• The Laurel Tonic, a violet glass bottle with a paper band
  • The Laurel Tonic in use
  • The texture of The Laurel Tonic
  • The laurel tonic on a shelf beside hand cut laurel soap and a cotton pad
  • The laurel tonic on green-grey stone in hard sun, fresh laurel leaves around it
  • A short film of The Laurel Tonic
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The Laurel Tonic

The Laurel Tonic

$26.00
$26.00
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A water for oily, congested skin. Three nights a week.

Size
  • Cash on delivery, all over Lebanon
  • Tomorrow in Beirut, 2 to 3 days elsewhere
  • A person answers on WhatsApp

Lasts about 16 weeks at twice a day.

Remind me on WhatsApp when it runs low

What is in it

Laurel from Akkar, sea salt from Anfeh, almond from Aley.

Water, laurel extract, sea salt, willow bark, sweet almond oil, glycerin.

Every ingredient 7

  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.

And what is not in it

  • No fragrance added. What you smell is the rose, the orange blossom or the laurel.
  • No essential oils used as perfume.
  • No alcohol denat.
  • No silicones.
  • No claim that any of this is clinically proven, because none of it has been through a clinical trial.

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.

How to use it
  1. On cotton, at night, three nights a week. Not every night.
  2. Avoid the eyes and anywhere that is already sore.
  3. Follow with the mist and a moisturiser.

Where it grew
  • LaurelAkkarthe old soap-makers' plant, and ours
  • AlmondAleycold-pressed, the base oil in eleven of the twelve
  • Sea salt, Anfeh

Delivery

Cash on delivery. Pay the courier, and open the box before you pay.

$3 all over Lebanon. Free over $60.

Tomorrow in Beirut, 2 to 3 days elsewhere.

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The Laurel Tonic 150 ml $26

On skin

The Laurel Tonic in use
In useOn cotton, at night, three nights a week. Not every night.
The texture of The Laurel Tonic
The textureA water, with laurel from Akkar and sea salt from Anfeh.

What people said

6 reviews

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  • 4 1
  • 3 0
  • 2 0
  • 1 0

  • Bassambought it

    sensitive · 55 · Zahle

    Laurel and sea salt, and my son took one look and ordered his own. It has settled my skin in a way the pharmacy bottles never did.

    After 5 weeksAugust 2026

  • Marcbought it

    normal · 39 · Byblos

    Does its job quietly. The bottle is big enough that I stopped rationing it, which is probably why it started working.

    After 8 weeksJuly 2026

  • Leilabought it

    oily · 21 · Aley

    I had tried the strong ones from the pharmacy and my skin got worse every time. This did nothing dramatic and everything slowly.

    After 10 weeksJuly 2026

  • Ziadbought it

    oily · 26 · Hamra

    A photograph from Ziad

    The only thing I have used that calmed my forehead without drying the rest of my face to paper. Six weeks before I was sure, so give it that.

    After 12 weeksJune 2026

  • Carlabought it

    combination · 34 · Jounieh

    Laurel. My grandmother washed with laurel soap and I did not expect to find it in a bottle on my shelf in 2026. It works, and it is also nice that it is ours.

    After 15 weeksMay 2026

  • Reembought it

    combination · 31 · Badaro

    Four months in. The thing I notice is what has stopped happening rather than anything that started.

    After 19 weeksMay 2026

Every review here is from somebody who bought the bottle, and every one is signed with their skin, their age and how long they used it.

Complete the routine

This bottle is one of five steps. Here are the other four, matched to the time of day you would use this one.

  1. Cleanse
  2. Tone The Laurel Tonic the one you are looking at
  3. Treat
  4. Moisturise
  5. Protect

Tick the steps you are missing.

Three bottles in the bag and ten per cent comes off by itself; five and it is fifteen. There is no code to type.

Goes with

The two it is used with. Nothing here is needed to make this one work.

To you

Every price is on this page. Nothing appears for the first time at the checkout.

  • Delivered

    • All over Lebanon · $3
    • Free over $60
    • Tomorrow in Beirut · 2 to 3 days elsewhere

  • Paid on delivery

    • Cash to the courier
    • No card, no account
    • Open the box before you pay

  • Picked up

    • Gemmayzeh · ready in 2 hours
    • Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00
    • Free

How you pay

  • Cash on deliveryYou pay the courier when the box is in your hands, and you can open it first.
  • Whish MoneySend it to the number we give you. The box goes out the same day.
  • OMTAny branch. Bring the order number, nothing else.
  • BOB FinanceThe same as OMT, if a branch is closer to you.
  • Bank transferFresh USD, for orders over $150.

Prices are in US dollars. Lebanese pounds at the day's rate, if you would rather.

Card payments through a local gateway on request.

The bag

Free delivery over $60. Tomorrow in Beirut.

The twelve

Gemmayzeh, a ground floor with a still in the window