Is Laneige any good according to the experts?

Laneige holds an overall Guru Score of 69%, our read on how warmly the experts talk about its products across the catalogue.

What are the best Laneige products?

Among Laneige products, experts rate Cream Skin Milk Oil Cleanser (82%), Glowy Makeup Serum (78%) and Cream Skin Refiner Mist (77%) highest.

How many Laneige products have the experts reviewed?

32 experts have weighed in on 9 products from Laneige across 164 individual takes.

Laneige: 69% approval across 9 products reviewed

KD Kelly Driscoll Yay

“For my second toner, I'm going to switch to the Laneige Cream Skin Serapeptide Toner. At night, I generally make a rule of building more moisture and richness into my skincare routine to help restore my skin, which is sensitive and prone to dehydration. I personally have found moisture really helps my skin. However, with combo skin transitioning from summer into fall, I like to keep it a little bit lighter. The Laneige Serapeptide Toner is perfect for this because it offers more moisture than the tier tier milk skin toner I used in the morning, but it's still light enough to not overwhelm my skin or cause congestion.”

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AM Dr. Aanchal MD Yay

“There are some toners like Laneige that are very hydrating. Even if you have dry skin you can apply it. These are very good toners.”

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RW Robert Welsh Yay

“The Laneige Cream Skin is probably one of the most incredible toners for oily skin because it does more than just tone, it's quite literally a toner and a moisturizer in one. I just love it because it is the perfect texture for me, it's not too thick and it's not too serum-like. It's going to be absorbed by your skin, it's not going to sit on top, and it's not going to give you greasy skin. You could wash your face, exfoliate, use this, then sunscreen, and that could quite literally be your prep under makeup.”

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JL Dr. Jenny Liu Yay

“Another one from Korea I really love is Laneige, they have this ceramide peptide one. It's kind of milky, like a milky toner essentially, but it's very hydrating, almost like a light moisturizer and toner in one. I use it as a toner, add in my serum, and then layer it again as a lightweight moisturizer. It's excellent for those that have oily skin to use in the summertime.”

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C CYoung Mixed

“Laneige Cream Skin is the OG milky toner, packed with ceramide and peptide for that barrier repairing, firming punch. If you have dry or mature skin in a dry climate, it's a win. But it's heavy, it's so oily, it leaves the bottle sticky, and in humid weather it's a pass for oily skin.”

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D Doctorly Yay

“This one from Laneige is amazing. It's their Cream Skin Toner and Moisturizer. This uses a micro emulsion and it really does look like milk. But it's extremely hydrating and lightweight. So if you don't want to go the serum route like a hyaluronic acid serum or a glycerin serum, then this sort of essence route is a really nice option as well. While these hydrate your skin, they help maintain your skin barrier. It really is actually helping with skin health. The humectants and such also do draw in water and this does plump your skin. It's not like you're filling up a balloon or refilling a grape from a raisin, but it does just so subtly make the skin look more full. And that's backed up always in studies. There are clinically appreciable results and in the real world just from simply hydrating your skin. And then one of the other things that you'll notice is just when the skin is hydrated, it reflects light in a special way. So when that happens, that's what you see when you perceive somebody and you go, 'Wow, that person looks really radiant.' That's an immediate effect. It's not a permanent effect, but it's an immediate effect from that hydration creating that bounce back of light that can appear as really healthy skin.”

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LY Liah Yoo Yay

“I really do appreciate the fact that this Laneige Cream Skin also comes in refill pouches. I've gone through multiple bottles of Laneige Cream Skin, so I have to give it to Laneige Cream Skin for winning my top stamp of approval.”

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B Beyond50Skin Yay

“This is an absolute Holy Grail. I have a feeling it's going to be sticking around for years. The Laneige Cream Skin Toner and Moisturizer was my absolute favorite hydrating toner this year.”

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NK Nipun Kapur Yay

“I loved it so much that I finished the sample, then I went ahead and bought the full size”

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JW James Welsh Yay

“I'm going to use Laneige Cream Skin. This is their upgraded version, I guess you can call it the Serap Peptide version, which I love. I wish I had the spray nozzle though because this is kind of annoying. As the name suggests, it's got ceramides in to help replenish the skin barrier and peptides too, which give us this really nice hydrated plumped out kind of appearance. We have green tea, which is a nice antioxidant. It's quite soothing as well and healing. And of course it's the cream skin, so it's like slightly thicker. It's like a really watery toner but it's actually got this thickness to it, this almost like a very watered down moisturizer. What I do like about the cream skin in particular is for winter it's a really nice extra dose of all that hydration and moisture that your skin can lack. Whereas in summer I could happily apply this after my serum stages and kind of use it as that super lightweight liquidy moisturizer stage before my layers of sunscreen that I have to reapply throughout the day, so my skin doesn't feel bogged down with like this oily greasy kind of moisturizing product.”

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MM Mixed Makeup Yay

“I still really appreciate the Laneige Cream Skin Toner. I feel like this is the toner that set the tone for all these creamy milky toners that have hit the market. This one though really is the trend setter, this is the one that everybody fell in love with, and I really do like this one a lot. It has a combination of ceramides and peptides that are very nourishing for your skin and hydrating, so you just really can't go wrong using this. It feels a little bit more liquidy than some others, a little bit more watery, but you use it the same exact way: you pour it into your hands, pat it onto your skin, and then you just enjoy your juicy hydrated skin.”

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LM Lab Muffin Beauty Science Mixed

“This is a really lovely moisturizer—it's kind of like they say a cream that's been turned into a liquid. It's a relatively unique product and it's one of my friend Hannah's favourite products for irritated skin. She has dry skin and it works well for me too in winter, and I have relatively oily skin. It also comes as a convenient mist so you can just spray it over your makeup. It has a relatively short ingredients list for an emulsion, and there's no fragrance and no niacinamide, which makes this a bit of a rarity. I'm going to put this into solid choice, especially if you have dry skin or if you want what's pretty much a moisturizer that you can spray on your face over makeup.”

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CB Cassandra Bankson Mixed

“This has water, butylene glycol, glycerin. It does have some meadowfoam seed oil. There's nothing phenomenal in here. For 33 dollars I don't love this. The glycerin is good but I usually like to see things like ceramides, aloe, sodium hyaluronate that can actually bind water into the skin. Nothing in here impresses me. I would have to try it to make that claim about it being a two-in-one formula, but looking at it for 33 dollars I am not super impressed. I wouldn't recommend this one. I'm not going to put this one on my face because number one I'm not impressed, number two it's not cruelty free.”

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