Overview
What it is
Toner with 6 ingredients
Cool Features
It is vegan, cruelty-free, fungal acne (malassezia) safe, and reef safe
Suited For
It has ingredients that are good for dry skin and scar healing
Free From
It doesn't contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, oils, parabens, silicones or sulfates
Fun facts
Skin Essence is from Canada.
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Ingredients Explained
We don't have a description for Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Water yet.
Calendula Officinalis Flower Water comes from the common Marigold plant.
Marigolds have been used in traditional medicine throughout Asia and Europe.
Hamamelis Virginiana Water is made by distilling parts of the witch hazel plant. You can also call this ingredient "witch hazel water".
The name 'Hamamelis Virginiana Water' refers to the distillation product used in cosmetics. On the other hand, 'Witch Hazel' refers to the active drug ingredient.
Unless it is specified to be non-alcohol, many types of witch hazel ingredients are distilled in denatured alcohol.
Witch Hazel water is an astringent, anti-inflammatory antioxidant, and antibacterial ingredient.
It contains tannins. Tannins have a drying effect when used on skin by constricting proteins. The constriction also minimizes the appearance of pores.
Both the tannins and fragrance found in witch hazel may be skin-sensitizing.
Witch hazel water gets anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties from its catechin and gallic acid content.
Indigenous groups have used witch hazel to help treat inflammation in North America for centuries.
Learn more about Hamamelis Virginiana WaterThis ingredient is an aqueous distillate obtained during the Melissa officinalis (lemon balm) plant.
It contains water-soluble aromatic compounds from the flowers, leaves, and stems, rather than the concentrated essential oil.
Cucumis Sativus Fruit Water is the water (or juice) pressed from cucumber. It has skin conditioning properties that offers gentle hydration.
Cucumbers are about 95% water. The other 5% has some pretty nice things for skin like vitamin C, caffeic acid, and flavonoids that all have antioxidant activity.
A 2011 study found that cucumber fruit juice can fight free radicals and help protect two proteins that keep skin firm and plump (hyaluronic acid and elastin). This is why it's sometimes considered a potential anti-wrinkle ingredient.
Since this ingredient is usually used at low concentrations (up to 3%), it acts more as a soothing and skin conditioning ingredient than a powerhouse active.
Learn more about Cucumis Sativus Fruit WaterGlycerin (or glycerol) is a compound naturally found in your skin. It's a powerhouse humectant that pulls water into the stratum corneum.
Topically, glycerin does several things at once:
Your skin makes glycerin on its own (mostly from sebaceous oil breakdown) and shuttles it to your outermost layer of skin, or your epidermis, via aquaporin-3.
Aquaporin-3 is a transporter that is essential for normal skin hydration, elasticity, and repair. Interestingly, mice lacking in AQP3 have dry and less elastic skin that can be fully corrected with glycerin.
This ingredient is non-irritating, plays well with almost every ingredient, and works across all skin types. Typical use is anywhere between 3-10% but can go up to 79% in some leave-on products.
Just know very high concentrations (>40%) can feel tacky in low humidity.
Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.
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