Face toner is considered as one of the basic skin care cosmetics. According to many women, it restores your skin’s pH balance, provides nutrients and moisturises the skin. Do every face toner do it, though? Check why you should use face toner and how to apply it properly.

Face toner – what is it?

Toner is a water-based cosmetic with various properties. It can also contain alcohols and preservatives, have an unusual formula that we don’t know how to apply. When buying a toner, you should consider how the product will work with your other care cosmetics. The owners of dry and dehydrated skin should be especially careful after the toner has evaporated as it can dry the skin even more.

Face toner – pros and cons

Can you believe that toners, and not only those based on alcohol, worsen the condition of the skin, especially when used as the last step in daily care routine? Such a product will not provide a layer that will protect the skin from harmful external factors. Even bigger problem arises when the use of the toner is not followed by any cosmetic preventing moisture loss.

On the other hand, however, toners can be used to help, not hurt. A good solution is to use the toner at the initial stage of all care. What’s more, the ingredients should match the needs of your complexion. Facial toner can be used as an additive to occlusive preparations, a leave-in products and sebum regulating cosmetics.

Which face toner to choose? Types vs skin needs

The most popular types of face toners are: thermal waters, hydrosols and herbal infusions. They don’t contain unnecessary ingredients, which means that they only work on a specific problem. You also have to take into account the consistency of the product: whether it is watery and drying or gel and sticky. Some of these cosmetics will completely evaporate from the skin, others will leave a protective layer on it and others will moisturise its top layers.

Do not use face toner if you see the following signs:

• the skin feels tight so that you experience discomfort,
• general discomfort and increased skin drying,
• the skin becomes gradually or suddenly oily,
• a day after applying the toner, the skin is irritated and oily.

You should reach for face toner in two cases: when the cosmetic improves the moisturising properties of other products you use, and when you have seborrheic skin, but not dehydrated.