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Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner.

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About this product

A thin, watery hydrating toner from Round Lab, designed to add a light layer of moisture to the skin.

Full ingredients

Purified Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Pentylene Glycol, Propanediol, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Saccharum Officinarum (Sugarcane) Extract, Sea Water, 1,2-Hexanediol, Protease, Betaine, Panthenol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Allantoin, Xanthan Gum, Disodium EDTA

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Guru Score

78%

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8 experts · Moderate agreement
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What the gurus are saying

This toner's thin, watery texture keeps coming up, and it hydrates without the greasy sheen some hydrating products leave. Sensitive or dehydrated skin is the fit the takes point to most, and repeated layering on parched skin has caused no irritation for those who tried it. The one thing to keep in mind: oily skin is the group the takes steer clear of, and a lone nay says not to buy it.
Synthesized from 8 expert reviews · most recent take October 2026

What they liked

  • Lightweight hydration
  • Soothing ingredients
  • Best for dry skin

What they flagged

  • Too rich for oily skin
  • Slippery texture

Type

TonersLiquid

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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✓Yay
"The texture is more of a rich milky sensation, so it'll feel more substantial than the others. This product will also be great for dry to normal skin types that want serious moisture plus barrier repair. So if you have oily skin, I would skip this one, but if your skin is dry and you want that rich milky essence formulation, this is your girl. This one is solid."
✓Mixed
"I'm using this a lot with my customers. I feel it's okay, but if you apply it with a cotton swab and wipe it out, it works pretty well, because the hyaluronic acid in it makes it a little slippery. Wiped out that way, it definitely gives your skin hydration."
✓Yay
"For toners I've tried several of their toners and their Dokdo toner I went through so fast I loved it and I bought up a backup and then my friend ended up wanting to try it so I gave it to her because I liked it so much."
✓Yay
"The Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner [...] helps to replenish my dehydrated skin, and it also has a touch of protease, which can help with congestion and texture, which I'm prone to as the season shifts. It's not a traditional chemical exfoliant, which means I can use it morning and night without worries or concerns about skin irritation. It doesn't push my skin barrier, but it helps to address what's going on with my skin in a gentle manner."
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"This is my recommendation for sensitive skin going through dehydration."
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"It's a really simple, to-the-point type of toner, but that's what I like in skin care. Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner, another five out of five. I don't mess around with my toners, I know what I like, and this is one that I really like. I find this to be another simple, straightforward type of toner, but I do feel like this dives in just a little bit deeper, it's just a little bit more hydrating. It's really thin, watery, lightweight, quickly absorbed, but very great for my dehydrated skin."
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"I love this toner. It has a texture that I think is going to work for a lot of different skin types, it's really easy to add into any type of routine. The texture is just really watery, it dives in deep, but the difference here is I find the hydration level to be a lot higher than Anua, and so for me this is my top toner pick, especially out of what is offered at YesStyle. It would be my number one hydrating, most hydrating toner pick out of what's available on their site."
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"I can't tell you how many bottles of the Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner I've been through where I'm layering it two, three, four times onto my skin in the morning and in the night time in the same day and then repeating it week after week after week after week and I've never had irritation. I've never even had the hint of overexfoliation or even any exfoliation quite honestly with this toner."
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"This is the Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner and I love the texture of this, look at that, so watery, so thin, and yet so much hydration. It just feels like a great drink of water. My skin just drank up that first layer, going in for a second one. This is just that good watery, deep, replenishing layer that my skin is craving without being too thick."
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"This toner doesn't have exfoliation benefits, which is good for me because I'm very sensitive to exfoliation in my skincare routine. What it does well is hydrate the skin in a really good texture that I call a universal texture, something that will work for pretty much every skin type because it's pure water. It's so watery there's no slip, there's no bounce, there's no body, there's no plumping to it, it really is just water."
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"It has a very minimal ingredients list, it's not trying to do too much, it's not trying to blast your skin with lots of humectants. It's just very simple but very hydrating and very watery, and I think it will suit a majority of skin types. It doesn't offer a lot of slip or body or thickness, which I think can be kind of overwhelming for some oily folks or even balanced skin types. It can feel like too much. This is pure water that's absorbed very quickly into the skin."
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"It is probably the thinnest toner that we're going to talk about in today's video. As far as texture goes, it's very very watery, very quickly absorbed into the skin. I would say it's pretty pretty good hydration levels. But because it is a little bit thinner, I do think it brings a little less to the skin. [...] I'm very picky about hydration. This is pretty darn close though. And I do enjoy this in the warmer months when my skin actually isn't as dehydrated or as demanding as thirsty."
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"It's really layerable, but each layer of toner is incredibly hydrating, really replenishing to my skin. It just doesn't weigh it down at all. Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner, yep, you've seen it in a lot of other empty videos before. It's very similar to the Numus In toner, although I think Numus is just the tiniest bit more hydrating. Round Lab is actually really perfect for the summer months for me because it is so weightless, so breathable, not sticky on the skin. I'm rating this a 10 out of 10."
