BYOMA Milky Toner: a Guru Score of 76% from 7 skincare experts

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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✓Nay

"I expected a lot from this because I see it everywhere selling like crazy on Amazon, but how could you even call this a toner? It's not even moisturizing, it's not even a proper Milky Toner, and it's not even hydrating."

Mad About Skin

729k subs

✓Yay

"Total game changer when it comes to hydration. Sometimes simple is effective. If you have somebody that's looking to get into skincare, maybe there's a teen in your life that's wanted to experiment with a Milky Toner cuz they've seen it online, I would say this is probably the product I would recommend. Really simplistic. It's not going to damage your skin. There's no risk of overusing it or overdoing it. Very easy to use and I think it's eye-catching and a great price point. So many benefits."

April Basi

72k subs

✓Yay

"This one is my favorite. It has poly glutamic acid, which holds five times its weight in water compared to hyaluronic acid, so you know it's going to have your skin shaking with hydration. It also has panthenol to help soothe and support your skin barrier. Out of all the ones I've reviewed so far, this one gives you that true milky texture and a really creamy feel."

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Dr Dray

2.69M subs

✓Mixed

"It's accessible. However, I do find that this one is a little bit different as far as the texture. And for me personally, that actually has made a bit of a difference as far as me just liking it overall. It's a little thinner. And if this were my first Milky Toner, I'd say this is nice. This works well. This is good. This does what it's supposed to do, but it's not like a must-have holy grail."

James Welsh

1.58M subs

✓Yay

"Byoma is probably the most popular brand on this app, focused on supporting a healthy skin barrier with effective actives without the irritation. [...] One product I particularly love, that I've talked about to death, is their hydrating Milky Toner. It's hydrating and moisturizing like all those other viral milky toners, but so much more lightweight, refreshing and hydrating feeling. It's also super soothing and contains all their barrier supporting ingredients."

All 4 takes from James Welsh

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"This is a perfect budget friendly hydrating Milky Toner that is honestly better than most of its more expensive competitors. It contains polyglutamic acid which is an amazing humectant. If you like hyaluronic acid you're going to love polyglutamic acid because it's said to be able to hold on to way more water content but also keep it there for longer, and I feel like this is reflected more in the feeling and the look of your skin as well."

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"Byoma is probably the most popular brand on this app, focused on supporting a healthy skin barrier with effective actives without the irritation. [...] One product I particularly love, that I've talked about to death, is their hydrating Milky Toner. It's hydrating and moisturizing like all those other viral milky toners, but so much more lightweight, refreshing and hydrating feeling. It's also super soothing and contains all their barrier supporting ingredients."

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"The Byoma Hydrating Toner is one of my favorites and a budget pick under ten pounds. It is a nice simple hydrating Milky Toner with polyglutamic acid, which is super hydrating, centella to soothe, and their barrier lipid complex, which is great for your skin barrier."

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"Bioma in general have amazing products and it's hard to pick a bad one, this hydrating soothing Milky Toner is by far my favorite from their line. It's a perfect budget friendly hydrating Milky Toner that's honestly much better than a lot of its more expensive competitors, it contains polyglutamic acid which in my opinion is a much more superior humectant to hyaluronic acid."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

✓Yay

"I am not kidding when I say this feels inspired by K beauty, [...] it even contains some centella asiatica extract in addition to a long list of humectants, we even have some oils in this product. [...] The only catch I have with this product, otherwise I love it, is that most of Byoma's products are a liftoff top, it took me a while to [...] figure out it's actually a spin top."

All 2 takes from AliceintheRabbitHole

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"This feels like a bit more of an accessible Korean Milky Toner, and I mean that in a good way. It has polyglutamic acid [...] and centella in it, and [...] they say it relieves dryness and supports a healthy skin barrier. [...] The best way to describe it is that I don't find it necessarily to be that exciting, but not every skincare product has to be exciting, sometimes you just want something that's going to be reliable."

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"I am not kidding when I say this feels inspired by K beauty, [...] it even contains some centella asiatica extract in addition to a long list of humectants, we even have some oils in this product. [...] The only catch I have with this product, otherwise I love it, is that most of Byoma's products are a liftoff top, it took me a while to [...] figure out it's actually a spin top."

The Style and Beauty Doctor

221k subs

✓Yay

"After 40, hydration is the name of the game. Our skin produces less oil as we age, making our skin dry, dry, dry. [...] This BYOMA toner also helps protect the skin barrier with lipids, and it also has cica to help calm the skin."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Ceramides

Ceramides are part of the skin's own barrier, and moisturisers built around them have evidence for holding water in and settling the tightness and flaking that come with a damaged barrier.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is BYOMA Milky Toner?

BYOMA Milky Toner is a toner with ceramides, polyglutamic acid, and centella asiatica, designed to provide hydration and support skin barrier health.

Is BYOMA Milky Toner worth it?

Mostly yes. 5 of the 7 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 76%.

What is BYOMA Milky Toner's Guru Score?

BYOMA Milky Toner holds a Guru Score of 76%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 7 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.