Equinox Mist Gentle Exfoliating Essence

Apple AHA + Green Tea Gentle Exfoliating Essence This is a gentle resurfacing mist, not a strong exfoliating treatment, perfect for daily maintenance to help keep flaking at bay or for seasonal skin transitions. Apple AHAs (a blend of malic, glycolic, lactic, and citric acids at 1% AHA and 0.5% apple extract) do the work here, but we deliberately buffered the formula to a skin-friendly pH that strikes a less irritating balance between free acids that do the exfoliating work and your skin's natural pH level. That's a real formulation choice, not a marketing line: at this pH, more of the acid sits in its gentler, buffered form, so you get a light polish without the sting of a stronger treatment. If you want something more aggressive, this isn't it, and that's on purpose. Green Tea Extract brings antioxidant support along for the ride, a Xylitylglucoside moisture complex (derived from plant [corn] sugars) helps the skin barrier hold onto water, and Allantoin keeps things calm while the acids do their gentle work.