Name: Avant Skincare - Proactive Mandelic Acid Restoring and Anti-Pollution Toner
Brand: Avant Skincare

What can the product work for?

Works for

Cleansing
Exfoliation

Does not work for

Anti-blemish

Cleansing

What does the product description say?

Kind to skin without compromising efficacy, the toner works with your cleanser to lift away the final traces of build-ups and impurities.

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This product works by removing dirt and oil from the surface of the skin.

Keep in mind that cleansing can disrupt the skin barrier, and most people do not need to cleanse their skin more than once per day.

polysorbate 20 0.45% - 1.1%

Irritation risk:

Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH

Helps oil and water mix together

Exfoliation

What does the product description say?

It has a slight exfoliating edge to resurface and brighten your complexion while also tightening your pores for a smoother-looking finish that seems perfected.

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This product can help exfoliate the skin. In other words, it helps break down the bonds between dead cells on the surface of the skin and speed up the skin turnover. Skin often appears softer and brighter after exfoliation, but overdoing it can result in disrupted skin barrier. The following ingredient is doing the exfoliating job in this product: mandelic acid.

mandelic acid 1% - 1.5%

Irritation risk:

Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH

Helps shed the upper layer of dead cells from the surface of the skin revealing smoother, brighter skin. It can help to reduce hyperpigmentation. It has anti-bacterial properties, and might help to reduce blemishes, as well as fine lines and wrinkles. It is considered to be gentler than glycolic acid

urea 0.05% - 0.3%

Irritation risk:

Concentration: Effectiveness: MEDIUM

Naturally present in skin (urea makes up about 7% of natural moisturizing factors in skin). Attracts water to the upper layer of the skin. Also has a positive effect on the skin barrier beyond the humectant action. Can enhance penetration of other ingredients. Is an exfoliating ingredient when used in high concentrations

allantoin 23% - 34%

Irritation risk:

Concentration: Effectiveness: LOW

Helps calm down inflammation in skin and can help reduce itching. Helps to repair the skin barrier and keep skin hydrated

Anti-blemish

What does the product description say?

Whether you suffer from an uneven skin tone, blemishes or age spots, the toner can help to correct colour across your complexion to create an illusion of smoothness.

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This product contains ingredients (mandelic acid) that could help reduce blemishes and clogged pores in theory, but there is not enough evidence that they actually work.

mandelic acid 1% - 1.5%

Irritation risk:

Concentration: Effectiveness: MEDIUM

Helps shed the upper layer of dead cells from the surface of the skin revealing smoother, brighter skin. It can help to reduce hyperpigmentation. It has anti-bacterial properties, and might help to reduce blemishes, as well as fine lines and wrinkles. It is considered to be gentler than glycolic acid

allantoin 23% - 34%

Irritation risk:

Concentration: Effectiveness: LOW

Helps calm down inflammation in skin and can help reduce itching. Helps to repair the skin barrier and keep skin hydrated

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Key Actives

allantoin 23% - 34%

Irritation risk:

Works for: Moisturizing, Anti-inflammatory, Anti-blemish, Reduces irritation, Reduces redness, Exfoliation

Helps calm down inflammation in skin and can help reduce itching. Helps to repair the skin barrier and keep skin hydrated

lactic acid 1.3% - 2%

Irritation risk:

Works for: Moisturizing, Evens skin tone, Exfoliation, Anti-aging

An exfoliating and moisturizing alpha-hydroxy acid (AHA). Typically causes less irritation than other AHAs, for example, glycolic acid. At high concentrations (about 15%), lactic acid can help reduce lines and wrinkles. Recent studies show that lactic acid can support the "good" bacteria living on skin's surface (healthy skin microbiome)

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Potential irritants

mandelic acid 1% - 1.5%

Irritation risk:

Works for: Exfoliation, Evens skin tone, Anti-blemish, Antibacterial

Helps shed the upper layer of dead cells from the surface of the skin revealing smoother, brighter skin. It can help to reduce hyperpigmentation. It has anti-bacterial properties, and might help to reduce blemishes, as well as fine lines and wrinkles. It is considered to be gentler than glycolic acid

parfum 0.9% - 1.35%

Irritation risk:

