How to use toner
Use a sensitive skin gentle cleanser to clean your face, like the sodium lauryl sulfate
Use a cotton ball or your hand and pour or deep into an alcohol-free toner and apply to face
You should leave it to dry properly
For dry skin, apply alcohol-free skin toner once a day at night
For oily or combination skin, apply an alcohol-free toner for both night and day
Then follow up with a moisturizer
How to apply toner without cotton ball
The reason why you should use your hands to apply toner is that using a cotton ball will soak up some of the toners and only half of what goes into the cotton ball goes to your face. By using your hand you can save that little amount that gets stuck in the cotton ball. Using a cotton ball can also leave tiny particles on your face. How to apply toner without cotton ball, make sure your hands/palms are cleaned, pour a tiny amount on your hands/palm, pat on your face then let it dry or absorb.
What is Hydroquinone?
Before we can list the best skin toning cream for dark skin without hydroquinone, let us look at what hydroquinone means and how it affects you.
Hydroquinone also is known as benzene-1,4-diol or quinol is a skin lightening agent used in most skin whitening and skin lightening creams. Hydroquinone is used to lighten dark patches of skin like hyperpigmentation, melasma, and freckles caused by hormone medicine, pregnancy, birth control pills or skin injury. Even though many people may find Hydroquinone as a helpful skin lightening compound/ingredient, it does have some dangers.
Hydroquinone brand names
Eldoquin | Epiquin Micro
Lustra-Ultra | Melquin HP 4%
Melquin-3 Topical Solution | Esoterica
Alphaquin | Eldopaque
Lustra | Melquin
Nuquin HP Gel | Melanex
Nuquin HP Cream | Lustra-AF
Claripel | Melpaque
Clarite | Solaquin
Hydroquinone side effects
Here are some hydroquinone dangers as a result of its use.
It can lead to ochronosis disease, a hard to treat skin discoloration caused by