Olay Daily Facials Clarity Purifying Toner

Too harsh and dries out my skin!

I feel kind of odd, being one of the few writing a poor review for this particular toner, but I find to to be very harsh on my skin, especially around the eye and cheek areas. (When i put on my makeup after using this toner, the under eye area of my skin was noticeably very dry even after I had put on a moisturiser beforehand. (I had to dab on some eye gel on my under eye areas to make it less noticable, which wore off my concealer!) As far as I know, I do not have sensitive skin, and have been using other Olay toners without experiencing any form of stinging or burning sensations on my face. But during and a few minutes after applying the Olay daily facials clarify purifying toner (after having used the clarify purifying facewash), I felt strong stinging sensations on my face. I waited about 5 minutes before applying an Olay moisturiser, and when I was applying it, it began to sting again! The stinging does not last very long, only when I apply the toner and moisturiser and its after-effects for a few moments, and I thought that was probably normal, but after reading reviews here about how it doesn't burn, but refreshes your skin, I decided it wasn't normal. Also i found that the tips of my right thumb and index, middle and ring fingers (which I use to apply the toner) began to become dry after the second or third night of using this toner. As for the effects, I do notice a slight improvement, in that it dries out the potential spots/zits on my face, but it still is too harsh and dries out my skin!

April 10, 2009