Toner's got such a bad rep, because they used to be all alcohol, and now they're so different,
so sophisticated. They are probably the most sophisticated product that you'll put on your
face. They really do a lot, and they prime the skin for everything that's coming afterward.
A toner is absolutely necessary. My name is Melanie Simon. This new Glossier has lactic
acid in it, which—lactic acid I love, because it is exfoliating, but it's hydrating at the
same time, so you don't have like this parched feeling after you tone. And that's a little
bit hard for some people, because they want to feel like squeaky clean after they get
their toner on. I want to feel dewy after my toner, so that kind of depends on you.
P50, 1970 cult classic. Everybody knows about this. The big ingredient in this is lactic
acid, and phenol. And the phenol is kind of what's controversial about this. If you're
not gonna use phenol, then you could go for something like the Valmont. This is a really
good one if you just want kind of a hydrating toner. It smells nice, it doesn't have an
odd scent, but it does have perfume in it, so, um. Perfume is something that can give
you a reaction, so, food for thought. I always look for—the first thing I look for in a
formulation is perfume. The Cellcosmet is also very much kind of a treatment toner,
in the group with these guys. It also does have perfume in it. There's the S. W. Basics.
Some people want an all-natural toner, and this is gonna be it. It has five ingredients.
It's apple cider vinegar, witch hazel—witch hazel I love, it's a great toning product,
and it's in most toners. Clary sage, and sandalwood oil. You can do it with your fingers, with
cotton pads, or with gauze. If you do it with your fingers, you're gonna lean over so you're
not losing it all through your fingers, and it's soaking in. If you're doing it with cotton
pads, you're gonna have to use a lot, so kind of move quick. If you're doing it with the
gauze, I like to do them side by side. You can kind of go at the same time. You start
here, go all the way up, and then you do your neck. And remember, you're pushing like this.
You're never swiping. You have this wrinkle right here—you want to really press the
toner in there, because I guarantee you there's a ton of dead skin cells built up in there
that need to be exfoliated off. Let's say you've got a lot of crow's feet. I would hold
here, and press, press, press, press, press. You can go under the brow for sure. And then
you go over, over, over, over. Like, you can see I'm flushing a little bit already, which
is what you want to see. Most of them are gonna make your skin look dewy, hydrated.
It's gonna pull your pores closed nice and tight, and they prep your skin for the serum
that is to come. If you start putting your toner on and you're like, woo! Beet red, you
take whatever you're using, you get it wet, you wring it out—or, if it's your hands,
just a nice little thin layer of water, put your toner back on, and start over. And you're
gonna notice that won't happen. After you do your toner, it's super important that you
wait until you put your next product on. So, if you go and throw your serum on, you're
not gonna get that toning effect that you were trying to get, and also you're throwing
your serum off completely. You want to keep things separate. Let them do their job. I
can take someone and do products the right way, and they look like a completely different
person.