Um, I wonder how should I be reviewing this.
Am at work and am juggling between a myriad of stuff, which blogging isn’t always in the picture. 
Jeepers. Bad girl am I.
I love my current job (at least at the moment I really am!), but I also need a wee bit of a time off, my head would go bursting if I am at office from 8 to 7 everyday.
Um, back to the toner. Ah yes.
Introducing new Garnier Aqua Defense Refreshing Toner with pure anti-oxidant fruit water to help you lift off impurities and intensively hydrate your skin. Skin is instantly fresh, hydrated with a healthy radiance.
My lighting is a little off due to bad lighting at home, and I had to use flash in order to get a decent picture. Warm yellow lights doesn’t help in this type of photography session. In fact, it makes everything worse!
So, this toner (man, I am good at jumping tones!) is performing like what it promised. It hydrates my skin without the sticky icky feeling, absorbs fast and has this delightful scent! My skin does look fresher and it is well hydrated. Apart from that, that is all this toner gives.
Let’s take a look at the ingredients!
694579-1-Aqua/Water, Glycerin, Vitis Vinifera/ Grape Fruit Extract, Pyrus Malus/ Apple Fruit Water, Sodium PCA, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Methylparaben, Polyaminopropyl Biguanide, Parfum/ Frangrance, Butylphenyl 3 Cyclohexene, Carboxaldehyde, Linalool Benzyl Salicylate
I don’t see any alcohol in it! Bweee! Usually, I don’t care for the ingredients, since I don’t have any reactions (I think, thank god!) with those commonly known as allergic reaction triggers (forgive me my bad English), but I do know some of you are very particular with the ingredients!
So, I use this as my facial mist too! I decant some into a spritz bottle and tote them around, but usually I spritz my face with it when I am in the office. I am in the office for 11 hours straight, how drying it is! Perfect little thing I tell you! My skin is very happy!
And I use this as a mask too! I bought those DIY paper sheet mask and eye mask from Daiso, I think you can get them from Jusco too, and soak them into the toner. Once done, put them on your face or under your eyes for maximum hydration 
Easy peasy no? If you don’t like the idea of buying those sheet mask, use your cotton pads! I think that’s easy enough?
So, for RM17 or so, you get to use this as a toner (duh!), a facial mist and/ or a mask! What a sweet deal!
Coming soon would be reviews on the essence and moisturizer from the same range!
heyy, glad reading ur reviews on garnier stuffs since ive been planning on buying the whole product range. and luckily i read ur review on its lotion which doesnt do much hydrating to the skin when by right its shudve! lol, im gonna exclude that from my lis. thx 4 d info babe! =p
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plue Reply:
August 10th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Hi Zara, glad you found it useful! ^_^
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hey!! u didnt mention whether ur skin is dry or oily??? bcoz the ingredients include HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL though its besically water base.. actually i have oily skin and was wondering how refreshing it would b to my skin…
thnx!!
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plue Reply:
September 16th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
My skin is oily on the T-zone, slightly normal to dry on the cheeks. For my skin it’s just nice, if i remember correctly as it has been a long time since I finished this long time ago.
if you want it to be more refreshing, try popping it into the fridge and pat it on ur skin for a cooling sensation!
let me know if this helps!
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hi plue!!
thanksss
i like your advice.. i do the same with rose-water and its extremely refreshing thanks…:) but after googling the ingredients and doing some research i changed my mind… i bought a toner from Botanics.. its really good and i likey!! do post a review if u have used anything from Botanics..
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plue Reply:
October 20th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Hi there!
Which toner have you bought from Botanics? Currently Botanics isn’t available at my country (I think), so I doubt I’ll have the chance to review stuff from them now.
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hey plue!!
i just bought this at the shop. i live in shanghai china and i cant read chinese. i have really oily skin especailly on the chin and on my forehead. so practically i just use this after my showers and after i cleanser?? thanks im gonna use it tonight!!
so anyway nit works? and does it like get rid of acne? i have rly bad acne on my forehead. so does it getrid of it? or help it?
thx darl x
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plue Reply:
April 2nd, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Yup, that’s how you use it
It doesn’t help in getting rid of acne, neither it helps to improve it either, as this is solely for moisturizing purposes and not so much on helping in preventing acne. I think you’d have to use something else for it. 
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