Where does this toner pad go in my routine?

Use one pad from it straight after cleansing, morning and evening. Anything thinner than a toner pad goes on before it, and anything richer goes on after. If you are adding it to a routine you already like, give it a week on its own first, so what you see is the Sodium Hyaluronate and not three changes at once.

What else is on the list besides Sodium Hyaluronate?

Allantoin, Zinc PCA and Centella Asiatica Extract. The order they are printed in on this toner pad's panel is the order on the box, so you can see where Sodium Hyaluronate sits relative to them. Further down the same panel: Hydrolyzed Gardenia Florida Extract, Panthenol and Hyaluronic Acid.

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Ultra-Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Zinc Cooling Pad 60ea

Name: Isntree Ultra-Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Zinc Cooling Pad 60ea
Brand: Isntree
Price: 16.99 USD
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Isntree Ultra-Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Zinc Cooling Pad is a 60pads toner pad whose ingredient list carries Sodium Hyaluronate alongside Allantoin and Zinc PCA.

Reviewed by Nurcan Saglam, licensed dermo-cosmetic expert (Paris)

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$16.99

60pads

Korean-market formula
Ships from California or direct from Korea
Korean barcode and batch code intact

Suited to: Congested skinUneven textureDehydrated skinSensitive skin

Helps with: Shoppers looking for Sodium Hyaluronate in a toner padRoutines that want Sodium Hyaluronate and Allantoin in one stepFilling the toner pad step with a Korean-market formula

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Key benefits

Sodium Hyaluronate, the humectant this toner pad is built around
Allantoin and Zinc PCA on the same list, actives
Centella Asiatica Extract and Hydrolyzed Gardenia Florida Extract on the same list, plant extracts
Panthenol and Hyaluronic Acid further down the same list
Dimethylsilanol Hyaluronate and Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid further down the same list
Sodium Hyaluronate named eighteenth on the manufacturer list printed on this page

Key actives

6Allantoinactive

Allantoin is a comfrey-derived compound used to condition skin and soften the outer layer so it feels smoother. It is one of the standard additions to a formula built for easily irritated skin. It is named sixth on this toner pad's list, alongside Sodium Hyaluronate.

All products with Allantoin

14Centella Asiatica Extractplant extract

Centella Asiatica is the plant behind the whole cica category, sold as gotu kola or Madagascar centella. Its extract is the anchor of Korean formulas built for easily reddened skin, and its work is done by four triterpenes: asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic acid and madecassic acid. The panel names it fourteenth on this toner pad's list, beside Sodium Hyaluronate.

All products with Centella Asiatica Extract

18Sodium Hyaluronatehumectant

Sodium Hyaluronate is the salt of hyaluronic acid, and it is what most products labelled hyaluronic actually contain. The salt dissolves more readily and the molecule is smaller, so it sits in the outer layer of skin rather than only on top of it. The name on the box points at it, and it is named eighteenth on this toner pad's own ingredient list.

All products with Sodium Hyaluronate

31Hydrolyzed Gardenia Florida Extractplant extract

Hydrolyzed Gardenia Florida Extract is gardenia extract broken into smaller fragments so a water-based formula can carry it evenly. It is named thirty-first on this toner pad's list, alongside Sodium Hyaluronate.

All products with Hydrolyzed Gardenia Florida Extract

32Zinc PCAactive

Zinc PCA pairs zinc with the humectant PCA. It is used in oily and blemish-prone formulas for the look of shine and visible pores, and it hydrates at the same time. The panel names it thirty-second on this toner pad's list, beside Sodium Hyaluronate.

All products with Zinc PCA

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

No fragrance

on the list

6Allantoin14Centella Asiatica18Sodium Hyaluronate31Hydrolyzed Gardenia

6Allantoin
14Centella Asiatica
18Sodium Hyaluronate
31Hydrolyzed Gardenia

Where each key active sits on the declared ingredient list, by entry number. Position is proportion: the further forward, the larger its share.

