السيروم

زهر ليمون من النبطية، لوز من عاليه.

ماء زهر الليمون، غليسرين، حمض الهيالورونيك، بانثينول، زيت لوز حلو، صمغ الزانثان.

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. 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.

3. Niacinamidevitamin B3

   Niacinamide. It calms redness and, over weeks, evens out tone. It is the least dramatic useful thing in this shop.

4. Citrus aurantium amara flower waterorange blossom, Nabatieh

   Distilled from the blossom in spring, over about three weeks. It is what most of these smell of, and the peel of the same fruit is what brightens the Bright Drops.

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. Sodium hyaluronatehyaluronic acid

   A molecule that holds many times its weight in water. It plumps the surface for a few hours; it does not change your skin, and anybody who says it does is selling something.

7. Panthenolprovitamin B5

   Panthenol. It settles skin that has been irritated, which is why it is in the eye cream and the day cream rather than the cleansers.

8. Xanthan gumto thicken it

   Xanthan gum, from fermented sugar. It decides whether a serum runs off your fingers.

9. 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. ثلاث نقاط على بشرة رطبة، صبحًا وليلًا.
2. اضغطيه بدل ما تفركيه.
3. مرطّب فوقه، وإلا بيتبخّر.

• زهر الليمونالنبطيةيُقطَّر في الربيع؛ والقشرة بتروح على قطرات الإشراق
• لوزعاليهمعصور على البارد، الزيت الأساس في إحدى عشرة من الاثنتي عشرة