An aromatic blend of unspecified and possibly irritating ingredients

Comodogenic ingredients

We couldn't find any comodogenic ingredients in this product

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allantoin 23% - 34%

Irritation risk:

Works for: Moisturizing, Anti-inflammatory, Anti-blemish, Reduces irritation, Reduces redness, Exfoliation

Helps calm down inflammation in skin and can help reduce itching. Helps to repair the skin barrier and keep skin hydrated

water 12% - 18%

Irritation risk:

Plain old water

diglycerin 5.1% - 7.6%

Irritation risk:

Works for: Moisturizing

Helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin

Ingredient list view

Allantoin, Water, Diglycerin, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glycerin, Hydrolyzed wheat protein, Lactic acid, Lysine, Mandelic acid, Parfum, Pca, Phenoxyethanol, Polysorbate 20, Potassium sorbate, Saccharomyces/copper ferment, Saccharomyces/iron ferment, Saccharomyces/magnesium ferment, Saccharomyces/silicon ferment, Saccharomyces/zinc ferment, Sodium pca, Sorbitol, Urea

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Key ingredients	lactic acid urea +13 more	Common: lactic acid allantoin +1 more Other: galactoarabinan sodium lactate +1 more	Common: lactic acid glycerin +1 more Other: peg-6 caprylic/capric glycerides	Common: lactic acid glycerin Other: cocamidopropyl betaine poloxamer 124 +1 more	Common: lactic acid glycerin Other: betaine glycol distearate +4 more	Common: lactic acid glycerin Other: salicylic acid retinyl palmitate +9 more	Common: lactic acid glycerin +1 more Other: panthenol inulin +4 more	Common: lactic acid Other: benzophenone-4 coco-betaine +1 more	Common: lactic acid glycerin Other: arginine alpha-glucan oligosaccharide +7 more	Common: lactic acid Other: mannitol ginkgo biloba leaf extract +4 more	Common: lactic acid glycerin Other: sorbitan oleate decylglucoside crosspolymer
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Potential Irritants	parfum Has skin benefit? mandelic acid Has skin benefit? +4 more	chamomilla recutita flower extract Has skin benefit? disodium edta Has skin benefit? +3 more	parfum Has skin benefit? polyaminopropyl biguanide Has skin benefit? +6 more	parfum Has skin benefit? sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate Has skin benefit? +3 more	parfum Has skin benefit? sodium laureth sulfate Has skin benefit? +6 more	salicylic acid Has skin benefit? retinyl palmitate Has skin benefit? +9 more	sodium hydroxymethylglycinate Has skin benefit? coco-glucoside Has skin benefit? +4 more	parfum Has skin benefit? benzophenone-4 Has skin benefit? +4 more	limonene Has skin benefit? parfum Has skin benefit? +4 more	parfum Has skin benefit? propylene glycol Has skin benefit? +9 more	limonene Has skin benefit? alcohol Has skin benefit? +5 more
All ingredients	allantoin Has skin benefit? water Has skin benefit? +20 more	water Has skin benefit? sodium lactate Has skin benefit? +7 more	water Has skin benefit? peg-6 caprylic/capric glycerides Has skin benefit? +13 more	water Has skin benefit? glycerin Has skin benefit? +7 more	water Has skin benefit? sodium laureth sulfate Has skin benefit? +11 more	water Has skin benefit? sodium lactate Has skin benefit? +25 more	citrus aurantium dulcis flower water Has skin benefit? anthemis nobilis flower extract Has skin benefit? +13 more	water Has skin benefit? coco-glucoside Has skin benefit? +10 more	water Has skin benefit? coco-glucoside Has skin benefit? +23 more	water Has skin benefit? sodium cocoamphoacetate Has skin benefit? +18 more	water Has skin benefit? pentylene glycol Has skin benefit? +8 more

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Avant Skincare Proactive Mandelic Acid Restoring and Anti-Pollution Toner

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Anti-blemish

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