Brightening Toners

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Achieve a radiant and luminous complexion with these brightening toners. Designed to target dullness, uneven skin tone, and discoloration, these transformative formulas work to reveal a more youthful and vibrant appearance. Whether you're looking to fade dark spots, minimize the appearance of pores, or simply enhance your natural glow, these brightening toners offer a range of options to suit every skin type and concern.

$52.00

i've been looking for a toner that brightens/helps with uneven skin tone as i've always just been using hydrating toners. i love that it has vitamins, rice water, glycerin, oats to brighten and hydrate the skin! ...Glow Recipe has some of the best products for people who need to brighten and hydrate their skin! This one specifically brightens more than hydrates. ...new brightening toner!...Love this toner!

What it is: A concentrated essence toner formulated with cloudberry, a superfruit rich in vitamin C, and powerhouse antioxidant CoQ10.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Cloudberry Concentrate: Is fermented for enhanced absorption and efficacy and is also packed with vitamins C and E to visibly brighten and hydrate skin.
- Coenzyme Q10: Is a powerful, highly biocompatible antioxidant that visibly strengthens skin while synergizing with the active ingredients in your routine, boosting the benefits you see.
- Glycerin 5% and Rice Water: Seal in moisture, hydrate, and nourish skin.

Mario BadescuGlycolic Acid Toner

ITEM: 2192086

Size: 8 oz/ 236 mL

54 Reviews

$24.50

After only 4 days of use I can already notice a difference on my skin. It glows and the dark spots are starting to lighten....Love this toner. Keeps my skin clear and bright. Have not gotten a single blemish since I started using this.

What it is: A resurfacing toner with a mild, alcohol-free, and visibly age-defying formula to brighten and balance your skin’s appearance.

Skin Type: Dry and Combination

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Glycolic Acid: Is an exfoliating ingredient that leaves skin looking brighter and smoother.
- Grapefruit Extract: Visibly rejuvenates and refreshes skin.
- Aloe Vera: Soothes and hydrates, visibly restoring skin’s brightness.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan. It is als

Function of Beauty PROThe Blonde Hero Brass Color Toning Hair Goal Concentrate Mix-In

Size: 0.13 oz / 4 mL - The Blonde Hero Brass Color Toning Concentrate·ITEM: 2706687

87 Reviews

$6.00

The hair color I have after using a hair lightening spray is more yellow toned than I would prefer, so I choose to use purple toner/conditioner to achieve a more cool toned look. ...I will use it in between my appointments to keep my hair bright

What it is: A Hair Goal Concentrate for brass-toning, designed to be added to any Function of Beauty PRO haircare product to customize your formula.

Hair Texture: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Type: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Brassiness
- Color Safe

Key Benefits:
- Controls frizz
- Supports humidity resistance

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Lavender, Rosemary, and Violet Extracts: Help brass-toning.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: The Blonde Hero Hair Goal Concentrate is specifically designed for blonde, gray, or highlighted hair to tone

Kiehl's Since 1851Ultra Facial Toner

ITEM: 2664233

Size: 8.4 oz / 250 mL

198 Reviews

$35.00

Holy Grail of Toners...The perfect toner - and at this price point it's hard to even consider buying anything else...I have REALLY bad hormonal acne prone skin. My face is dotted with scars and redness. This has helped my skin recover enough to renew better and lighten these.

What it is: A mild yet effective facial toner for all skin types.
Skin Type: Normal and Dry

Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Apricot Kernel Oil: Moisturizes and softens skin while helping retain clarity and suppleness.
- Avocado Oil: Helps to restore the natural moisture of the skin.
- Squalane: Supports skin’s natural moisture balance to keep it extra soft and supple.

What Else You Need to Know: For optimally hydrated skin, use face toner with the other formulas in the Ultra Facial regimen.

$30.00

I love this toner!!! Doesn't dry out my skin like other toners do. ...I’ve only used this product for about 3 days and it’s made a huge difference in my skin already! It’s gotten rid of irregularities in my skins complexion and helped lighten scars from previous acne issues.

What it is: A gentle, alcohol-free toner formulated for normal and oily skin, that leaves the skin feeling soothed after cleansing.

Skin Type: Combination.

Skincare Concerns: Redness, Dullness and Uneven Texture, and Oiliness

Formulation: Lightweight Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Calendula Extract and Allatoin: Soothe skin.
- Great Burdock: Moisturizes dry skin.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens.

What Else You Need to Know: This hydrating, alcohol-free toner soothes and improves the feel of skin. It is made with calendula flower petals handpicked in the Mediterranean.

