Balancing Tonic (AHA - BHA) | The Cleansing Expert

The Balancing Tonic (AHA - BHA) from The Cleansing Expert is designed as a sophisticated daily renewal step for combination and oily skin that seeks to control shine, visible pores, and imperfections without sacrificing comfort. Its advanced formula combines fruit acids (AHA), salicylic acid (BHA), and oat extract in a fresh and light lotion that refines texture, improves the appearance of pores, and reveals visibly smoother, clearer, and more radiant skin, always respecting the balance of the skin's microbiome.

Main benefits

• Next-generation chemical exfoliation: the synergy of AHA and salicylic acid (BHA) promotes gentle shedding of the skin's surface and deep pore cleansing, helping to reduce blackheads, occasional breakouts, and irregularities.
• Refined pores and more even texture: continued use helps minimize the appearance of enlarged pores and improves skin relief, making it feel more homogeneous and refined.
• Balanced skin and less prone to imperfections: its sebum-regulating and purifying action helps keep excess oil under control, without a feeling of tightness or dryness.
• Maximum respect for the skin barrier: oat extract and prebiotic action actives soothe, hydrate, and promote microbiome balance, making it suitable even for sensitive or sensitized skin.
• Renewed luminosity: by accelerating cellular renewal and improving uneven tone, the skin gains clarity, freshness, and a more rested and healthy appearance.

Texture and sensory experience

Its fluid and light texture glides comfortably over the skin, leaving no sticky film or heavy residue. The finish is clean, fresh, and comfortable, ideal as a bridge between cleansing and treatment. The application gesture becomes a professional care ritual at home, perfect for those seeking a refined cosmetic experience with visible results from the first applications.

Indications and skin type

This tonic is especially indicated for combination and oily skin with visible pores, uneven texture, shine in the T-zone, or presence of imperfections. Thanks to the balance between exfoliating acids and soothing actives, it can also be integrated into routines for sensitive skin accustomed to renewing treatments, always adjusting the frequency of use according to tolerance.

Key actives and technology

• AHA (alpha hydroxy acids): fruit acids with renewing action that act on the surface, softening the stratum corneum, improving skin flexibility, and promoting a more even and radiant tone.
• Salicylic acid (BHA): a liposoluble beta-hydroxy acid with keratolytic and pore-refining properties. It penetrates deep into the follicle, helps dissolve plugs of sebum and dead cells, and improves the appearance of blackheads and imperfections.
• Oat extract: a soothing, hydrating, and antioxidant active, very well tolerated even by sensitive skin. It helps reinforce the barrier, reduce water loss, and provide comfort in formulas containing acids.
• Biotechnological origin ferment (Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment): prebiotic action complex that helps preserve the balance of the microbiome and reinforce the skin's natural defense mechanisms.
• Fruit extract complex (lemon, passion fruit, grape, pineapple): natural sources of acids and antioxidants that enhance renewal action and provide an extra boost of brightness, softness, and vitality to the face.

Recommended usage routine

To maximize results, the Balancing Tonic (AHA – BHA) is integrated into the TONE step of The Cleansing Expert routine, after cleansing and before serum or treatment cream.

• Frequency: preferably use at night, between 2 and 5 times a week depending on skin tolerance. On more resilient skin, it can be used daily; on sensitive skin, start with 2 nights a week and gradually increase.
• Application: on clean, dry skin, pour a small amount into hands or onto a reusable pad and gently glide over the face, neck, and décolletage, avoiding the eye area and mucous membranes.
• Do not rinse: let the product absorb completely before applying serum or subsequent cream.
• Sun protection: when using exfoliating acids, it is essential to apply a broad-spectrum sunscreen every morning to protect the skin from UV radiation and maintain the results of the renewing routine.

Expert tips

• Ideal as a complement to a purifying routine for skin prone to shine, visible pores, or adult imperfections.
• In sophisticated routines, it can be alternated with hydrating or calming tonics on nights without acids to maintain the balance between renewal and comfort.
• If it’s your first time incorporating AHA/BHA, combine it with gentle cleansers and hydrating treatment formulas to aid skin adaptation.

Detailed ingredients (INCI)

Complete formula:
Aqua (Water), Pentylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract, Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit Extract, Passiflora Edulis Fruit Extract, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Fruit Extract, Ananas Sativus (Pineapple) Fruit Extract, Salicylic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Bisulfite, Disodium EDTA, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Maltodextrin, Alcohol Denat., Sodium Hydroxide, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Parfum (Fragrance), Linalool, Limonene, Linalyl Acetate, Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Trimethylcyclopentenyl Methylisopentenol.

Ingredients may be updated; the ones listed on the packaging at any given time are considered valid.