Benton Aloe BHA Skin Toner

Me and acne are really tight, you know. It seems like no matter what I do, they are THERE. I used to be obsessed with getting rid of it, but now, I’m like… whatever. If it want to stay, I can’t do much so I pretty much just accepted that it’s been a part of my life, experiencing life with me. I mean, my acne are the sole witness of the abuse and traumas I went through in university, so, I might as well keep them for future story telling. Just in case my future self decides to rant about my university life, and the listener doesn’t believe in her, my acnes are there to justify the shit that people put me through. HA! … This is just my effort to be funny, by the way.

Anyway, just because I kinda accepted acne as part of face, doesn’t mean I don’t go around secretly behind its back, trying to get rid of it. So, when I ran out of toner, I was doing my research on the net what’s the best toners for acne. I know people pretty much dismissed toners as being unnecessary but I like them. So, when I came across the Benton’s Aloe BHA Skin Toner and read couple of reviews on it, I had high hopes. Not only all of the reviews had been positive but I also ADORE their Soothing Aloe Propolis Gel. So, you could say that my expectations on this toner are rather high.

I purchased this toner around 40.00 MYR on Shopee and for the amount (200ml) you get, I’d say it’s a steal though I did spot some sellers selling as low as 32.50 MYR. It passed the mark for pricing to me! But anyway, I mainly purchased this toner for its benefits. Like mentioned, I have acne-prone skin. What makes it worse is that it’s prone to heating up, hyper pigmentations and oiliness. The claims of the toner and the ingredients really did win me over.  I’ll just copy and paste benefit and ingredients from the Benton’s website down here:

BENEFIT :

a)Skin Trouble Care/ Moisture Supply

b)   Dead Skill Cell and Blackhead Care

c)   Skin Texture Control/ Pores Care

d)   Improves Skin Barrier/ Prevention on Skin Damage

e)   Anti-Acne FDA OTC (Salicylic Acid 0.5%)

INGREDIENTS :

Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Water (80%), Aqua/Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Snail Secretion Filtrate, Beta-Glucan, Polyglutamic Acid, Aspalathus Linearis Extract, Salicylic Acid (0.5%), Althea Rosea Root Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract (200mg), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice (200mg) , Arginine, Pentylene Glycol, Zanthoxylum Piperitum Fruit Extract, Pulsatilla Koreana Extract, Usnea Barbata (Lichen Extract, Polysorbate 20, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Axrylate Crosspolymer, Xantham Gum

Let me just give a ‘round of applause to Benton for listing the percentage of the main ingredients. It just shows how transparent they are. I mean, it’d be nice if they listed the percentage of all their ingredients but I’m fine with it.

 Now, on to the review. This toner comes in a 200ml pump form so it’s very handy. Now that I’m half way done with this toner and have been using it day and night for about three or four months now, I decided that I like this toner. It’s a simple as that. The texture of it is slightly thicker than water but my skin absorbs right away, leaving no lingering feeling. I also like to layer this toner twice in the morning just for the fun of it and it doesn’t pills or anything, it actually makes my skin feels softer and plump. You also get a lot of this despite the shelf life of it being so short. The moment you opened this babeh, you need to finish this up within 6 months and that’s mainly because of natural preservatives. But because it’s affordable, I’m not complaining. 

                                         (The texture) 

                          (Sorry for my disgusting hand Dx) 

I mean, as much as I like the ingredients, I feel like this doesn’t do much for my acne prone skin. Salicylic Acid is one of the main ingredients of this toner however I feel like it doesn’t do much for my acne. When I went through one of the worst breakouts of my life, where my skin was horribly inflamed and cystic acnes were formed on my right cheek, I relied on this toner to clear it up since NOTHING I did worked. I was using my Nixoderm’s spot treatment, Cosrx AHA Whitehead Power Liquid (Which were Holy Grails btw) but they are still THERE. I had high hope for this toner to exfoliate my skin in a gentle way but nothing. I mean, it didn’t make it anymore worse by drying my skin or something but it also doesn’t do much to get rid of it. Good news is that, my skin did feel supple and hydrated with this toner and my pores are not even noticeable so it really did help in those department.

 I feel like I say this all the time but; for the price and the amount you get, you can’t really hate this product. It’s definitely not the worse toner I’ve used and to be honest, I do consider repurchasing it for the other goods it does to my skin.

I guess that’s it? :P