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P.Calm Barrier Cycle Toner Versus Numbuzin No.1 Pure-Full Calming Herb Toner

Toner
Toner
Korean Brand South Korea
Korean Brand South Korea

Updated on August 20, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both reef safe toners. They have a total of 7 ingredients in common

Suited For

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

Free From

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

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Ingredient Info

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What's inside (and what isn't)

What's inside (and what isn't)

At a glance

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Benefits

Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products
Barrier Cycle Toner

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

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.

Solvent

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

Itโ€™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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Skin Conditioning, Solvent

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

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 preservativesย 
Skin Conditioning

Panthenol is a common ingredient that helps hydrate and soothe the skin. It is found naturally in our skin and hair.

There are two forms of panthenol: D and L.

D-panthenol is also known as dexpanthenol. Most cosmetics use dexpanthenol or a mixture of D and L-panthenol.

Panthenol is famous due to its ability to go deeper into the skin's layers. Using this ingredient has numerous pros (and no cons):

Like hyaluronic acid, panthenol is a humectant. Humectants are able to bind and hold large amounts of water to keep skin hydrated.

This ingredient works well for wound healing. It works by increasing tissue in the wound and helps close open wounds.

Once oxidized, panthenol converts to pantothenic acid. Panthothenic acid is found in all living cells.

This ingredient is also referred to as pro-vitamin B5.

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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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Disodium EDTA plays a role in making products more stable by aiding other preservatives.

It is a chelating agent, meaning it neutralizes metal ions that may be found in a product.

Disodium EDTA is a salt of edetic acid and is found to be safe in cosmetic ingredients.

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Cleansing, Skin Conditioning, Smoothing

Centella Asiatica Extract (Centella) is derived from an herb native to Southeast Asia. It is famous for its anti-inflammatory and soothing properties.

Centella is rich in antioxidants and amino acids, such as Madecassic Acid and Asiaticoside.

Studies show the compounds in centella help with:

The combination of all these properties makes centella effective at soothing, hydrating, and protecting the skin.

Other great components of centella include Vitamin A, vitamin C, several B vitamins, and Asiatic Acid.

Fun fact: Centella has been used as a medicine and in food for many centuries. As a medicine, it is used to treat burns, scratches, and wounds.

Learn more about Centella Asiatica Extract

When to use

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47% use in am
53% use in pm
89% use every day
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Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

P.Calm Barrier Cycle Toner 32 ingredients

4.5 /5
from 2 ratings
Absorbs Well (1) Great Value (1) Hydrating (1)
km22's avatar

Khim

2 months ago
Review

This is one of my holy grail, I'm a simple wash, tone, moisturize and spf am skincare person and I've tried this first in a 30 ml sample bottle when it first came out. It worked for me and I loved how it felt on my skin so I bought the full size bottle and I thought I wouldn't be able to finish it but now I finished a bottle for so long. Way before sometimes I don't even do skin care so using this Show more

#great value
#hydrating
#absorbs well
#no scent

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

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

Butter

1 year ago
Review

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๐Ÿฅฅ ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž: ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ฒ/๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐š๐œ๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐œ๐ณ๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž.

๐Ÿชด ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ:

ยทหš เผ˜โ‚Šยท อŸอŸอžอž๊’ฐโžณ ๐๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ซ. ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ซ, ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐’๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ, ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง. ๐€๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ! ๐ˆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ Show more

#great value
#hydrating
#light
#absorbs well
Auria's avatar

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 wasnโ€™t hydrating enough for me as I have dry skin.

#great value
#light
#no scent
#works well