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I'm From Rice Toner.

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About this product

A lightweight milky rice extract toner designed to hydrate and brighten the skin while supporting barrier function, formulated without fragrance or essential oils.

Full ingredients

Rice Extract, Methylpropanediol, Triethylhexanoin, Hydrogenated Poly (C6-14 Olefin), Niacinamide, Pentylene Glycol, Common Purslane Extract, Rice Bran Extract, Japanese Elm Bark Extract, Amaranthus Caudatus Seed Extract, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Distilled Water, Polyglyceryl-10-Myristate, Butylene Glycol, Adenosine, Cellulose Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol

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Guru Score

94%

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11 experts · Strong agreement
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What the gurus are saying

This toner stands out for feeling lighter and absorbing faster than most milky toners while delivering genuine hydration across all skin types. Gurus praise the rice extract and niacinamide for soothing redness, calming sensitive skin, and evening out tone without the heaviness or stickiness that plagues similar products. The short, simple ingredient list with no fragrance appeals to those with reactive skin. One reviewer notes the saccharomyces filtrate works better as a supporting player in a moisturizer, and another finds the anti-aging claims overstated, but the consensus is warm: it hydrates beautifully, spreads easily, and balances without greasiness.
Synthesized from 11 expert reviews · most recent take October 2026

What they liked

  • Works well for oily and sensitive skin
  • Fragrance-free with minimal ingredient list
  • A little product goes a long way

What they flagged

    Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.

    Type

    TonersLiquid

    Key actives

    Formula notes

    Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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    What the gurus are saying.