DermalogicaMulti-Active Toner

ITEM: 2002129

Size: 8.4 oz/ 250 mL

343 Reviews

$62.00

Great Toner...Great toner if you have dry, sensitive skin. I typically avoid toners because they are either too drying or irritate my skin but this one is amazing! ...I love this toner. Completely OBSESSED. Not only does it brighten up my dull aging skin, because face it we are not getting any younger... it firms up my fine lines around my eyes and mouth.

What it is: A light facial toner spray that hydrates and refreshes skin.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Redness, Dryness, and Dullness and Uneven Texture

Formulation: Spray

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Lavender: Soothes skin.
- Humectants: Attracts moisture to skin and hydrates.
- Arnica: Soothes and has anti-inflammatory properties.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, and triclocarban, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances.

belifWitch Hazel Herbal Extract Toner

ITEM: 1686344

Size: 6.75 oz/ 200 mL

271 Reviews

$39.00

toner love!...Ever since I started using Belif products , including this toner, my skin has felt balanced, bright and moisturized. ...I'll never look at toner the same way again.......After struggling with trying to cover up the blotchiness caused from toners with makeup, I swore off toners for good. I recently read an article on Korean skin care which listed toner as an important step.

What it is:
A toner formulated with witch hazel to hydrate dry, dull skin, leaving it hydrated, soothed, and balanced after cleansing.

What it is formulated to do:
This botanical toner is formulated to hydrate dry, dull skin, leaving it even and deeply moisturized after cleansing. It contains a blend of apothecary herbs, including witch hazel, to help clarify and hydrate skin by sealing in moisture. Skin appears supple and revitalized over time.

What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Sulfates
- Phthalates

What else you need to know:
This dermatologist tested product is free of mineral oil, synthetic preservatives, dyes, and fragrances, and animal origin ingredients.

$54.00

I have been using it for about a week now and have seen my skin tone evening out and some of my scars from previous pimples even lightening up! ...Clean and bright...After using this toner, my skin looks clean n bright. It is very refreshing.

What it is: A pore-clarifying, exfoliating toner to visibly smooth texture while unclogging congestion and addressing excess oil for supple-, healthy-looking skin.


Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily


Skincare Concerns: Pores, Uneven Texture, and Loss of Firmness and Elasticity


Formulation: Liquid


Highlighted Ingredients:
- Patented Alguronic Acid®: Reduces the look of lines and wrinkles while addressing environmental damage.


Dr. Jart+Teatreement™ Toner

ITEM: 2300267

Size: 4.05 oz/ 120 mL

479 Reviews

$40.50

I found this toner to be perfect for my needs. I have only used a couple toners, which were brightening, but I found this toner to be clarifying thanks to the tea tree oil. ...The smell alone leaves me feeling bright and happy. I wouldn’t recommend another toner more.

What it is: A purifying toner that removes excess dirt and oil while visibly rebalancing, soothing, hydrating, and reducing the look of redness.

Skin Type: Combination and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dark Spots, Acne and Blemishes, and Oiliness

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Teatreement™ Solution (Tea Tree Leaf Extract, Tea Tree Leaf Oil, 4-Terpineol): Targets problematic areas and supports skin‘s pH balance.
- Green Calming Complex (Green Tea Extract, Aloe Vera Leaf Extract, Chamomile Flower Extract, Pinus Pinaster Bark Extract): Soothes and hydrates.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phtha

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Brightening Cleansers
“The product works well to brighten your skin and even skin tone. Gentle on skin and very easy to apply”
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“Picked this up after I finished my Hydrating Toning Lotion (which I LOVED). It didn't have any reviews but Clarins has never disappointed me, so I bought it”
Brightening Moisturizers
“Unlike some tinted moisturizers this one didn’t break me out and it has a skin like look, which are all things that tinted moisturizers should do”
Glow Toners
“This glow toner definitely leaves you glowing. Its soft on skin makes my skin feel so soft and smooth ,it's great for pores and reduces the appearance of them”
Exfoliating Toners
“I don't need a super hydrating toner so I went with the Exfoliating one and it still hydrates while keeping my skin plump and not too oily”
Brightening Makeup
“I have other highlighters that illuminate my face and brighten it up of course, but this one is the one that REALLY brightens me up and gives me a dewy, wet-ish look”
Natural Toners
“Best toner if you have acne! Helps keep my face very clear”
Skin Brightening Pads
“Everyone who says these pads are dry. I'm pretty sure the company made them that way to act as an exfoliating pad for your skin”
Toners With Lactic Acid
“They gently exfoliate to uncover new, more youthful skin. With lactic acid and willow bark extract, pores are minimized and skin is left smoother and firmer. ”
Toners For Dark Spots
“I did not notice any benefit to my dark spots, I think the oil control toner from Olehenriksen actually helps my dark spots more”