Review: Keep Cool Soothe Bamboo Toner

Hi Everyone!

Today I will be going into Part 3 of the Keep Cool Soothe line!

Again, I received this as a package from Stylekorean.com from the "Try Me, Review Me" promotions where they give me these products for free and in return I give my honest review.

Part 3: Keep Cool Soothe Bamboo Toner

Once again this is a TONER, do not get it confused with the Cleansing Water that Keep Cool also has under the Soothe line.

Description: Pristine forest toner that contains the health and vigor of the Bamboo.

Your skin gets irritated every day from outer environment like weather changes, fine dust, and stress. This toner contains naturally derived ingredients from the forest. This Keep Cool Toner delivers the comfort from nature directly to your skin. 

Contains 85% of Bamboo Water which helps to immediately hydrate skin, while the Phyto Green Shower Complex provides soothing properties for the skin.

The bamboo water was used as a base to add moisture and soothe skin troubles.

Some star ingredients:

• Skin calming: contains 85% of bamboo water
• Protect skin & Minimize pores: phyto green shower
• Hydrating effect: low and high molecular hyaluronic acid contained
• Absorption & Moisture: polyglutamic acid

This toner contains a slightly acidic pH which helps with balancing your skin's acidity.

This toner is great for all skin types, especially those with sensitive skin, dry skin, and oily skin. (Amazing for me because I have both sensitive and oily skin!!!! YAY)

pH Level: 5.5

Size: 350 mL (A LOT)

Color: Clear, colorless

Fragrance: fragrance-free

Texture: water-y

Sensation: there is a cooling feeling/effect from using this toner.

Free From: PEG, PPG, dimethicone, phenoxyethanol, paraben, mineral oil, benzophenone, animal raw materials, artificial coloring, and artificial fragrances.

Full Ingredients List: Bambusa Vulgaris Water, Glycereth-26, Glycerin, Water, 1,2-Hexanediol, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Polyglutamic Acid, Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract, Forsythia Suspensa Fruit Extract, Chamaecyparis Obtusa Leaf Extract, Thuja Orientalis Extract, Pinus Densiflora Extract, Bambusa Vulgaris Extract, Sodium Citrate, Citric Acid, Disodium EDTA

Recommended for:

✅ For those who have sensitive skin looking for non-stimulant and natural cosmetics.

✅ For those who are suffering from the severe dry skin or Xerosis.

✅ For those who are suffering from frequent skin troubles.

✅ For those who are looking for cosmetics for the whole family to use.

✅ For those who are cosmetic dieter that wants to minimize the skincare routine.

This is what the opening of the toner bottle looks like. Whenever you use it, a little at a time comes out instead of being poured out like a faucet.

How To Use:

Apply appropriate amount of toner and gently pat until it absorbed.

There are supposedly 4 different ways you can use this toner:

1. The N-Skin Types: take an appropriate amount of toner and gently tap N times. 
• Gives moisture into skin & enhances hydration. Recommended for dry skin, oily skin, and sensitive skin.
2. Final Step in Cleansing: soak a cotton pad with toner and cleanse the face.
• Removes the makeup residue and waste from face. Recommended for oily skin, combination skin and normal skin.
3. Toner Mist: put the toner in a spray bottle to use as a mist.
• Calming effect by reducing the skin's temperature and getting moisture. Recommended for dry skin and oily skin.
4. Toner Mask: soak a cotton pad with the toner, place it on the part of your face where it needs.
• Reduces skin temperature (cooling effect) & removes dead skin. Recommended for sensitive skin and trouble skin.

How I Use It:

I just use this strictly as a toner, nothing anything special like they other ways Keep Cool suggests you can use it as.

I use it both morning and night at the beginning of my skincare routine after I have cleansed my face.

I like to drench a cotton pad with the toner and then gently swipe my face with the wet cotton pad to give an even coating of the toner all over my face. If there is a particular problem area, I might back and dab the cotton pad a little longer there.

Here's how it looks on a cotton pad. Please excuse that I now use pink cotton pads. The toner is still clearly colorless since the cotton pad isn't change colors.

Here's how my cotton pad looks after I finished swiping my face with the toner. I don't really notice much discoloration on the cotton pad, so I can't say for sure if it can really be used as the "final step in cleansing" as Keep Cool says it can.

BELOW are pictures of my BEFORE/AFTER of using this toner. I have pictures from when I started using it and a WEEK after I started it.

BEFORE

AFTER

Honestly, there isn't much of a difference in appearance after using this toner. HOWEVER, there is a different in skin moisturization and skin sensation. After using this toner my skin feel moisturized and there's this amazing cooling feeling.

Close-up of my left cheek

BEFORE

AFTER

My cheek feels moisturized after using the toner and there's a cooling feeling on my skin as well. I wouldn't say there's any reduce in redness.

1 Week Later

     

BEFORE                                                                         AFTER

My skin still feel moisturized and there's still that amazing cooling feeling. Definitely no reduce in redness.

Overall, I did like this toner.

I think the cooling effect from this toner would make this an amazing toner to use during hot weather such as summer time. The cooling effect was so COOL. However, since it's currently winter, it actually made me get goosebumps, so while it is a great toner to use, and I'm sure you can use it year-round, I would probably save it to use during the summer time instead.

As stated, the 85% bamboo water really does help provide moisture to the skin. My skin feels moisturized and possibly even a little plump-ish from using this toner.

I know it doesn't exactly say that it helps reduce redness on the skin, however, whenever I hear something is suppose to help "soothe" my skin, I think that it should help with any kind of redness I have by helping reduce it. In the end, this toner doesn't do that, so don't expect any miraculous change in the look of your acne.

I feel like this toner is strictly just for the moisture and the cooling effect.

Rate (out of 5 stars): ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I would recommend this toner for anyone to use. I love the cooling feel and it definitely does what it says about providing moisture to the skin.

Product Mentioned:

Keep Cool Soothe Bamboo Toner

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FTC: This is NOT a sponsored post. I received this product for free in return for my own honest review.