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    ✓Yay
    "I feel the toner is too heavy and it doesn't absorb well, [...] so I wanted to give similar hydration level but this one a little more heavier than this, but I wanted to give the I'm From better point because it's very lightweight. My oily skin friend tried Lana's Cream Skin first and said girl this is milk, this is straight up tap water. She's not wrong though. Easily the lightest of the bunch, making it the ultimate gateway toner for teens and twentysomethings."
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    "Among all the milky toners, this one feels lighter and absorbs faster. It works well for all skin types, no heavy or sticky finish at all. I hadn't used this for a while, and when I put it on my skin today, testing sixteen different products, I knew this was going to be the last one, the best one. It's more soothing, and it's not sponsored, I'm From doesn't even recognize me. If you have more sensitive skin and want something really mild, it still works well and hydrates so well. Just try this."
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    "Compared to Numbuzin's number one toner, which is too watery, this one sits in the middle, a good amount of hydration without being too heavy, and if you layer it two or three times it gets even more hydrating. I recommend this one a lot to my guests, especially if they have dry, mature skin or live in a really cold climate."
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    "This is the superstar of the milky toners, I love it. They pour moisturizer into the toner, it has a thicker consistency and is a lot more hydrating than the toners I mentioned earlier. The transparent bottle lets you easily see how much is left. Compared to other cream toners, this one isn't that heavy, it's very moisturizing for winter. When your skin feels pretty dry you can layer it two or three times and it still feels hydrating. It's pretty good."
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    "I'm From toner is milky, but the texture is lightweight, so it's great for oily or combo skin too. [...] For most people I'm From can be more appealing because I think it's a little lighter, and it's a little less expensive, so I like it better."
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    "A lot of people compare this with the Toko toner, that one is for oily and combo skin, and this one is better for dry skin. I tried it half and half, it's a lot more moisturizing, they basically put a cream in the toner so it takes a little more time to absorb, you have to tap it in a little more. It has niacinamide, which is supposed to make your skin brighter, I don't really see the difference, but as an everyday toner it's worth the hype."
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    "I'm From's Rice Toner is less absorbent and less moisturizing than Beauty of Joseon. When I applied it half and half, [...] this one just disappeared quickly. I checked the label later and [...] it's actually formulated for oily skin, but for me it feels more drying. Also the scent, some people say it's okay, but for me it feels too artificial."
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    "I wondered why this is popular, it feels like rice, that's why it became popular I guess. The size is 60% of the Anua toner but the price is similar, so it's actually expensive for what you get. It's too watery to apply from your hands [...] so you have to pat it in, it was easier to apply on a cotton pad. This is one of my favorite brands but I'm not going to repurchase this one."
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    "I feel the toner is too heavy and it doesn't absorb well, [...] so I wanted to give similar hydration level but this one a little more heavier than this, but I wanted to give the I'm From better point because it's very lightweight. My oily skin friend tried Lana's Cream Skin first and said girl this is milk, this is straight up tap water. She's not wrong though. Easily the lightest of the bunch, making it the ultimate gateway toner for teens and twentysomethings."
    ✓Yay
    "This one from I'm from is actually really good. How much are they charging for it here? $16.99."
    All 3 takes from Dr Dray
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    "The I'm From Rice Toner, that was amazing. Rice extract, very hydrating, very soothing, excellent if you have atopic dermatitis or rosacea. It delivers on the promises of better barrier function and sustained hydration. The saccharomyces filtrate is extra sophisticated, but I think it should be a supporting ingredient in another product like a backbone, for example, in a moisturizer or something of that sort. [...] By itself, this milky toner isn't really delivering as much."
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    "This one from I'm from is actually really good. How much are they charging for it here? $16.99."
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    "I wanted to see how the Goodall rice milk toner compares to the I'm From Rice Toner, which I really like."
    ✓Yay
    "This one's got rice extract, a great soothing ingredient. It's got squalane, which is a wonderful antioxidant, rice bran extract, and then it's also got an extract which is a hydrating humectant ingredient. This stuff is really nice and pretty wonderful and pretty affordable. It works well for a lot of people. So it seems to be a winner."
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    "I think when it comes down to rice being the title of both of these products, the fact that I'm From [...] has more of the rice in its formula, I end up liking that one a little bit more. [...] I like the I'm From more. It's a little bit more unique and I really like it, it's just a little bit more hydrating but doesn't feel greasy or sticky. [...] I really like the I'm From, so it's really nice."
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    "This one's got rice extract, a great soothing ingredient. It's got squalane, which is a wonderful antioxidant, rice bran extract, and then it's also got an extract which is a hydrating humectant ingredient. This stuff is really nice and pretty wonderful and pretty affordable. It works well for a lot of people. So it seems to be a winner."
