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Water Elixir Skin Prep

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Essential C Toner

Product category and function

Water Elixir Skin Prep

Essential C 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

Water Elixir Skin Prep

Essential C 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

Water Elixir Skin Prep

Essential C Toner

No. of common ingredients = 0
Onsen-sui, glycerin, water, butylene glycol, rosa centifolia flower water, pentylene glycol, ceramides, phytosteryl/octyldodecyl lauroyl glutamate, hydrogenated lecithin, superoxide dismutase, hydrolyzed rice extract, malic acid, sodium dilauramidoglutamide lysine, citrus junos fruit extract, prunus mume fruit extract, sodium pca, betaine, sorbitol, glycine, alanine, proline, serine, threonine, arginine, lysine, glutamic acid, glycosyl trehalose, hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, sodium hyaluronate, oryza sativa (rice) lees extract, lactobacillus/soymilk ferment filtrate, glycine soja (soybean) seed extract, hydrolyzed silk, polyglyceryl-10 laurate, tocopherol, 1,2-hexanediol, disodium succinate, phenoxyethanol. 13	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

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 38

Total Number of ingredients = 47

Onsen-sui, glycerin, water, butylene glycol, rosa centifolia flower water, pentylene glycol, ceramides, phytosteryl/octyldodecyl lauroyl glutamate, hydrogenated lecithin, superoxide dismutase, hydrolyzed rice extract, malic acid, sodium dilauramidoglutamide lysine, citrus junos fruit extract, prunus mume fruit extract, sodium pca, betaine, sorbitol, glycine, alanine, proline, serine, threonine, arginine, lysine, glutamic acid, glycosyl trehalose, hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, sodium hyaluronate, oryza sativa (rice) lees extract, lactobacillus/soymilk ferment filtrate, glycine soja (soybean) seed extract, hydrolyzed silk, polyglyceryl-10 laurate, tocopherol, 1,2-hexanediol, disodium succinate, phenoxyethanol.

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

Notable ingredients

Water Elixir Skin Prep

Essential C Toner

Soothing: Onsen-sui

Antioxidant: Tocopherol, Superoxide dismutase

Exfoliant: Malic acid

Soothing: Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water

Antioxidant: Ascorbyl palmitate, Vitamin e, Tocopheryl acetate

Cell-signaling ingredient: Retinyl palmitate

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Ingredients with their functions

Water Elixir Skin Prep

Essential C Toner

Onsen-sui

Function: Soothing

Japanese hot spring water.

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.

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.