A lightweight Korean toner formulated with rice bran extract and niacinamide, designed to brighten, hydrate, and even skin tone without fragrance or essential oils.
Rice extract earns consistent praise for delivering a silky-soft, conditioning feel and a light balance of hydration that works even for oily skin without feeling greasy or sticky. The simple, fragrance-free formula with niacinamide helps even skin tone and calm irritation, and gurus report it pairs seamlessly with other products. One reviewer noted the toner can feel a touch too emollient in summer mornings, though applying it with a cotton pad rather than patting it on eases that for them.
Synthesized from 11 expert reviews · most recent take June 2026
"Fragrance and alcohol free, it contains black rice seed extract, cocoa extract, poly glutamic acid, and panthenol. They tend to recommend it for dry or sensitive skin. It's a great toner, and I really enjoyed it as well."
"I'm going to put on the I'm From Rice Toner with a DHC cotton pad. I'll do a review of this one soon, but I'm liking it now."
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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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"Fragrance and alcohol free, it contains black rice seed extract, cocoa extract, poly glutamic acid, and panthenol. They tend to recommend it for dry or sensitive skin. It's a great toner, and I really enjoyed it as well."
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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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"The I'm From Rice Toner has [...] a nice texture, [...] it's just liquid toner. 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 going to use the I'm From Rice Toner really quick. I'm going to put it on a cotton pad and then smooth it over my skin. So far, it's nice, I like it. I've been using it a lot lately and it feels really nice and hydrating on my skin. It does feel really nice and hydrating and calming. I can see this being nice in the wintertime as well. What we have in here for some beneficial ingredients, we've got rice water, which is nice, rice is nice, it's good for your skin. Niacinamide, of course, neem extract, adenosine, cacao, which is a good antioxidant, another rice extract, rice bran oil, poly glutamic acid, which is wonderful for your skin. No fragrance, no alcohol. Gives my skin a nice glow."
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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."
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"This is one of the few toners I've repurchased. [...] 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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"Last but not least is the I'm From Rice Toner. This is an alternative to their I'm From Black Rice Toner. This one's got a little bit lower pH. I use it with a cotton pad, I don't apply it like an essence, I apply it like a toner with a cotton pad, and it's very gentle."
"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 [...] 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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"It looks really nice. It just looks like it's going to be fragrance-free. It's got rice in it. It has a small amount of glycolic acid, lecithin, vitamin E, cocoa extract, panthenol, and rice seed water as a second ingredient. Looks like it's going to be really nice. So I'm pretty darn excited for it. I'm From has come out with a lot of stuff lately and a lot of it's been kind of ho-hum. This one I'm truly excited about."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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."
"I'm From Rice Toner. This product was highly recommended by you guys, which is why I got it in the first place and I loved it. 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. I always love the philosophy of I'm From. I think they do a fantastic job sourcing locally from South Korea, highlighting each individual farm and that's why I love the brand so much. [...] The texture after you mix everything up is still on the thinnest side. [...] This is really great for oily skin or oily combo skin, acne prone skin who's looking to just even out their skin tone."
"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."
"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."
"Number five is a classic, the I'm From Rice Toner. 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. It also has this brightening property to it, and the way it just makes your skin look instantly upon use, it's so nice, it just looks more even, bouncy, and hydrated. There is an ingredient in this one called Pearl Extract which helps with irritated skin, it's anti-inflammatory and it's also an antioxidant. It's a very simple ingredient list in this one, as is with all of the I'm From products, but this really does just leave your skin looking and feeling super smooth, cared for, moisturized, and hydrated. I need to get back on this one, I need to reopen one, get back into using it, once I know I can consistently use it."
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"Number five is a classic, the I'm From Rice Toner. 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. It also has this brightening property to it, and the way it just makes your skin look instantly upon use, it's so nice, it just looks more even, bouncy, and hydrated. There is an ingredient in this one called Pearl Extract which helps with irritated skin, it's anti-inflammatory and it's also an antioxidant. It's a very simple ingredient list in this one, as is with all of the I'm From products, but this really does just leave your skin looking and feeling super smooth, cared for, moisturized, and hydrated. I need to get back on this one, I need to reopen one, get back into using it, once I know I can consistently use it."
"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."
"I'm From Rice Toner is a really great example of a traditional Korean skincare ingredient which is rice. It has [...] a watery texture [...] but it's milkier as well, and that's the rice element at play here. 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. You can achieve a similar quality to hyaluronic acid without the thickness with rice extract because it has this balance between a lightness and just a kiss of moisture. It really makes your skin feel super duper like baby butt soft."
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"I'm From Rice Toner is a really great example of a traditional Korean skincare ingredient which is rice. It has [...] a watery texture [...] but it's milkier as well, and that's the rice element at play here. 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 love this, I love this. This is the Rice Toner from I'm From. 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. I'm obsessed with this. I love that it's vegan."
"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 is a milky toner you have to shake up, and I'm From says this is the version for oily or combination skin, in contrast to the I'm From Rice Toner. It has a balanced ratio of oil and water allowing it to absorb effortlessly into the skin and deliver a hydrated but not greasy finish, with a pretty simple and short ingredients list. Overall I feel like this is one of the kinds of toners I am going to declutter, but maybe I shouldn't, maybe I should give this a go for summer. I also feel like I'm going to not like it, but let me not get stuck in that mindset and actually try it."
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"This I'm From toner is a two layer toner, a moisturizing layer and a watery layer that you shake together so you get both hydration and moisturizing properties in one toner step. It's a little more watery than the original I'm From Rice Toner, which they say is a sign it's for oily skin, but I have dry skin and I love this so much more than the Rice Toner. Another thing I really like about it is that I can use it to make my own sheet masks, which is very hard to do with most milky toners but it works with this one. It doesn't evaporate rapidly, it stays moist on the skin for a long time."
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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."
Common questions
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What is I'm From Rice Toner?
A lightweight Korean toner formulated with rice bran extract and niacinamide, designed to brighten, hydrate, and even skin tone 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 90%.
What is I'm From Rice Toner's Guru Score?
I'm From Rice Toner holds a Guru Score of 90%. 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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