“Do U Know The Difference Between Toner from
Local (Indonesian) Brand and Korean Toner ?”
This time I want to write some
basic knowledge about one of skin care routine that is TONER. Like we already
know there are several ways of using toner like :
-
After milk cleanser : to remove traces of milk cleanser and dirt residue away from our
skin
-
After using mask : to tighten pores
- After facial wash :
* to moisturize the skin after been cleansed
* to wipe away the remain dirt that can’t be cleaned just by using facial foam/soap
* to moisturize the skin after been cleansed
* to wipe away the remain dirt that can’t be cleaned just by using facial foam/soap
-
Before day or night regimen : to prepare the skin before applying moisturizer/
make up
As
far as I know there are 2 types of toner based on their usage :
1.
Cleansing Toner
2.
Preparing Toner
Now
I’ll write the explanation one by one.
1.
Cleansing Toner
This
is the type of toner that identic with local brand here in my country. Say like
Viva, Sari Ayu (Martina Berto), Mustika Ratu (Martha Tilaar), etc. This is the kind of toner that paired with the milk cleanser, in
the other words this is the type of toner that supposed to use after the milk
cleanser. U can see almost all of local cosmetic brand here sell cleanser series that
contain pair of milk cleanser and toner/astringent.
We
use milk cleanser by massaging it to dissolve the make up also to clean the
dirt on our face and then wipe it with cotton, after that we put
toner/astringent on cotton then use it on our face. The usage of this ‘local’
toner is to remove the traces of milk cleanser on our skin along with the
remaining dirt on our face, as for tighten/refresh our pores after cleansing.
This is what cleansing toner is for.
The
order should be :
Milk
Cleanser -- > Toner
Here are some of local brand milk cleanser that paired with the astringent / toner. I took the pics from their official website.
2. Preparing
Toner
This is the type of toner that
identic with Korean brand (for example : Sin Food, Etude). Most of Toner of Korean
brands are this kind of toner, I haven’t found Korean toner that bundled with
milk cleanser. Some of Korean toner is in the gel form, say like Skin Food
Lettuce and Cucumber Toner. This is the type of toner that is usually used
after facial wash, before applying moisturizer, night cream, sun block or make up. This is not cleansing toner, the
point of usage is not to clean our face. This is a preparing toner.
This
kind of toner is used to prepare our skin before make up. After washed by
facial wash, our skin become clean and maybe bit dry, so we need this toner to
moisturizes / hydrates our skin, preparing it so make up can
settle well on our skin. Make up will not easily blend on the dry skin.
The
order sould be :
Facial
wash -- > Toner -- > Moisturizer/Primer/Foundie
This is Skinfood Lettuce cucumber toner, took the pic from the website, it's a gel type toner
This is Skinfood Peach sake toner
We
can use cleansing/local toner for preparing our skin before make up but we
can’t use preparing toner to wipe away milk cleanser residue on our skin. In
other word, we only can use Korean toner on the perfectly cleansed skin.
2 comments:
Hello there, thanks for your comment on my bl<33 and yea I do agree that skinfood's bbc oil control properties are not that good, it's basically average ^^ I still need to blot my face two or three times during daytime >.<
hello, thanx for dropping by :)
too bad on skinfood since I love their emulsion and peach sake series :)
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