Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner Versus Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum

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Here's our complete breakdown comparing the ingredients, attributes, and more of Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner versus Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum .

Last updated on January 06, 2024. Published on February 22, 2022

Overview

What they are

These products are both vegan, cruelty-free, and reef safe . They have a total of 10 ingredients in common

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for fighting acne, anti aging, sensitive skin, oily skin, reducing pores, scar healing and dark spots

Free From

They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, fragrances, oils, parabens, silicones or sulfates

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Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum

Toner South Korean Brand

Serum South Korean Brand

Toner

Toners are used as a “last-step” cleanser, a pH balancer, add moisture to the skin, or may help in reducing impurities on the skin. They have a liquid consistency and are usually used after cleansers but before treatments.

Serum

Serums are highly concentrated with ingredients to provide skin with benefits. They should be used after cleansing and before moisturizing.

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Ingredient Info

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Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner 17 ingredients

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum 30 ingredients

alcohol-free

silicon-free

fragrance-free

sulfate-free

paraben-free

oil-free

fungal-acne safe

reef-safe

eu-allergen-free

vegan

cruelty-free

alcohol-free

silicon-free

fragrance-free

sulfate-free

paraben-free

oil-free

fungal-acne safe

reef-safe

eu-allergen-free

vegan

cruelty-free

At a glance

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Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner 17 ingredients

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum 30 ingredients

Benefits

Good For Oily Skin

Redness Reducing (5)

Reduces Irritation (4)

Reduces Large Pores

Anti-Aging

Dark Spots

Scar Healing

Acne Fighting

Notable Ingredients

Niacinamide

Benefits

Hydrating (3)

Good For Oily Skin

Redness Reducing (5)

Reduces Irritation (5)

Reduces Large Pores (2)

Anti-Aging (2)

Dark Spots (2)

Scar Healing (2)

Acne Fighting (2)

Brightening (2)

Concerns

May Worsen Oily Skin

Acne Trigger

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Ingredients Compared

Ingredients that are highlighted in purple are present in both products.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner 17 ingredients

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum 30 ingredients

Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract • Water • Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract • Centella Asiatica Extract • Salix Alba Bark Extract • Vaccinium Angustifolium Fruit Extract • Pinus Palustris Leaf Extract • Ulmus Davidiana Root Extract • Oenothera Biennis Flower Extract • Pueraria Lobata Root Extract • Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid • Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer • Allantoin • Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate • Beta-Glucan • Disodium EDTA • Hydroxyacetophenone

Ingredients Side-by-side

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Ingredients Explained

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Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract

What it does: Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, Astringent, Emollient, Humectant, Masking, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting, Tonic

Community Rating: Loved

Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract is derived from the leaves of the tea plant. Black tea, green tea, and oolong tea are all harvested from this plant.

Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract has many benefits. It contains polyphenols, a strong antioxidant. Antioxidants help fight off free-radical molecules that damage skin cells. The antioxidants in green tea neutralize free-radicals from the sun. This gives the skin some extra UV protection, but should not replace sunscreen.

Many components of tea have anti-inflammatory properties. Polyphenols and L-theanine help soothe the skin and reduce irritation. L-theanine is an amino acid that makes up most of the amino acids found in tea leaves. The caffeine in Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract helps calm inflamed blood vessels.

Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract also contains Vitamin Bs, linoleic acid, magnesium, calcium, iron, and zinc.

Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract also has antimicrobial properties.

Research has shown both drinking Camellia Sinensis Leaf Tea and applying it to the skin can help boost skin elasticity and hydration. Studies also show using tea extract may reduce sebum, or oil, production.

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Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner contains this as ingredient number 1.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum contains this as ingredient number 1.

Water

What it does: Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Community Rating: Loved

Water. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.

So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.

You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. Talk about multi-purpose! If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner contains this as ingredient number 2.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum contains this as ingredient number 2.

Pinus Palustris Leaf Extract

What it does: Tonic

Community Rating: Mixed

We don't have a description for Pinus Palustris Leaf Extract.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner contains this as ingredient number 7.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum contains this as ingredient number 26.

Ulmus Davidiana Root Extract

What it does: Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Liked

We don't have a description for Ulmus Davidiana Root Extract.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner contains this as ingredient number 8.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum contains this as ingredient number 27.

Oenothera Biennis Flower Extract

What it does: Astringent

Community Rating: Liked

We don't have a description for Oenothera Biennis Flower Extract.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner contains this as ingredient number 9.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum contains this as ingredient number 28.

Pueraria Lobata Root Extract

What it does: Humectant

Community Rating: Loved

We don't have a description for Pueraria Lobata Root Extract.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner contains this as ingredient number 10.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum contains this as ingredient number 29.

Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer

What it does:

Community Rating: Disliked

Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer (let's call it AAVC for short) is a synthetically created polymer. It's used as a film-forming agent and used to thicken the consistency of products.

AAVC is able to increase the consistency and viscosity of products due to its large molecule size. It also prevents ingredients from separating.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner contains this as ingredient number 12.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum contains this as ingredient number 12.

Allantoin

What it does: Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting, Soothing

Community Rating: Loved

Allantoin plays a role in soothing and moisturizing the skin. Because of this, it is often added to products with strong active ingredients.

Some studies have shown this ingredient can promote wound healing with higher concentrations.

Allantoin is derived from the comfrey plant but produced synthetically for cosmetic products to ensure purity.

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Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner contains this as ingredient number 13.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum contains this as ingredient number 13.

Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate

What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Liked

Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate comes from licorice root.

Extracts of licorice have demonstrated to have antibacterial, anti‐inflammatory, antiviral, antioxidant properties.

One component, glabridin, has extra potent antioxidant and soothing properties. It has also been found to block pigmentation from UVB rays in guinea pigs.

Licorice Root also contains a flavonoid. Flavonoids are a natural substance from in plants. Flavonoids also have antioxidant properties.

Another component, glycyrrhizin, has been found to have anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial benefits. This may make licorice root extract effective at treating acne. However, more research is needed to support this.

Liquiritin is one of the flavone compounds found in licorice. It has been found to help lighten skin by preventing tyrosinase from reacting with tyrosine. When the two react, protein is converted to melanin. Melanin is the substance in your body that gives your features pigmentation.

Licorice root is native to Southern Europe and Asia. It has been used in traditional Chinese medicine to help with respiratory issues.

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Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner contains this as ingredient number 14.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum contains this as ingredient number 22.

Hydroxyacetophenone

What it does: Antioxidant

Community Rating: Liked

Hydroxyacetophenone is antioxidant and helps with skin conditioning.

Antioxidants help fight off free-radical molecules. These unstable molecules may damage your skin cells. By helping stabilize free-radicals, antioxidants may help in anti-aging.

Hydroxyacetophenone boosts the efficiency of other preservatives.

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Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner contains this as ingredient number 17.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum contains this as ingredient number 10.

Here's what our community thinks of the ingredients in these two products.

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner 17 ingredients

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum 30 ingredients

82% are loved or liked

6% have mixed ratings

12% are disliked or very disliked

0% have no rating yet

60% are loved or liked

13% have mixed ratings

20% are disliked or very disliked

7% have no rating yet

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Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner 17 ingredients

Isntree Green Tea Fresh Serum 30 ingredients

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Reviews

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Isntree Green Tea Fresh Toner 17 ingredients

4.4 /5

from 26 ratings

Light Scent (4) Absorbs Well (4) Drying (1) Light (1) Works Well (1) Great Value (1)

Clover

5 months ago · Dry Skin

Review

Annoyed at the marketing
This isn’t a bad product, let me first start by saying that. Green tea can be wonderful for oily skin because it can help...

Annoyed at the marketing
This isn’t a bad product, let me first start by saying that. Green tea can be wonderful for oily skin because it can help balance sebum production. But I bought this towards the beginning of my skin care journey when I wasn’t familiar with ingredients so I always had to take the brands word for it and/or just buy what was popular. This is marketed as HYDRATING and suited for sensitive, oily, and DRY skin. Sure, I guess if you have dry skin you can use it… but it won’t feel like it is doing anything. I used the whole bottle, questioning the entire time why I spent money on useless leaf water. If you have dry skin you don’t need this. Dry skin folks like me do not need to balance sebum production and this is nowhere near hydrating enough for my needs. (also, in my experience centella and/or heartleaf are way better soothing ingredients than green tea if that is your goal) For me, this product felt like a waste of money, although I will acknowledge it can be very helpful for others. I just wish that the listing I bought this from said something along the lines of “best suited for oily and combo skin”.

Isntree

Green Tea Fresh Toner

Light

Light Scent

Doesn't Work

laila.21

2 months ago · Combination Skin

Review

Why the word 'hydrating' is written on the package? because it feels like nothing on my face even after putting layers of it.
it feels nice when...

Why the word 'hydrating' is written on the package? because it feels like nothing on my face even after putting layers of it.
it feels nice when my acne is inflamed and actually doesn't make my nose and forehead oily during the day as I have combination skin.
i think is is better than the anua toner in terms of calming acne.

Isntree

Green Tea Fresh Toner

Absorbs Well

Light Scent