This exceptional essence pampers your skin with its nourishing ingredients while exfoliating, gently but thoroughly. The result is a soft, well-balanced complexion the perfect basis for your skincare routine. The carefully balanced combination of anti-inflammatory fern extracts, fruit acid, and gluconolactone nourishes and refines your skin in just seconds. The fruit acid and gluconolactone (a PHA) work to gently exfoliate deep into the pores, normalizing sebum production, fading hyperpigmentation, moisturizing, and balancing the complexion. The removal of dead skin cells enables active ingredients in follow-on care to be absorbed more effectively. Supported by the antioxidant properties of gluconolactone, the fern extracts in the Phytoactive Perfecting Essence also protect the skin against harmful environmental factors.