تونر الغار

غار من عكار، ملح بحر من أنفة، لوز من عاليه.

ماء، خلاصة غار، ملح بحر، لحاء الصفصاف، زيت لوز حلو، غليسرين.

1. Aquawater

   Water. It is first on a list because there is more of it than anything else, which is true of almost every cream ever made.

2. Laurus nobilis leaf extractlaurel, Akkar

   The leaf your grandmother’s soap was made of. It calms skin that is breaking out without stripping it, which is the trick the pharmacy bottles usually miss.

3. Glycerinvegetable

   Glycerin, from plants. It pulls water out of the air and holds it against the skin. One of the two or three things in skincare that simply works.

4. Maris salsea salt, Anfeh

   From the salt flats at Anfeh. A mineral astringent, in the Tonic and nowhere else.

5. Prunus amygdalus dulcis oilsweet almond, Aley

   A soft, unfussy oil pressed from almonds grown on the terraces above Aley. It sits on the skin rather than sinking straight through it, which is why it is the base of eleven of the twelve.

6. Lactic acidfrom beetroot

   Lactic acid. It loosens dead skin at the surface, slowly. The mildest of the acids.

7. Sodium benzoate, potassium sorbateto keep it

   Sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate. Anything with water in it grows things without a preservative, and a mouldy cream is worse for your skin than any preservative ever was.

Tap any line to read what it does. If one still means nothing to you, ask us and we will tell you why it is in there.

1. على قطنة، بالليل، ثلاث ليالٍ بالأسبوع. مش كل ليلة.
2. تجنّبي العيون وأي مكان ملتهب.
3. كمّلي بالرذاذ ومرطّب.

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