Background: I used to be apprehensive about the second step of the traditional skin care regimen. Due to the fact, I have used awful toners before sold by amazing sales associates on commission. For example the Clinique's second step toner was such a big disappointment - it made me breakout bad. I was told it's alcohol free and it still irritated my skin.
Then I'd go back on the hunt for a toner just to be disappointed again. I could even remember a time about me complaining to the Sales Representative from Dior about the Cliniques toner (I didn't have a blog at the time and I just needed someone to vent to), He responded telling me that Clinique sucks (of course he's going to say that) and that their toner could be used as nail polish remover because of the acetone in it. (I had to google it to see if that were true and to my dismay he was right!). That being said, they have reformulated their toner and have removed the acetone.