Name: How to Use Toners to Get Clear Skin: Toner for Oily, Acne-prone, Dry & Sensitive skin
Uploaded: 2019-04-02T18:01:29.000Z
Duration: 12 min 43 s
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so given all the multi-step 
skincare routines out there,

we wanna really take a deeper dive into what 
every single one of these steps are,

and if we really need these
 in our daily routines,

so the idea is that we're trying to 
figure out what other products that our skin actually craves and needs naturally,

and what other products that just
 kind of marketed out there to get our attention,

and to make us spend money, yeah 
pointing at her, the perfections.

So we recently made a video on how to 
cleanse and properly wash your face,

which is the first step 
in any skincare routine,

so today we're gonna talk all about
 toning, and do we need it,

because products like toners range 
from like $5 all the way to $250 bottles,

so in this video we're gonna
 talk about what toners are,

what the difference is between toners micellar
 water cleansing water and essence,

because they're all completely
 different things,

and the last thing which is what is 
the best toner for your skin type,

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back-in-the-day toners 
are called skin tonics,

and they were just that
 tonics for your skin,

the first tonic water came out around the 
1900s about the same time as Eau de Cologne,

many formulations are simple mixtures
 of perfume water alcohol and borax,

and you can find borax nowadays
 in a lot of cleaning products,

and you can also use it in homemade
 laundry detergent,

luckily we're fast forwarding 
to present day,

and there's no longer laundry detergent
 particles in our toners,

they're also newly formulated to target 
all of our skincare concerns,

be it exfoliating cleansing hydrating 
brightening or all of the above,

so the basic science of toner is that it 
gives your skin a quick hit of intense hydration

as well as taking off the surface
 layer of dead skin cells,

and make it nice and fresh and glowy, 
and you can think of it like a sponge,

water just kind of sits on top of the sponge, 
but if you soak the sponge in water,

and then you add more water
 into it absorbs right away,

so that's exactly like how toners
 work and your skin works,

so the three main benefits you can think 
of for toners is that it shrinks the appearance of pores,

takes away the impurities that are left 
on your skin or even dead skin that actually clogs pores to produce breakouts,

and the most important part is that 
it restores the pH balance,

and why is it important, so basically 
it stands for potential of hydrogen,

so the pH scale ranges from 0 which
 is acidic all the way to 14,

and our skin sits kind of a 
little more towards acidic,

so between 4.5 to 5.5, and 
after you wash your face,

it fluctuates so toner brings 
it back to the neutral state,

so in order for our skin 
barriers to work properly,

we need to make sure 
the pH is balanced,

because if it's too acidic then
 it gets too inflamed and red,

so why this is important is because our 
skin barrier is responsible for keeping in lipids natural oils and moisture,

while blocking out germs bacteria toxins pollutants all the negative things that cause breakouts,

so if our skin isn't properly protected with
 the right level of moisture with the right level of acidity,

then it can't do its job, so all you need
 to know is that's what toner is for,

it's coming in to restore the
 skin's pH balance

so it can fend off itself bacteria 
and everything nasty in the world,

and also to help the products in 
the future that you're going to apply,

I think there's two avenues that 
general consensus either goes down,

you either use a cotton 
pad or use your hands ,

so for the cotton pads I usually generally
 like putting it between my fingers two,

Wow so methodical, and then there's the second way

which is what Felicia does which is just put
 it on my palm,and then pat it in.

I really love the feeling of going pat patpat,

because it is very hydrating and very calming,
 yeah and I feel like no product goes to waste,

I just feel like with cotton pads, 
it just gets soaked on the pad,

if you're using toner as a way to cleanse,
like a second or third step of cleansing,

because sometimes we need that, 
it will help remove all the impurities,

and if you're just using your hand it
 won't do that as much or as well,

yeah so you can also be like Mia, 
she does double toning,

she'll first use con pads, and then she'll use
 the Felicia way, I like doing both too.

Maybe if you're coming out of the shower 
you do that because you're already clean,

just to get rid of all the residue 
you do the cotton pad,

so next let's talk about the difference 
between toners micellar waters cleansing water and essence,

cuz there are really similar cleansing water
 which is basically purified water,

why are we buying this,
 because it's infused with a lot of nice things,

cleansing waters are usually infused with 
other things such as essential oils plant extracts,

it's best use as a light refresh in the morning
 and throughout the day,

so you can think of toner as the parent family,
 and then underneath that tree,