BYOMA Milky Toner: a Guru Score of 69% from 6 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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"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

726k subs

~Approved

"In second place, we have the BYOMA Milky Toner. This is viral over on other apps right now. People are drenching their skin in it and loving it. And honestly, it's a great product. This is what I call a classic Milky Toner, none of the extras around exfoliation or smoothing out, focused just down on hydration. And honestly, nothing wrong with that at all. Sometimes we just need a simple product that's going to deliver what it says and that's enough for us. This is not too expensive. BYOMA isn't the cheapest brand out there, but it's also not too expensive. Packed full of ceramides, barrier boosting ingredients, and will really help to hydrate, plump, and nourish the skin. Total game changer when it comes to hydration, and 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, I absolutely love it."

Dr Dray

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~Mixed

"This works well, this is good, this does what it's supposed to do, but it's not like a must-have holy grail. It's a little thinner in texture, which for me personally has made a bit of a difference as far as liking it overall. It's accessible, easy to find in store here in the US, and a variety of retailers sell it, so it's easy to just run out and pick up, whereas others can be a little hard to get."

James Welsh

1.58M subs

~Approved

"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 3 takes from James Welsh

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"Number eight is BYOMA. This used to be a bit higher on my list until I found some more, but 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 HA. 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. My skin always just looks way more hydrated and feels more deeply hydrated after using polyglutamic acid, not just this toner but polyglutamic acid in general. And then of course we have the ceramides that BYOMA are famous for, along with centella asiatica, which is nice and soothing. And for 12ish pound I think this is an absolute bargain, as is most of BYOMA's products."

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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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"It's nice and light compared to Rhode's version, so it's a really nice summer, warmer weather kind of toner, and if you like to layer up your skincare, the Bioma one sits a little bit more comfortably on the skin. 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

~Approved

"This is the Hydrating Milky Toner, an incredibly welcomed addition to the Byoma lineup. This feels a little bit more like that Korean essence step, it has a more milky texture, a little bit more body to it, more deeply hydrating and perhaps a little moisturizing. 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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"This is the Hydrating Milky Toner, an incredibly welcomed addition to the Byoma lineup. This feels a little bit more like that Korean essence step, it has a more milky texture, a little bit more body to it, more deeply hydrating and perhaps a little moisturizing. 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

220k subs

~Approved

"After that, we're going to hydrate with this BYOMA Hydrating Milky Toner. After 40, hydration is the name of the game. Our skin produces less oil as we age, making our skin dry, dry, dry, so your makeup has no way to go, it just sits on top. 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?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 69%.

What is BYOMA Milky Toner's Guru Score?

BYOMA Milky Toner holds a Guru Score of 69%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 6 expert reviewers we have collected.