Your skin is responsive. Not random. When you believe skin is unpredictable, you react aggressively. When you understand skin follows patterns, you slow down and observe. Hormones. Stress. Weather. Sleep. Barrier shifts. Different lens. Different response. Comment below: “When my skin shifts, my first instinct is to ___.” Skin rewards rhythm, not panic.

Alright, let’s debunk toner the same way we debunked pre-poo — calmly, honestly, and with just enough side-eye to keep it real 😌👀 Toner is not mandatory for melanated skin. It’s not a missing step. And it’s definitely not the reason somebody else’s face is glowing on your feed ✨📱 Toner showed up when skincare started doing the absolute most. Cleansers got aggressive, faces got tight, and instead of fixing the cleanser… we added a product to apologize for it. That apology? 🧴 Toner. It’s the skincare version of “my bad.” Most toners don’t fix skin. They soothe what was just irritated, refresh what was just stripped, and make routines feel official. Which is fine — but let’s not give it credit it didn’t earn. Melanin-rich skin already knows how to regulate itself when you stop poking it every night 😭 Back in the day, skincare was simple: Wash your face 🧼 Put something on it 🧴 Go live your life 🏃🏾‍♀️💨 No cotton rounds. No stinging = working logic. No fear that you “missed a step.” Toner is optional the same way pre-poo is optional — helpful in very specific situations, unnecessary when the foundation is solid. And that’s the part most routines skip. Inside the Rinoure Method, we don’t add steps — we fix order, technique, and consistency first. When the basics are right, toner stops feeling essential and starts feeling like what it really is: a preference, not a requirement. Skin didn’t get weaker. Routines just got louder 📢 👇🏾 Engagement check: If you’ve been using toner just because “everyone does,” drop a 🧴 If your skin is fine without it, drop a 😌