Skin reset tonic designed to balance a disrupted microbiome, boost natural defenses, and support healing / 4 oz

Marie Veronique Rescue Tonic is a corrective reset to balance a disrupted microbiome, boosting skin’s natural defenses, reducing symptoms of chronic conditions, and supporting skin healing. If you have chronic perioral dermatitis or rosacea flares, persistent acne, or microbial conditions like malasezzia, it’s exactly what you’ve been looking for.

As the brand’s lead esthetician, Eleanor Bagley, explained it to us, “Rescue Tonic was born out of a need to deal with the root causes of these conditions instead of the symptoms, so it addresses a variety of situations beyond acne.”

Rescue Tonic is designed to provide skin with optimal pH levels, hydrate, and balance the microbiome: benefits that are essential for calm, resilient, symptom-free skin. By fostering an environment that encourages the growth of beneficial bacteria, it helps skin keep harmful pathogens in check. And, with properly balanced pH and moisture levels, skin’s healthier flora will help reduce symptoms like breakouts and perioral dermatitis caused by pathogenic over-colonization.

Much of its magic comes down to its use of biofilm inhibitors. Biofilms are the protective shields surrounding pathogenic bacteria — the kind you don’t want on your skin — that allow them to hide from traditional treatments like antibiotics; Rescue Tonic includes ingredients like xylitol as well as manuka and neem oils to disrupt the biofilms protecting pathogenic bacteria so that they can be eliminated without eliminating the good bacteria, too.

Eleanor notes, “I think of it as a skin reset; if you’ve been using the Balancing Hypotonic, you can use Rescue Tonic for 1-3 months as a reset before pivoting back.” She also provided some helpful guidance in choosing between Marie Veronique’s three mists and tonics, because we figured you’d be wondering:

Rescue Tonic is best for chronic inflammatory skin conditions where you see persistent flares of dermatitis, acne, rosacea, and rashes.

Balancing Hypotonic can address flares like this, too, but it’s for milder cases and outward causes: for example, you might not normally struggle with an inflammatory skin condition, but you overdid your skincare regimen and got a flare of perioral dermatitis.

The Pre + Probiotic Daily Mist now has some glycerin, sodium PCA, and glucosamine in the formula, so it’s best for a dry and more mature skin type that needs additional hydration and firming.