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Numbuzin No.1 Pure-Full Calming Herb Toner Versus Aestura A-Cica 365 Soft Calming Mask Pad

Toner
Toner
Korean Brand South Korea
Korean Brand South Korea

Updated on August 20, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both cruelty-free and reef safe toners. They have a total of 5 ingredients in common

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for dry skin, brightening skin, sensitive skin and scar healing

Free From

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

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Ingredient Info

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About this product

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Benefits

Key Ingredients

Benefits

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Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

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Skin Conditioning, Solvent

1,2-Hexanediol is a synthetic liquid and another multi-functional powerhouse. 

It is a:

  • Humectant, drawing moisture into the skin
  • Emollient, helping to soften skin
  • Solvent, dispersing and stabilizing formulas
  • Preservative booster, enhancing the antimicrobial activity of other preservatives 
Solvent

Propanediol is an all-star ingredient. It softens, hydrates, and smooths the skin. 

It’s often used to:

Propanediol is not likely to cause sensitivity and considered safe to use. It is derived from corn or petroleum with a clear color and no scent.

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Humectant, Masking, Skin Conditioning

Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:

  • It is a solvent, meaning that it helps to dissolve other ingredients. This also enhances the absorption of the product into one's skin.
  • It is a humectant, which means that it helps attract moisture into the skin.
  • It helps improve product application.
  • It has mild preservative properties.

Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.

Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.

A study from 2016 found glycerin to be more effective as a humectant than AHAs and hyaluronic acid.

As a humectant, it helps the skin stay hydrated by pulling moisture to your skin. The low molecular weight of glycerin allows it to pull moisture into the deeper layers of your skin.

Hydrated skin improves your skin barrier; Your skin barrier helps protect against irritants and bacteria.

Glycerin has also been found to have antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Due to these properties, glycerin is often used in wound and burn treatments.

In cosmetics, glycerin is usually derived from plants such as soybean or palm. However, it can also be sourced from animals, such as tallow or animal fat.

This ingredient is organic, colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.

Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.

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Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting, Soothing

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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When to use

2,086 Routines
51% use in am
50% use in pm
97% use every day
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44% use in am
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Reviews

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Numbuzin No.1 Pure-Full Calming Herb Toner 18 ingredients

4.2 /5
from 32 ratings
Absorbs Well (20) Great Value (19) Light (19)
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Butter

1 year ago
Review

⋆.ೃ࿔*:・ 🤎

🥥 𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞: 𝐃𝐫𝐲/𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐜𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐳𝐞𝐦𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞.

🪴 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬:

·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳ 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐒𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨, 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧. 𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨! 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 Show more

#great value
#hydrating
#light
#absorbs well
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Auria

4 months ago
Review

Finished a bottle of this during early 2024, and I have to say this is a pretty nice nourishing and soothing toner. Much better than the Anua heartleaf toner imo as it offers more soothing properties and is great for my acne prone skin. I have also noticed slight redness reduction on my skin by using this but the downside is that this toner wasn’t hydrating enough for me as I have dry skin.

#great value
#light
#no scent
#works well

Aestura A-Cica 365 Soft Calming Mask Pad 16 ingredients

5.0 /5
from 4 ratings
Hydrating (3) Works Well (3) Absorbs Well (2)
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Angelina Ekdall

6 days ago
Review

Best pads i‘ve tried unique soothing they pack with essence gentle calm redness the essence is almost milk like texture which i luv this is hands down most underrated Korean skincare!😻😻

#hydrating
#works well
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channelorange

1 year ago
Review

my second favorite toner pad of all time!! it's very soothing, hydrating and calming without irritating or hurting your skin in and way. there are no ingredients, that are standing out in any war or make the product special and/or unique which i'm kinda not liking. the pad is really gentle and shouldn't show any stripping, irritation or hurting when it's swiped across the face. there is no Show more

#hydrating
#light
#absorbs well
#no scent