The Best Toners Ever

Here's my list of the best toners ever, so far! Feel free to weigh in on your favorites. This list is actually comprised of three separate lists:
1) The Beauty Insider's Picks: My own personal list of the best products in that category
2) The Popular Vote: The results of a poll I did of over 1000 beauty-savvy consumers
3) The Best According to The Beauty Bunch: These are the top picks of the beauty experts who appear in my book, also known as The Beauty Bunch. (You can learn more about this genius team of experts by clicking on the About the Book tab, and then clicking on "Who are the Beauty Insiders.").

The Beauty Insider's Picks
1. Yon-Ka Lotion PG Toner: This aromatic toning mist is designed for oily skin. It refreshes, soothes, and equalizes, and the amazing scent makes it perfect for a mid-day lift. $26
2. Neutrogena Alcohol-Free Toner: This clean, refreshing toner is alcohol-free and super-gentle—even on skin treated with Retin-A. One swipe removes impurities, leftover makeup, and flaky skin. $7
3. Chanel Lotion Tendre Soothing Toner: This very gentle toner removes makeup and cleanser residue while leaving skin calm, hydrated, and happy. $45
4. Enessa Rose Hydrosol: I love misting my face with this delicate, rose-petal-scented face tonic that leaves skin clean and calm. $25
5. Nivea Visage Alcohol Free Moisturizing Toner: This chamomile-and-aloe infused toner freshens, cleanses, and comforts skin without drying it out. $5.50 (approx.)
6. Pevonia Botanica Phyto-Aromatic Mist: This gentle, refreshing facial mist hydrates, soothes, refreshes—and helps makeup stay put. $25
7. Fresh Bergamot Anise Tonic Water: This cooling toner cleans, softens, and leaves skin with a healthy glow. And, as with most Fresh products, the scent is unbeatable. $28
8. Peter Thomas Roth Aloe Tonic Mist: This toner soothes and removes excess residue while whole-leaf aloe vera and vitamins A and E replenish the skin. $30
9. June Jacobs Cucumber Green Tea Toner: This delicious spritz has an addictive scent. One quick spray removes residue while soothing skin and protecting with antioxidants. $39
10. Thayers Alcohol-Free Rose Petal Witch Hazel Toner: The pink label and vintage apothecary-style packaging make this adorably retro and low-tech, but it delivers as well as the most modern formula. This intensely rose-scented tonic is moisturizing, gentle, soothing, and packed with aloe vera and vitamin E. $9

The Popular Vote
1. Clinique
Details: Clarifying Lotion
Price: $10.50
2. Burt’s Bees
Details: Garden Tomato Toner
Price: $10
3. Chanel
Details: Lotion Tendre
Price: $35
4. Dickinson’s
Details: All Natural Witch Hazel
Price: $3 (approx.)
5. Kiehl’s
Details: Cucumber Herbal Alcohol-Free Toner
Price: $9.50
6. Neutrogena
Details: Pore Refining Toner
Price: $7 (approx.)
7. Obagi
Details: Nu-Derm Toner
Price: $30 (approx.)
8. Paula’s Choice
Details: Final Touch Toner
Price: $15.95
9. Phytomer
Details: Rosee Visage Face Dew
Price: $25 (approx.)
10. ProActiv
Details: Revitalizing Toner
Price: $39.95 (as part of three-step acne treatment system)

What the Pros Chose:
Amanda Lacey Persian Rose Water, $70 (approx.): Julie Hewett
Enessa Neroli Hydrosol, $25: Michelle Ornstein
Sea Breeze Astringent, $4.49: Kathryn Alice
L’Oreal Pure Zone Pore Tightening Astringent, $6.50 (approx.): Wende Zomnir, who recommends it for oily, acne-prone skin only
Peter Thomas Roth toners, $30-35: Peter Thomas Roth
Peter Thomas Roth Oxygen Mist, $35: Danielle Browning, who likes it for its ability to kill surface bacteria
June Jacobs Pore Purifying Toner, $34: June Jacobs
Dr. Hauschka Clarifying Toner, $32: Meg Thompson
Aveda Botanical Kinetics Skin Firming/Toning Agent, $17: Shauna Raisch
Catherine Atzen Tonic Lotion, $37: Vanessa Talabac
Cosmedix Benefit Balance, $37.50: Shan Albert, who says: “It’s an antioxidant toner with very high percentages of active ingredients such as cassia betaglycan (a plant collagen that calms the skin), shea butter, L-lactic acid (for softening and gentle exfoliation), heavy water (D2O, which is ten percent heavier than regular water, so it doesn’t evaporate as quickly, making it a true hydration agent), and vitamin C. Most traditional toners function as a pH restorer or for removing the last traces of debris from the skin. Benefit Balance does quite a bit more.”