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The Newest Toner Mask Hack to Get You Through Winter

The Newest Toner Mask Hack to Get You Through Winter

As winter approaches, the need to keep our skin hydrated and happy grows more crucial than ever. If your usual skincare regime feels lacking on extra dry days, you might want to hear about the new “toner-and-cream mask” method, which is creating a buzz in the Asian beauty scene.

What’s “Toner-Cream Mask”?

If you’re a K-beauty guru, you'll have heard of toner masking, which is to leave a toner-soaked cotton pad on your face for a few minutes like a mask sheet. A toner-cream mask isn’t too far from that – just with an extra layer of cream for additional hydration and repair. It has a similar effect to the way a sheet mask helps seal the essence within your skin, supplying a quick dose of moisture while preventing evaporation.

Benefits of Toner-Cream Mask: Instant Hydration / Moisture Boost / Enhanced Absorption / Quick Skin Recovery

Toner-Cream Mask Step 1: Prep Your Skin with a Hydrating Serum

Before you go about the masking, start with a hydrating serum (hyaluronic acid or otherwise) to improve your skin’s absorbing and moisture-retaining abilities.

SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica First Ampoule 100ml
Hydrating Serum Recommendation #1: SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica First Ampoule

A booster ampoule used right after facewash. 90% of the ampoule’s watery non-sticky formula comprises Centella Asiatica and hyaluronic acid blended in an optimum ratio. Feel your skin soak up the moisturizing additives like a sponge, instantly hydrated and relieved, and your natural barrier strengthened with each use.

COSRX The Hyaluronic Acid 3 Serum 20ml
Hydrating Serum Recommendation #2: COSRX The Hyaluronic Acid 3 Serum

Featuring a high-concentration concoction of 3% hyaluronic acid, this serum moisturizes, plumps, soothes and strengthens your skin’s moisture barrier. Leaves your skin full and dewy.

ROUND LAB Birch Juice Moisturizing Serum 50ml
Hydrating Serum Recommendation #3: ROUND LAB Birch Juice Moisturizing Serum

This birch serum moisturizes and locks water in your skin in 3 steps: it opens up your skin’s moisture pathways with glyceryl glucoside, injects moisture and boosts retention with birch sap, then forms a moisture-locking barrier with hyaluronic acid to prevent water loss.

ISNTREE Ultra-Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Serum 50ml
Hydrating Serum Recommendation #4: Isntree Ultra-Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Serum

Don’t let this serum’s lightweight texture fool you – it’s enriched with a whopping 14 kinds of hyaluronic acid, boasting ultra-low molecular weights as small as 329Da to supply lasting hydration and keep skin at 101.81% moisture level for 24 hours after use.

Hydrating Serum Recommendation #5: BIODANCE Hydro Cera-nol Ampoule

Refreshing and quick to absorb, BIODANCE’s hydrating serum contains low-molecular panthenol, hyaluronic acid and allantoin, plumping your skin cells with moisture to boost skin health.

Toner-Cream Mask Step 2: Toner Mask

Wet some cotton pads with your favourite toner and place them on areas of your face that require topical care, like your cheeks, forehead or chin. Leave on for several minutes like you would with a sheet mask.

COSRX Full Fit Propolis Synergy Toner 150ml
Toner Masking Toner Recommendation #1: COSRX Full Fit Propolis Synergy Toner

With a nourishing blend of 72.6% black bee propolis extract and 10% honey extract, this COSRX toner delivers rich nutrients to your skin and improves hydration while alleviating discomfort and sensitivity-induced redness.

Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Hyaluronic Toner 300ml
Toner Masking Toner Recommendation #2: Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Hyaluronic Toner

Fermented black rice is a skincare powerhouse rich in antioxidants. This black rice toner works with bamboo shoot bark extract to recharge your skin, replenish elasticity and pave your way to healthy, firm and glowing skin.

Toner Masking Toner Recommendation #3: ROUND LAB 1025 Dokdo Toner

Ulleungdo Island natural deep seawater, the main ingredient of this toner, boosts moisture levels while keeping your skin’s water-oil level balanced with patented technology. Also soothes with panthenol and allantoin to keep your skin hydrated and your natural barrier healthy.

Bonajour Green Tea Water Toner 205ml
Toner Masking Toner Recommendation #4: Bonajour Green Tea Water Toner

Made with organic green tea extract produced in Boseong, Korea, which calms skin trouble and anti-oxidizes. Hyaluronic acids of three different molecular sizes work in tandem to hydrate and strengthen your barrier.

Toner Masking Toner Recommendation #5: Beauty of Joseon Ginseng Essence Water

Ginseng is a cherished and valuable herb in Korean medicinal history, its natural power revitalizing the skin with endless nourishment. Combined with niacinamide, a vitamin B3 derivative, Beauty of Joseon’s ginseng toner improves your skin’s defense against external stressors while maintaining a healthy water-oil balance.

Toner-Cream Mask Step 3: Top it Off with a Cream

On the outer side of the cotton pad, evenly spread a layer of cream. This helps trap the toner on the other side for it to fully penetrate your skin, further enhancing hydration.

SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Probio-Cica Enrich Cream 50ml
Moisture-Locking Cream Recommendation #1: SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Probio-Cica Enrich Cream

This firming and restoring cream repairs damage and reinforces your barrier with a nourishing formula similar to the skin’s natural composition. Macadamia Seed Oil and Shea Butter offer abundant moisture without clogging pores, while other skin-friendly additives provide antioxidant and anti-aging benefits.

COSRX Advanced Snail 92 All in one Cream 100g
Moisture-Locking Cream Recommendation #2: COSRX Advanced Snail 92 All in one Cream

A multi-functional cream providing comprehensive care with 92% snail mucin. The rich yet light gel formula moisturizes, soothes and improves skin elasticity all at once.

ilso Daily Moisture Pudding Cream 50ml
Moisture-Locking Cream Recommendation #3: ilso Daily Moisture Pudding Cream

This soft daily-use cream comes in a unique half-gel half-cream pudding-like consistency. With a low-oil high-moisture content, it keeps skin deeply moisturized but leaves no greasiness, perfect for normal to oily skin types.

BIODANCE Skin-Glow Essence Cream 50ml
Moisture-Locking Cream Recommendation #4: BIODANCE Skin-Glow Essence Cream

The 10 layers of hyaluronic acids and 5 layers of ceramides in this nourishing moisturizer are blended into a feather-light but rich cream texture that is instantly absorbed, hydrating inside and out. 

Bonajour EGF Time Recovery Solution Cream 50ml
Moisture-Locking Cream Recommendation #5: Bonajour EGF Time Recovery Solution Cream

Indulgent and luxurious, this cream is imbued with high-quality, high-grade and high-concentration ingredients of 10ppm EGF and 48% black truffle extract. Revitalizing dry, tired skin, it combats wrinkles and offers beauty salon-grade care at an affordable price.

Toner-Cream Mask Step 4: Turn Over for Cream Mask

After 5 minutes, turn over the cotton pad with the creamed side on your skin and leave on for another 5 minutes. If this step leaves residual cream on your face, simply massage to spread it out evenly and wait for it to absorb.
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