What It Is

Our unique facial essence is an essential “first step” anti-aging treatment to help smooth skin texture, reduce fine lines and boost radiance. Enhance your routine with our efficacious anti-aging facial essence to hydrate, exfoliate and prepare skin.

What It’s Good For

Key Ingredients

IRIS FLORENTINA ROOT EXTRACT

Sourced from the Mediterranean region, Iris Florentina Root Extract is hand harvested and gently processed. Our formula with this extract is known to help increase hydration while strengthening the skin barrier.
LIPO HYDROXY ACID (LHA)

Lipo Hydroxy Acid is a form of Salicylic Acid that is known to help exfoliate skin. Within our formulas, this ingredient gently exfoliates to help dissolve impurities and reveal brighter, clear-looking skin.
SODIUM HYALURONATE

The sodium salt of Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, is known to be a moisturizing agent, viscosifier and emulsifier. Within our formulas, Sodium Hyaluronate helps hydrate, replenish and refine skin texture.

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How to Use

After cleansing, pour a few drops of our anti-aging facial essence into the palm of hand
Gently press facial essence onto cheeks, forehead and chin areas
Apply before your usual skincare routine to help prime skin for serums and concentrates
Avoid contact with eyes
Can be used morning and night
Discover more of our facial essence products including Midnight Recovery Concentrate to complete your skincare routine

Kiehl’s Environmental Impact Scores

As part of our Kiehl’s Mission Renewal journey, we are providing the Environmental Impact Score to help you make informed decisions about the formulas you use. Kiehl’s is committed to continually improving the impact of our products throughout the product lifecycle, including the production and usage phase. This tool is designed to help assess the relative environmental and social impact of Kiehl’s Products compared to other L’Oréal Group products in the same category in 2020.

The calculation method was developed with the help of independent scientific experts and Bureau Veritas Certification, an independent auditor. The score takes into account 14 environmental impact factors all along the product's life cycle.

Learn more about the methodology, here.

Overall environmental impact

Compared to other similar L’Oréal Groupe Products sold worldwide in 2020

Carbon footprint

2.3¹g per average amount used

31g per 10mL

Water footprint

0.2² per average amount used

1.6 per 10mL

Every consumer product has some impact on the environment. A good score here does not mean a product has a positive impact or no impact on the environment. The letters and colors used in this tool are designed to help you make comparisons to other L’Oreal Groupe products in the same category around the world in 2020, so you can make more informed choices.

This product currently has a less favorable impact than we aim for, so we have set out an action plan to improve its environmental and social performance over the coming months. The letters and colors used in this tool are designed to help you make comparisons to other similar products in L'Oréal's global portfolio, so you can make more informed choices.

*Compared to other similar L’Oréal Groupe Products sold worldwide in 2020

This impact score is based on the simulated usage of 1 product and 4 refills.

Manufacturing Conditions

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98%

Renewable energy:

100%

Packaging Facts

% of bottle made of recycled material³ including colorant:

29%

Refillable or reusable:

N

Social impact of the product

The ingredients and components of this product are sourced from suppliers committed to respect the Fundamental principles of the UN on labor standards.

1 or more suppliers committed to the social inclusion of people from vulnerable communities contributed to making this product.*

¹Grams of CO2 equivalent (" toner" category average = 3.2g)

²Water index including water quality + water scarcity (m3) - " toner" category average = 0.3

³Excuding pumps and/or caps

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