Soothing: Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water

Antioxidant: Ascorbyl palmitate, Vitamin e, Tocopheryl acetate

Cell-signaling ingredient: Retinyl palmitate

Soothing: Hedera helix (ivy) extract, Parietaria officinalis extract, Sambucus nigra flower extract

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, 1,2-hexanediol, Butylene glycol, Limonene

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Ingredients with their functions

Essential C Toner

Multi Active Toner

Water/aqua/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.

Butylene glycol

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

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

Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water

Also-called: Witch Hazel Water | Function: Soothing, Skin conditioning, Astringent

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