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Serum vs Toners: What's The Difference & Benefits
When it comes to caring for your skin with an effective daily beauty routine, serum may be something you’ve heard about. When it comes to skin care, the tried and true traditional three-step routine of cleansing, toning and moisturising is something you are probably quite familiar with, while serums are somewhat new to the skin care scene. Cleansing skin daily to remove dirt and buildup; toning to make your skin more radiant skin and prepare it for moisturising; and then moisturising to help hydrate skin has helped many to achieve their skin goals for decades. Which may make you wonder, why you should add serum to your skin care routine.
What can make matters more confusing is that both serums and toners are used after cleansing but before moisturising, which has caused many to wonder if there’s a difference between the two facial products. If you’ve been wondering, ‘do I need toner if I use a serum?’ read on because we’re uncovering the differences and benefits of Toners vs serums.
Understanding Serum
What are serums?
Serums are considered by some to be the secret weapon against dark marks, blemishes and a host of other skin concerns. This powerful skin care product has so many benefits for your skin thanks to the high concentration of active ingredients it delivers to promote healthy-looking, hydrated, even tone skin. Some of the benefits of incorporating a face serum like the Pond’s Flawless Radiance Derma+ Perfecting Serum in your routine include:
- Effective moisturisation
- Refines pores
- Start seeing a difference in your blemishes from 2 weeks
- Delivers niacinamide, a key vitamin and antioxidant, deep within the stratum corneum So adding Pond’s Flawless Radiance Derma+ Perfecting Serum to your daily routine is great for delivering skin-loving ingredients to your skin to promote visibly even-toned, radiant skin.
Understanding Toner
What are toners?
Toners or toning products are formulated with skin-loving ingredients that help to cleanse skin, balance your skin’s pH, manage and prevent blemishes, and prepare your skin for the rest of the products in your routine. Some of the main benefits of using toners for your face include:
- Gentle cleansing
- Hydrating skin
- Refining pores
- Restoring skin’s pH
- Preparing your skin f your other skin care products
So including a quality toner like the Pond’s Flawless Radiance Even Tone Facial Toner in your skin care routine is an ideal way to promote smooth, glowing, even tone skin.
How to Know Which Product To Use
When it comes to which one of these powerful facial products you should use between serum and toner, fortunately, you don’t have to choose because each product is used in a separate skin care step for different purposes. So if you ever thought, ‘Is serum better than toner?’, the answer is no because they are used to achieve different skin goals. So you can use both products and enjoy the soft, smooth, radiant, even skin tone benefits both serums and toners have to offer or just go for one of the two.
But if you’re still wondering, ‘when should I use a serum?’, Pond’s Flawless Radiance Derma+ Perfecting Serum can be used daily to address multiple skin concerns and reveal visibly even-toned, radiant skin. As for when to use a toner, toners like the Pond’s Flawless Radiance Even Tone Facial Toner are great to help remove dirt residue and excess oil from your face, helping to promote a smooth and even skin tone.
There are no hard-set rules when it comes to caring for your skin, so find what works best for your skin and stick to it. For quality toners and serums to pair with your routine, make your selection from our Pond’s collection for skin-loving products to promote soft, smooth, healthy-looking and even-toned skin.
*When incorporating any new face care product into your regime, it is suggested that you do a patch test behind your ear. If any irritation occurs, do not start using the product.
