What it is: A gentle exfoliating toner with LHA, a salicylic acid derivative, that refines skin’s texture to reveal visibly smoother, softer, and brighter skin.
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Dullness, and Uneven Texture
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Lipo-Hydroxy Acid (LHA): Gently dissolves impurities and removes dead skin cells to refine the appearance of skin s texture, like a "peel," for visibly smoother, clearer, and brighter skin.
- 23% Emollients and Almond Milk: Replenish the moisture barrier to hydrate, comfort, and soften skin.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance.
What Else You Need to Know: This dual-action milk-peel formula visibly refines like a peel and replenishes like a milk. Gentle enough for daily use, this exfoliating toner dissolves impurities while replenishing the skin s moisture levels for visibly smoother, softer, and brighter skin.
Clinical Results: After 7 days, skin was clinically shown to be*:
-Smoother
-Softer
-Brighter
In a clinical and consumer study of 52 women, after 7 days**:
-96% agreed skin feels moisturized
-93% agreed skin feels comfortable
-90% agreed skin looks more supple
*Results based on expert grading in a clinical study of 44 panelists, ages 30 to 50, after 4 weeks of use.
**Results based on a 4-week consumer perception study of 52 panelists, ages 30 to 50, having all skin types including 50% of sensitive skin.
-Lipo-Hydroxy Acid (LHA): Gently dissolves impurities and removes dead skin cells to refine the appearance of skin s texture, like a "peel," for visibly smoother, clearer, and brighter skin.
-23% Emollients and Almond Milk: Replenish the moisture barrier to hydrate, comfort, and soften skin.
Aqua/Water, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Squalane, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil/Safflower Seed Oil, 1,2-Hexanediol, Peg-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides, Peg-40 Glyceryl Cocoate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Coceth Sulfate, Capryloyl Salicylic Acid, Tromethamine, Ethylhexylglycerin, Citrus Nobilis Peel Oil/Mandarin Orange Peel Oil, Adenosine, Limonene, Caprylyl Glycol, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil, Cupressus Sempervirens Leaf/Nut/Stem Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Seed Extract/Sweet Almond Seed Extract, Benzyl Alcohol, Xanthan Gum, Silybum Marianum Extract, Tocopherol, Dehydroacetic Acid, Lactic Acid.
Clean at Sephora products are formulated without the following banned or restricted ingredients (please see Clean at Sephora landing page for full list of specific restrictions and allowances by category—this is not an exhaustive list):
Acrylates, Aluminum Salts, Animal Musks/Fats/Oils, Benzophenones and related compounds, Butoxyethanol, Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) under 0.1%, Carbon Black or Black 2, Coal Tar, Ethanolamines, Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde Releasing Agents, Hydroquinone, Lead and Lead Acetate, Mercury + Mercury Compounds (Thimerisol), Methoxyethanol, Methyl Cellosolve, Methylchloroisothiazolinone and Methylisothiazolinone, Mineral Oil, Nanomaterials (restrictions for specific nanomaterials only), Oxybenzone, Parabens, Petrolatum and Paraffin (USP grade only), Phenoxyethanol under 1%, Phthalates, Plastic Microbeads, Polyacrylamide & Acrylamide, Resorcinol, Retinyl Palmitate, Styrene, Sulfates, Talc (no detection of asbestos), Toluene, Triclosan and Triclocarban, Undisclosed Synthetic Fragrance (under 1% and formulated without Acetaldehyde, Acetone, Acetonitrile, Benzalkonium chloride, BPA, EDTA, Methylene chloride, PTFE, PFOA), 1,4-Dioxane (ingredients must comply with impurity thresholds), Octinoxate, PFAS compounds, Nitromusks and Polycyclic Musks, Ethoxylated Ingredients (including PEGS or polyethylene glycol must meet contamination limits for 1,4-Dioxane and ethylene oxide), Cyclic Silicones, EDTA and derivatives (allowed if no technical substitute under 0.2%).
Suggested Usage:
-Shake well before use.
-Twice daily, moisten a cotton pad with this exfoliating toner and gently swipe along a clean and dry face, avoiding eye area.
-For optimal results, use toner every morning and night after your cleansing step and before applying a serum.
-Pair this lipo-hydroxy acid toner with Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Solution (sold separately) for a brighter-looking, clearer complexion.