I picked this toner few months back when lovely reader mentioned this is awesome for oily skin. The price was good enough to give it a shot and hence this was added in cart as soon as I saw this in Health and Glow. Nivea is well known skin care brand and it is still used amongst lot of us, especially their heavy duty cream isn’t it??
Long story short , this is good toner which doesn’t strip off my skin , very mild , doesn’t make my skin sticky and oily . It does have alcohol content but that is very mild so I guess you shouldn’t have any problem.
I am not sure with 150/ Rs price tag the product is really worth but one thing is that , it isn’t bad either. It is manufactured in Thailand … not a great point but yeah does matter to me when am talking about skincare. The bottle is good enough to last me long time. I love spray bottle but this one comes with the standard flip top, nothing great about packaging.
The main ingredient is Lactic Acid which is very good for our skin, here is little something from Google: Derived from sour or fermented milk, lactic acid is a popular beauty aid for those seeking to improve their skin’s texture and hydration level. If you need celebrity testimony on the matter, look no further than Cleopatra’s beauty regimen. Even the former Egyptian queen, who was known for her beauty, was rumored to have bathed in sour milk to improve her skin [source: Bond].
The other main ingredient is Carnitine : It is an organic compound, which is classified asalkyl-substituted amino acids and betaines. It is used as a miscellaneous skin-conditioning agent, surfactant cleaning agent and foam booster, as well as an aqueous viscosity-increasing agent.
I was looking for a toner which has Lactic Acid as I saw in one of the videos by Lisa Eldridge , been there done that … I will look for a higher brand toner which has Lactic Acid .
Do I recommend: This is not very great, I love my Clinique Step 2 Exfoliator , but I do use this as it’s very mild and as I usually like to switch between my skincare this is good alternate. I tell you even now while writing this I had this on my skin …. I do use this now and then and would say this is not bad at all. If you are in market for budget toner and expecting nothing great , this is right up your alley. I have not noticed anything good but definitely it is not like Himalaya toner which is horribly sticky on my skin.
Hi Rashmi,
Yes nothing can replace clinique toners, I swear by it. I must thank you and Dr. Neeraj for introducing me to clinique.
My face had lost charm,radiance and ws filled with pimple just a week back i visited clinique (oasis mall, bangalore) after skin analysis I got my anti-blemish kit, my god so much of change in my skin and all pimples dried up and now healthy glowing sking M just loving it.
I again like to thank Dr.Neeraj for en lighting me on chemical exfoliation.
Thanks for listening to my ramblings.
thank you sooooo much rachana 😀 …. called Neeraj and told him this … he was grinning 🙂
thanks a lot for all the compliments 😀
yea… I hate himalaya toner so sticky eeekkkkkkkkkks
yeahhh i know … soo sticky
sounds like a very decent toner 🙂 i havn’t tried clinique..must try sometime soon..any idea if clinique products are available in Pune?
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yeahhh it is awesome for budget buy 😀 😀
i guess in Shoppers Stop you can find
trying calling there and see 😀 😀
This does sound nice..I am allergic to Nivea products but i shud definitely recommend this to some friends…not bad for 150 bucks 🙂
yeahhh this is super budget buy for oily gals 😀 😀
thats for sure…and this will be useful during summers when the skin tends to get super oily! 🙂 🙂
yeahhhh very well said 😀 😀
Hello Mam,
I’ve used it b4 but haven’t liked it, as u rightly said it ain’t good but not bad either but personally I won’t buy it again, have a gr8 weekend 🙂
yeah this is def. not bad 🙂
mac guru…i’ll save my money for clinique toners……….m yet to go to delhi to buy me clinique stuff………..
yeahhh shilpa 😀 you must get one 😀 😀 😀