Face toners help restore the skin’s natural ph balance after foaming cleansers and water have left behind residue. Furthermore, toners prepare your complexion to maximize the effectiveness of other skincare products like serums or moisturizers.
No matter your skin concern – from hyperpigmentation to unclog pores – there’s a toner made just for it! Our best-selling formulas feature ingredients like hydrating hyaluronic acid and soothing green tea that your complexion will love.
1. Cleanses
Face toners provide a second cleansing, eliminating stubborn makeup traces or impurities that your cleanser may have missed, unclog pores, balance pH levels and remove dead skin cells which create dullness on the complexion. Some formulas even help control oil production levels and treat breakouts!
Green tea-based toners can help soothe sensitive skin while products containing barrier-enhancing chamomile can reduce redness and inflammation. Other popular hydrating ingredients include aloe vera and shea butter.
While many toners claim they can shrink pores, genetics largely dictates pore size; therefore, facial toners only provide temporary tightening effects (although some can help treat inflammation and blemishes). If you want a long-term solution, consider investing in products with retinol or exfoliating acids as exfoliators.
2. Hydrates
No matter your skin type, using a toner can greatly enhance other products in your skincare regime. By getting rid of excess makeup and oils from the surface of the skin, toner allows serums and moisturizers to penetrate deeper for maximum benefit.
Toners can help relieve breakouts by soothing skin, reducing inflammation and redness, and relieving excess oil production. Some even contain prebiotics or probiotics for added support of microbiome balance for healthier complexion.
Farmacy Toner contains tranexamic acid to reduce dark spots, azelaic acid for even texture, and cactus water for hydration. Furthermore, it’s free from alcohol which may dry skin types out and features a light chlorine scent – making it the ideal option if you have mild acne but are looking for an hydrating toner.
3. Soothes
A quality toner provides instant skin relief and can assist with oil control, blemishes, hyperpigmentation and redness. Choose a toner tailored to your skin tone, type or specific blemishes like acne. One splurge-worthy option, for instance, has Tasmanian pepperberry derivative and other barrier-supporting ingredients designed to relax the skin’s surface layers while helping balance pH levels, essential for maintaining a healthy microbiome and an even complexion.
A good toner can also serve to prime your skin for other products in your routine, enhancing their effectiveness. For instance, this toner from a beauty brand known for using skin-friendly ingredients helps reduce blemishes with salicylic acid while exfoliating with glycolic acid for maximum efficacy. Furthermore, anti-inflammatory ingredients prevent breakouts while environmental stressors are mitigated against. After applying your toner, apply serums and moisturizers afterwards for maximum absorption – but beware any photosensitizing ingredients (like bergamot) which could make sunlight more sensitive or worsen pigmentation issues by overexposure!
4. Refreshes
A toner should remove any remaining oil, makeup or dirt from freshly cleansed skin before it absorbs moisturizer and serum products. An anti-inflammatory toner such as this one with white willow bark extract (natural astringent), caviar lime extract that sloughs off dead cells to improve rough texture and sugarcane-derived squalane for moisture are all excellent choices for optimal toner use.
Facial toners should only be used on skin that is clean and dry, using just a few drops on cotton pads to swab across the face after cleansing and before serum and moisturizer application. Always read ingredients to make sure there aren’t drying properties such as alcohol present; for those with sensitive skin looking for soothing toners containing organic chamomile or other healing ingredients may provide relief.
