Shop the K-beauty toner pads designed to soothe, smooth, and brighten skin
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If you’ve seen people across social media slathering their faces with little translucent square or circular sheets, you’ve likely seen the latest K-beauty trend doing the rounds.
Enter: K-beauty toner pads. These often dual-sided, textured cotton or vegan fibre pads are packed with essences, serums, or toners, and are designed to enhance and streamline your skincare routine.
With a range of options on the market depending on your skin’s needs, we’ve found some of the top picks you can buy now.
Shop some of the best K-Beauty toner pads on the market from Medicube, Mediheal, and more. Medicube / Skin Control
NOTE: Prices are accurate at time of publishing.
Skin Control Jelly Swipes Facial Toner Pads
Skin Control Jelly Swipes Facial Toner Pads. Skin Control
Skin Control’s Jelly Swipes Toner Pads are designed to offer relief and revival with a cooling burst of hydration. The essence-drench pad claims to hydrate, refresh, and restore the skin’s bounciness.
Skin type: All
Key ingredients: Collagen, glycerin, hyaluronic Acid, squalene, vitamin B5, peptides, and ceramides
Mediheal Madecassoside Blemish Care Toner Pads
Mediheal Madecassoside Blemish Care Toner Pads. Mediheal
These toner pads from Mediheal are designed to soothe irritated skin, calm the appearance of acne marks, and reduce redness. They are are said to be suitable for a range of skin types, including those with sensitive skin.
Skin type: Dry and sensitive
Key ingredients: Cica, madecassoside, and niacinamide
Mediheal PDRN Lifting Pads
Mediheal PDRN Lifting Pads. Mediheal
These PDRN Lifting Pads from Mediheal claim to help firm the skin, while also offering hydration for dry skin. They are also designed to reduce morning puffiness and provide a cooling feeling to kick-start your routine.
Skin type: Dry, fatigued, sensitive, and mature skin types
Key ingredients: Niacinamide, rosa damascena flower water, and sodium DNA
numbuzin No.5 Vitamin-Niacinamide Concentrated Toner Pads
numbuzin No.5 Vitamin-Niacinamide Concentrated Toner Pads. numbuzin
These dual-sided skincare pads are designed to help support a brighter complexion, while also helping to reduce dark spots and acne scars. The concentrated brightening essence is said to help support a smoother, more radiant appearance.
Skin type: Oily, dry, combination, acne-prone
Key ingredients: Glutathione, niacinamide, vitamin C, and tranexamic acid
Anua Heartleaf 77 Pore Care Toner Pads
Anua Heartleaf 77 Pore Care Toner Pads. Anua
This all-in-one pad has been designed to exfoliate, hydrate, and soothe, making it a great all-in-one option for those in the toner pad market. Formulated with PHA, the lightest exfoliating acid, it is designed to gently buff dry and dead skin, helping to clear acne, smooth texture, and reduce hyperpigmentation. It is also double sided: one smooth side to be worn like a face mask, and one textured side to act as an exfoliant.
Skin type: Sensitive, dry, oily, acne-prone
Key ingredients: Gluconolactone, heartleaf water, cica, madecassoside
Medicube Zero Pore Pads 2.0
Medicube Zero Pore Pads 2.0. Medicube
You might have seen the Medicube Zero Pore Pads on your TikTok feed, and for good reason. These dual-textured pads are designed to exfoliate, unclog pores, and control excess sebum. Rest assured that your skin will feel refreshed and soothed; they are also packed with skin-calming ingredients like panthenol and allantoin.
Skin type: Acne-prone, very oily, oily, dry
Key ingredients: Salicylic acid, lactic acid, panthenol, allantoin, hyaluronic acid
Biodance Collagen Gel Toner Pads
Biodance Collagen Gel Toner Pads. Biodance
The Biodance Collagen Gel Toner Pads are designed to penetrate the skin deeply to enhance natural elasticity and firmness. Thanks to its unique formulation, the pads are said to help improve uneven skin tone, boost radiance and glow, refine pores, and reduce skin redness and irritation.
Skin type: Combination, dry, normal, and oily skin
Key ingredients: Low-molecular-weight collagen, oligo hyaluronic acid, allantoin, and galactomyces ferment filtrate
Torriden Dive In Multi Toner Pad
Torriden Dive In Multi Toner Pad. Torriden
Formulated with a serum-rich essence, these Torriden pads are designed to instantly cool, hydrated, and offer mild exfoliating properties. They are gentle while helping to restore the skin’s natural balance.
Skin type: Sensitive, acne-prone, and dry or dehydrated skin
Key ingredients: 5D-Complex hyaluronic acid, allantoin, panthenol, PHA and citric acid
Innisfree Green Tea Enzyme Vitamin C Brightening Toner Pads
Innisfree Green Tea Enzyme Vitamin C Brightening Toner Pads. Innisfree
Innisfree is a popular K-beauty brand, and its new toner pads are soaked with pure vitamin C and niacinamide, designed to help brighten dull skin and help reduce the appearance of dark spots and acne scars. The green tea enzymes and PHA help to gently exfoliate and remove dead skin cells.
Skin type: All skin types, including sensitive skin
Key ingredients: Vitamin C, niacinamide, green tea enzyme, hyaluronic acid, madecassoside, allantoin, tangerine peel extract
COSRX One Step Original Clear Pad
COSRX One Step Original Clear Pad. CORSX
These clearing pads from COSRX keep things simple. They are designed to gently exfoliate the skin, clear pores, reduce blackheads, and control oil. Using BHA, the pads claim to smooth skin, leaving it feeling fresh and clean.
Skin type: Oily, acne-prone, and combination skin types
Key ingredients: Betaine salicylate (BHA), natural willow bark water, and tea tree leaf oil
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What are toner pads?
K-Beauty toner pads are simply cotton or gel rounds or squares that are pre-soaked in a toner solution. They come readily available in little tubs (sometimes with a pair of tweezers inside, used for careful pad separation), so can be immediately swiped on or stuck to the face.
They are available in many different varieties depending on your skin needs. There are ones that are designed to focus on exfoliation, others look to brighten complexion, plump the skin, or unclog pores.
How to use toner pads
Typically, toner will be applied to a cotton pad and swiped across the skin. However, with K-Beauty toner pads, there are a few ways that they work. You can still use them purely as a toner, just streamlining the process from pot to face instead of having to pour any from a bottle.
They can also be used as spot treatments. If you have a spot, some irritation, or fine lines you wish to smooth, apply the sheet to the area and keep it there for five to 10 minutes. Since they are so thin and weightless, they’ll easily hold as you go about your day.
Or, if you need a more intensive treatment, you can take a few and use them like a sheet mask. They are easier to apply than a typical sheet mask (less breakage or faffing around) and you can mix and match pads depending on your skin goals.
Why are Korean toner pads a popular prep step?
These pre-saturated pads are more than a simple toner, they act as several steps at once. They are designed to clear away residue missed by your cleanser, deliver active ingredients, regulate the skin’s pH, and prep the surface for the next part of your skincare routine.
When do you use toner pads?
Toner pads are the second part of your skincare routine. They are used following cleansing and before applying serums and creams, moisturising, and applying SPF.
