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Essential C Toner

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Redefine Pore Refining Toner

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Essential C Toner

Redefine Pore Refining 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

Redefine Pore Refining 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

Redefine Pore Refining 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 13	Water/aqua/eau, glycerin, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water, butylene glycol, bis-peg-12 dimethicone, niacinamide, sea water/maris aqua/eau de mer, magnesium pca, manganese pca, sodium pca, zinc pca, ananas sativus (pineapple) fruit extract, carica papaya (papaya) fruit extract, citrullus lanatus (watermelon) fruit extract, citrus limon (lemon) fruit extract, passiflora edulis fruit extract, vitis vinifera (grape) fruit extract, mangifera indica (mango) fruit extract, methyl carboxymethylphenyl aminocarboxypropylphosphonate, glyceryl glucoside, trehalose, fragrance/parfum, alcohol, alcohol denat., diglycerin, polysorbate 20, sodium bisulfite, disodium edta, caprylyl glycol, chlorphenesin, phenoxyethanol, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate.

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 47

Total Number of ingredients = 33

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, glycerin, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water, butylene glycol, bis-peg-12 dimethicone, niacinamide, sea water/maris aqua/eau de mer, magnesium pca, manganese pca, sodium pca, zinc pca, ananas sativus (pineapple) fruit extract, carica papaya (papaya) fruit extract, citrullus lanatus (watermelon) fruit extract, citrus limon (lemon) fruit extract, passiflora edulis fruit extract, vitis vinifera (grape) fruit extract, mangifera indica (mango) fruit extract, methyl carboxymethylphenyl aminocarboxypropylphosphonate, glyceryl glucoside, trehalose, fragrance/parfum, alcohol, alcohol denat., diglycerin, polysorbate 20, sodium bisulfite, disodium edta, caprylyl glycol, chlorphenesin, phenoxyethanol, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate.

Notable ingredients

Essential C Toner

Redefine Pore Refining Toner

Soothing: Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water

Antioxidant: Ascorbyl palmitate, Vitamin e, Tocopheryl acetate

Cell-signaling ingredient: Retinyl palmitate

Anti-acne: Niacinamide

Soothing: Niacinamide, Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water

Skin brightening: Niacinamide

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Ingredients with their functions

Essential C Toner

Redefine Pore Refining 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.