I Ranked 8 Popular K-Beauty Toners... The Best & Worst
Round Lab$6.00- “It has a very lightweight kind of watery texture”
- “Very easy to layer”▶ 0:45
- “It doesn't leave any kind of stickiness, heaviness, or greasiness on the face”▶ 0:48
- “I didn't really notice much of an exfoliating effect with this at all on my skin”
- “It didn't irritate my skin”▶ 3:02
- “It just didn't really impress me from an exfoliating standpoint”
- “For a hydrating, moisturizing toner, I prefer milky toners”
- “My sister absolutely loves this and she also has sensitive skin, but she also deals with pretty severe eczema”▶ 2:46
- “She says that this is one of few toners that she can use when her skin is really angry and irritated that doesn't sensitize or irritate her skin at all”▶ 2:54
- “Personally, it didn't really do much for me, so I don't get the hype with it”
- “I'm just going to put this in no thank you slash not for me”▶ 3:13
I'm From$28.00- “This is straight away just going in holy grail without even any kind of debate”▶ 3:28
- “This is a cult classic for very good reason”▶ 3:39
- “This moisturizes really nicely without feeling heavy or greasy”▶ 3:59
- “It sinks in and absorbs really nicely”▶ 4:10
- “It has a really texturally elegant texture”▶ 4:14
- “It just does everything that I want a milky toner to do”▶ 3:44
- “I think the hype is really real with this”▶ 4:56
TIRTIR$17.50- “I don't like it as much as the I'm from rice toner”
- “Texture-wise, I'd say it's pretty similar to the I'm From”▶ 5:47
- “This doesn't absorb as nicely or as quickly as the I'm from”▶ 5:57
- “I just feel it on the skin more after I've applied it than the I'm From”▶ 6:05
- “There's just this slight kind of greasiness that I can feel a residue on the skin after I put this on”▶ 6:10
- “It is definitely hydrating”
- “It's moisturizing”
- “This gives you a nice glowy finish”▶ 6:50
- “I'm going to put it in meh”
- “I do think this is a pretty decent toner”▶ 7:50
TIRTIR$25.00Milk Skin Tonershade · Light- “It is more geared towards oily combination skin because it has that lighter texture”▶ 8:23
- “It is quite a lightweight, more watery, milky texture”
- “I think the texture of this is very nice”▶ 8:56
- “It absorbs really quickly into the skin”▶ 8:58
- “You do not have to wait for it to really sink in”▶ 9:01
- “Personally for my dry skin, this isn't enough”
- “I prefer something that is richer, has more body to it”▶ 9:10
- “If you have oily combo skin and you want to try a milky toner, then this could be a good one to try”▶ 9:16
- “I'll place this in no thank you/not for me”▶ 9:43
- “I think other skin types could enjoy this”▶ 9:45
Some By Mi$18.00- “This is my go-to for exfoliation”
- “It doesn't irritate my sensitive skin”▶ 10:24
- “It helps keep my skin smooth, helps with closed comedones, really makes a significant difference in reducing the appearance of those sebaceous filaments on my nose”▶ 10:27
- “This really does it all”▶ 10:37
- “It also hydrates nicely as well”▶ 10:41
- “It just does a superb job at exfoliating and smoothing out the skin whilst also not irritating my sensitive skin”▶ 11:30
- “Absolutely five stars, top marks for me”▶ 11:37
- “I've repurchased this quite a few times”▶ 11:40
- “I think I may be on the fifth bottle”
- “All in all, just a standout, superb exfoliating toner in my experience”▶ 11:51
COSRX$20.00- “I really did quite enjoy using it because it's so much neater to sort of spritz it in a contained manner in your hand and then apply it to your face”▶ 12:18
- “The spray, however, was not fine enough”▶ 12:40
- “Texturally very lightweight, watery, absorbed very quickly with no kind of residue”▶ 13:01
- “It was nicely hydrating”
- “I didn't notice it doing that much for my skin compared to the Some by Me one”▶ 13:17
- “Even after I finished the whole bottle, I didn't really notice much of a difference to the sebaceous filaments or it smoothing out my skin or really getting rid of closed comedones or anything like that”▶ 13:26
- “It is very very gentle”
- “I didn't have any irritation issues with it at all”▶ 13:47
- “In my experience on my skin, it was just kind of gentle to the point of not really doing much exfoliating”▶ 14:00
- “I'm going to put it in no thank you/not for me”
- “If you are a beginner to chemical exfoliation, maybe you have sensitive skin, this could be one to try if you wanted to dip your toe into exfoliating acids”
- “This I can use when my skin is very unhappy and it does not sting it at all”▶ 15:03
- “There's no irritation or sensitivity issues”▶ 15:10
- “It soothes the skin, it calms it, it's hydrating”▶ 15:51
- “It is quite a lightweight, watery texture, so it absorbs very easily”▶ 15:56
- “You can also layer it for extra hydration without it feeling heavy”▶ 16:00
- “This is also fragrance and essential oil free”▶ 16:02
- “I think this is a great toner”▶ 16:07
- “It does what it says on the tin”▶ 16:09
- “I don't think I love it as much as my other two holy grail toners”▶ 16:31
- “I think I'll put this in I like it”▶ 16:36
BIOHEAL BOH$24.20- “I really enjoy this toner”▶ 17:12
- “It is moisturizing and hydrating, but not heavy or sticky at all”
- “I love how lightweight it is because it absorbs really quickly into the skin”▶ 17:54
- “It doesn't leave any greasy or heavy residue, but it does add a really nice moisturizing layer to the skin”▶ 17:57
- “All in all, a lovely repairing, soothing formulation”▶ 18:23
- “You can layer this multiple times and it sinks in really nicely”
- “The spray nozzle is pretty hit or miss”
- “The big one that I've not yet opened, but when my sister and I sprayed it in store, the mist that came out was really fine and lovely”▶ 18:46
- “The middle and smaller sizes do not have that same nice spray nozzle”▶ 19:00
- “The medium and small ones do just kind of squirt and shower it on your face”▶ 19:25
- “If they could just fix the nozzle on all three sizes and make them all disperse a lovely fine mist, then this might move up to holy grail”▶ 20:29
- “I will just put this toner in I like it”▶ 20:42
- “I think the formulation itself is wonderful”▶ 20:45
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