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Mamamia’s Tried and Tested series is your review of the latest to hit our desks in beauty, health and wellbeing. You won’t find any #sponsored content here, just honest, relatable and independent advice. This week, Mamamia's Beauty Editor trials The Ordinary Saccharomyces Ferment 30% Milky Toner.
When you think of toner, what do you think of? I'll go first. I think of using it as a teenager and stripping the absolute living goodness out of my skin
A toner promised to remove all the gunk left on your face after cleansing. It promised to 'close' your pores and prep your skin. And it was as SPICY as hell.
Of course, the spice made you think it was 'working' — but made my skin an irritated, red mess.
So, it soon became a step I'd skip, and it was replaced by hydrating cleansers balms for double cleansing and my whole routine became about putting stuff back in rather than taking it out.
The good news? Skincare formulations are very different to what they were in the early 2000s, and these days toners are galaxies away from the harsh, stingy, alcohol-based stuff many of us used to use.
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