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"It's going to work for any skin type in my opinion. There are some really great hydrating ingredients in here including panthenol, glycerin, and niacinamide, and it really does dive deep into the skin. So if you have dehydrated skin, I think you might enjoy this one because sometimes you just need that deeper hydration. I think this really provides it nicely. There's some seaweed content in here and that can be a really great balancing ingredient."
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"This is such a great foundation to a skincare routine because it's really light, quickly absorbed into the skin, and deeply hydrating. This formula from Round Lab also contains an enzyme that helps to gently encourage dead skin cells to shed away from the skin, and that results in smoother texture and brighter, clearer skin. And [...] this product can be layered up multiple times on the skin because the texture is so quickly absorbed and really light and watery. Perfect for any skin type."
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"I've been using it morning and night time, and I've been noticing how much smoother my skin is feeling lately than right before I started this up. It definitely just helps to very gently and slowly address those textural issues that pop up this time of year as my combination skin starts to shift a little bit more towards the dry side."
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"It really offers that deep down replenishment that I am looking for. It brings a lot of relief to my skin in a nice thin lightweight layer with a very minimal ingredients list. The protease enzyme in this product helps to loosen up the keratin in your skin and sebum, which helps to [...] regulate that a little bit better and may help to decrease the amount of texture and congestion that you start to get. I'm kind of falling back in love with it."
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"The Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner [...] helps to replenish my dehydrated skin, and it also has a touch of protease, which can help with congestion and texture, which I'm prone to as the season shifts. It's not a traditional chemical exfoliant, which means I can use it morning and night without worries or concerns about skin irritation. It doesn't push my skin barrier, but it helps to address what's going on with my skin in a gentle manner."
✓Yay
"I really enjoyed this. [...] It has this hatching X07 technology, which is kind of interesting because in theory it's going to help loosen the dead, clumped up skin cells on the surface of the stratum corneum to help hydrate and smooth out the surface of the skin without getting in there and dissolving the bonds between dead stuck together skin cells and potentially being irritating for sensitive skin. This has antioxidants and polysaccharides from the red algae extract in this."
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"Round Lab has a lot of really great hydrating moisturizing skincare products. This has Condos Crispus, which is a marine extract that's very hydrating, kind of hyaluronic acid adjacent, glycerin adjacent. It also has glycerin and proteases, okay, and an enzyme Allen toen that is soothing. Hydrating toners like this can be helpful after shaving instead of using something marketed as an aftershave."
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"It's not simply hydrating, it also provides a little bit of ever so gentle exfoliation [...] through its moisture retaining properties, which helps loosen dead skin cells from the surface. [...] It contains red algae, which is hydrating and loaded with antioxidants, [...] polysaccharides [...] for hydration, and sugarcane extract for additional moisturizing properties."
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"I really enjoyed this. [...] It has this hatching X07 technology, which is kind of interesting because in theory it's going to help loosen the dead, clumped up skin cells on the surface of the stratum corneum to help hydrate and smooth out the surface of the skin without getting in there and dissolving the bonds between dead stuck together skin cells and potentially being irritating for sensitive skin. This has antioxidants and polysaccharides from the red algae extract in this."
✓Yay
"I've recently been using their toner frequently, it's very hydrating. [...] The Dokdo toner is incredible, it's just a nice experience, especially when it's summer and the weather's hot and you just want some light hydration on your skin. It's got glycerin, aloe, water, soothing ingredients, really super great for a lightweight hydrating step."
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✓Yay
"This is a nice one to put on [...] cotton pads and leave on your skin. If you get hot rosacea like I do, having it flare up, you can soak it in and leave it on and you get this instant soothing feeling. It's very watery so I prefer to use it on a cotton pad. One of my favorite toners, and a multi-award winner. It's also really good on dry legs if you get dry legs [...] in the winter."
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"This is a nice one to put on [...] cotton pads and leave on your skin. If you get hot rosacea like I do, having it flare up, you can soak it in and leave it on and you get this instant soothing feeling. It's very watery so I prefer to use it on a cotton pad. One of my favorite toners, and a multi-award winner. It's also really good on dry legs if you get dry legs [...] in the winter."
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"But if you are after something that simply hydrates in a really, really nice way, this is one of the better toners at doing that. I love Round Lab as a brand for somebody who does like hydrating my skin without overdoing it and without hydrating products that leave a greasy finish, because some of them do. I think a lot of hydrating products nowadays want to hydrate the skin, but also make you feel like it's been overly hydrated by leaving a sheen. Round Lab products don't do that."
✓Yay
"We're kicking things off with the Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner, renowned as the number one toner in Korea. I personally love layering this toner about two to three layers, especially when my skin feels parched and dehydrated. Inside, this toner boasts deep sea water from Korea and features patented Hatching EXO7 technology to control sebum production, as well as allantoin and panthenol for that extra hydration and soothing properties."
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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.

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner?

A thin, watery hydrating toner from Round Lab, designed to add a light layer of moisture to the skin.

Is Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner worth it?

Mostly yes. 7 of the 8 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 78%.

What is Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner's Guru Score?

Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner holds a Guru Score of 78%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 8 expert reviewers we have collected.

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