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    "You can pat it onto skin or apply it with a cotton pad. [...] A little bit goes a long way if you're going to pat it on the skin. [...] It's very emollient. My skin prefers this at night. Sometimes, especially in the summer, if I use this in the morning, it ends up being a little too emollient and a little too hydrating for my skin, especially if I pat it on. But if I use it with a cotton pad, that's not as big of an issue."
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    "I'm on my second or third bottle of it. It's 19 bucks, great for acne, oily and sensitive skin types. We've got rice, we've got niacinamide, purain, great antioxidant, then extract, which is another great skin conditioning ingredient and an antioxidant. This one's nice. This one is probably the original of all of these. [...] I think they did so good with it that that's why everybody else decided to follow suit."
    Holy Grail Products for Sooothing Skin and Gentle Actives
    "It's the I'm From Rice Toner, it's 19 bucks and it's got a minimal ingredient list. Rice extract which is great for soothing, purling great soothing antioxidant, and then we've also got rice bran extract and some other emulsifying and hydrating ingredients in here. It's really nice, really minimal, no fragrance, great for sensitive skin, really hydrating. You can apply with a cotton pad or you could just pat it on your skin, whichever you prefer."
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    "It promises to brighten up skin while giving it moisture, but it does lack some [...] really science-driven brightening ingredients. Otherwise it hydrates skin and leaves it feeling nice and soft and ready for the next step. It works well for most skin types. The [...] texture of it makes it work well for morning and evening, gives skin moisture while not feeling greasy on the skin. Great for those with weakened skin barrier, those who use a lot of actives."
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    "I'm From Rice Toner another repurchase of this one I absolutely love it. I come back to this one because I love it because it's super hydrating. I like using it during the winter time and it's really nice for that. Pretty calming short ingredient list no fragrance it's really nice."
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    "I like the I'm From, it's really easy to fit into both morning and evening routines. It gives you some nice hydration without looking or feeling greasy. It promises to brighten up skin while giving it moisture, but it does lack some other than the rice, it lacks some really science-driven brightening ingredients. But otherwise it hydrates skin and leaves it feeling nice and soft and ready for the next step and works well for most skin types."
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    "It's the I'm From Rice Toner, and I've repurchased it. So 19 bucks. In here we've got rice extract, we've got niacinamide, we've got percan, we've got adenosine. The first bottle I went through I thought it was a little bit on the too hydrating side. When I started testing this most recent bottle it wasn't as hydrating or greasy as I remembered feeling. So I just think it works well for most skin types."
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    "The I'm From Rice Toner was $28 at Ulta, $28 at Olive Young, $28 at Amazon, but $15 at YesStyle."
    ✓Yay
    "I emptied it. My skin drank it up. And this is a product that I would gladly repurchase as well. It's such a unique product in the sense that the ingredient list is one of the shortest, it's the simplest and also doesn't have fragrance and essential oils which I always appreciate. This is also one of the only products that doesn't have those ceramides or skin barrier repairing serum. So this is staying very true to a brightening hydrating toner with rice bran extract and niacinamide as well."
    ✓Yay
    "This is a very milky toner, but still quite lightweight. The goal of this toner is really to be brightening. It has niacinamide in it, which not only helps with dark spots, but also helps fortify the skin barrier. And remember, when it comes to mirror skin, we want the barrier to be strong and we want it to be clear."
    ✓Yay
    "The black Rice Toner from I'm From, I [...] absolutely loved it. I made sheet masks out of it, and it was wild that I was able to make DIY sheet masks out of such a creamy, milky style toner. [...] I can't believe that I'm a person with dry skin telling you that this toner they supposedly made for oily skin is my favorite toner from I'm From. There are a lot of milky toners out there, but this one actually stood out to me."
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    "The black Rice Toner from I'm From, I [...] absolutely loved it. I made sheet masks out of it, and it was wild that I was able to make DIY sheet masks out of such a creamy, milky style toner. [...] I can't believe that I'm a person with dry skin telling you that this toner they supposedly made for oily skin is my favorite toner from I'm From. There are a lot of milky toners out there, but this one actually stood out to me."
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    "This one seems a lot like Thank You Farmer, but there are a few quirks, you have to shake it since it has two layers. They claim it's brightening and even anti-wrinkle because it's hydrating, but I don't fully buy the anti-aging claim since almost any hydrating product could say that. [...] In terms of usage I don't hate this, but I also don't find it to be my favorite, [...] it's a little runny for my taste. It's just kind of fine."
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    "This is such a great moisturizing toner for sensitive skin types, it's fragrance free, and rice is a great ingredient for more sensitive skin types. I love this texture, I can just apply it with my hands."
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    "This is the I'm From Rice Toner. This is another one of those more moisturizing toners, I'm really excited to try this again, it's a nice unscented moisturizing toner. I admit I usually prefer these a little later in my routine, but it can work here for sure."
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    "It's never been among my absolute must-haves. I think it does what it claims to do. I do think it's soothing, hydrating, moisturizing, but as a person with more reactive skin, I need more than the basics. I really need something that's going to help keep my skin under control. While rice is soothing, I just feel like there's better products for soothing, for my skin type at least. It's a really hard product to hate, probably."
    ✓Yay
    "This Rice Toner from I'm From is so beautiful. [...] My skin loves this, it's perfect. It plumps the skin, it tones the skin really well, it calms my skin. I have nothing but good things to say about this."
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    "I have been loving this it's just really balancing. I feel like my overall complexion has just looked more even and like balanced, I guess is the best word I can use to describe this. It's so nice and it pairs really nicely with any serums or moisturizers."
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    "This Rice Toner from I'm From is so beautiful. [...] My skin loves this, it's perfect. It plumps the skin, it tones the skin really well, it calms my skin. I have nothing but good things to say about this."
    ✓Yay
    "I really had to go back into the archives for this one. [...] I used this years ago, but it is making a bit of a comeback. I used this toner non-stop for about two years and my skin was well balanced, there was no excessive sebum production whatsoever, more even skin tone, really probably just down to me consistently using one product consistently. But also the niacinamide in here, I know a lot of people find niacinamide overwhelming because it's in everything, but my skin loves it."
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    "I really had to go back into the archives for this one. [...] I used this years ago, but it is making a bit of a comeback. I used this toner non-stop for about two years and my skin was well balanced, there was no excessive sebum production whatsoever, more even skin tone, really probably just down to me consistently using one product consistently. But also the niacinamide in here, I know a lot of people find niacinamide overwhelming because it's in everything, but my skin loves it."
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    "I had to go through my archives for this one, I used to love this, I used this toner nonstop for about 2 years, my skin was well balanced, no excessive sebum production, I had a much more even skin tone, probably down to the niacinamide being consistently used. [...] I also love the brightening properties of this toner and how smooth it makes your skin look and feel."
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    "The I'm From Rice Toner is an amazing toner that sits somewhere between moisturizing and hydrating. It really brightens your skin, hydrates, and smooths out your skin as well. It's such an amazing all-around hydrating product. Honestly, probably one of the best toners I've ever used. I think it's like Laneige Cream Skin Refiner but less moisturizing and more hydrating."
    ✓Yay
    "Rice is an amazing skin conditioning, skin softening ingredient. It offers this really light balance of moisture that makes your skin feel super silky soft but it doesn't actually create an oily or greasy or overwhelming type of moisture. It's not thick, it's just a very light moisture at the top that really makes your skin feel very conditioned. [...] I think it can actually still work for oily skin types."
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    "I'm From Rice Toner is a cult status type of product in the K Beauty world and it brings a beautiful balance of hydration and moisture into the skin without using hyaluronic acid. Rice extract is such an interesting ingredient that really helps to condition the skin and has a skin softening, skin smoothing type of effect with a kiss of moisture to it."
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    "Rice is an amazing skin conditioning, skin softening ingredient. It offers this really light balance of moisture that makes your skin feel super silky soft but it doesn't actually create an oily or greasy or overwhelming type of moisture. It's not thick, it's just a very light moisture at the top that really makes your skin feel very conditioned. [...] I think it can actually still work for oily skin types."
    ✓Yay
    "IT IS ABSOLUTE BEAUTIFUL FRAGRANCE FREE IS SO IF YOUR SKIN IS DRY SENSITIVE ASTHMA PRONE YOUR SKIN HAS ANY IRRITATION THIS IS A PRODUCT YOU WILL NEVER DISAPPOINT IT IS FABULOUS"
    Translated from the guru's original language.
    ✓Yay
    "This is the Rice Toner from I'm From. I love this."
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    "This is so soothing, this is so gentle, and a little bit goes a long way. With a lot of toners I find myself having to load up pads and spread them all over, but literally just a drop or two can spread so easily and hydrate so well. [...] It soaks in so beautifully. [...] It's gentle, it's lightweight, it's hydrating so like you know it's there and it's working but it's not overbearing. It's so nice and lightweight. It's like that barely there feeling that actually does the work."
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    "This is the Rice Toner from I'm From. I love this."
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    What the evidence says.

    Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

    Niacinamide

    Niacinamide has evidence behind it for redness, uneven tone and supporting the skin barrier, and it is usually well tolerated even by skin that reacts to most things.

    Source: DermNet

    Frequently asked.

    What is I'm From Rice Toner?

    A lightweight milky rice extract toner designed to hydrate and brighten the skin while supporting barrier function, formulated without fragrance or essential oils.

    Is I'm From Rice Toner worth it?

    Yes. All 11 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 94%.

    What is I'm From Rice Toner's Guru Score?

    I'm From Rice Toner holds a Guru Score of 94%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 11 expert reviewers we have collected. It is also Guru Certified, our mark for products that hold broad approval across many expert reviewers.

    Who is I'm From Rice Toner best for?

    I'm From Rice Toner is generally suited to dry skin and sensitive skin.

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