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30 of 32 explained

Water solvent: Water is the base almost every serum, toner and cream is built on. It dissolves the water-loving ingredients and sets how light the finished texture feels. On an INCI list it is usually first, which only means it is the largest single ingredient by weight.
Butylene Glycol humectant: Butylene Glycol is a small glycol that does two jobs at once: it holds water in the top layer of skin and it dissolves plant extracts and actives that plain water cannot. It also thins a formula, which is why watery Korean essences lean on it.
1,2-Hexanediol humectant: 1,2-Hexanediol is a glycol used for two reasons: it holds water like glycerin, and it makes a formula harder for microbes to live in, so less traditional preservative is needed. Korean formulas use it heavily for that second reason.
Betaine humectant: Betaine is a sugar-beet-derived humectant that cells use to hold water. In a formula it hydrates and takes the edge off cleansers and acids, which is why it often appears alongside them.
Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate emulsifier: Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate is a sugar-derived emulsifier and solubiliser, mild enough to be a standard choice in Korean essences. It dissolves small amounts of oil into water without any tightening feel.
Allantoin active: Allantoin is a comfrey-derived compound used to condition skin and soften the outer layer so it feels smoother. It is one of the standard additions to a formula built for easily irritated skin.
Xanthan Gum thickener: Xanthan Gum is a polysaccharide made by fermenting sugar. It thickens a watery formula into a gel and holds the whole thing in suspension so nothing separates. Too much of it and a serum turns stringy, which is why it appears in fractions of a percent.
Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer thickener: This is a synthetic thickener that gels quickly and holds an emulsion stable across a wide pH range. It gives a light, non-tacky body.
Disodium EDTA chelator: EDTA is a chelator: it locks up trace metal ions from water and packaging that would otherwise turn a formula cloudy, off-colour or rancid. It does nothing to skin and appears at a fraction of a percent.
Sodium Citrate pH adjuster: Sodium Citrate is the salt of citric acid, used as a buffer: it holds a formula at a steady pH rather than pushing it in one direction. It is also a mild chelator.
Citric Acid pH adjuster: Citric Acid is used in tiny amounts to bring a formula to the pH its actives need, not as an exfoliant at that level. It is an AHA, so at much higher concentrations it can also exfoliate.
Panthenol humectant: Panthenol is pro-vitamin B5: skin converts it to pantothenic acid. It is a humectant that holds water and leaves skin feeling soft and less tight, and it is one of the ingredients formulators reach for when a formula also contains something harsh.

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Sea Water mineral: Sea Water is filtered and desalinated seawater used in place of plain water. It carries magnesium, calcium and potassium, so it brings the mineral balance of the base closer to skin's own.
Centella Asiatica Extract plant extract: Centella Asiatica is the plant behind the whole cica category, sold as gotu kola or Madagascar centella. Its extract is the anchor of Korean formulas built for easily reddened skin, and its work is done by four triterpenes: asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic acid and madecassic acid.
Glyceryl Glucoside humectant: Glyceryl Glucoside is glycerin bound to glucose, from the resurrection plant. It is a humectant that holds water in the outer layer of skin.
Ethylhexylglycerin preservative booster: Ethylhexylglycerin softens skin and boosts a preservative system, which is why it is nearly always sitting beside phenoxyethanol or 1,2-hexanediol. It also cuts down the odour bacteria produce, so it turns up in deodorising products.
Glycerin humectant: Glycerin is the most used humectant in skincare. It draws water into the outer layer of skin and holds it there, and it is one of the very few ingredients whose hydrating effect is settled science rather than marketing. Higher amounts feel tacky, which is why it is usually blended.
Sodium Hyaluronate humectant: Sodium Hyaluronate is the salt of hyaluronic acid, and it is what most products labelled hyaluronic actually contain. The salt dissolves more readily and the molecule is smaller, so it sits in the outer layer of skin rather than only on top of it.
Hyaluronic Acid humectant: Hyaluronic Acid is a sugar chain the body already makes, and one gram of it can hold several litres of water. In a formula it is a humectant that pulls water to the surface of skin and holds it in a film, which is what makes skin look plumper while it is there.
Dimethylsilanol Hyaluronate humectant: Dimethylsilanol Hyaluronate is hyaluronic acid joined to a silicon-based group. It hydrates and leaves a smoother, silkier finish than hyaluronic acid alone.
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid humectant: Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid is hyaluronic acid cut into much shorter fragments. The smaller the fragment, the further into the outer layer it can settle, which is why serums stack several sizes together instead of using one.
Potassium Hyaluronate humectant: Potassium Hyaluronate is another salt of hyaluronic acid, used for the same reason as the sodium form: it dissolves easily and holds a large amount of water in the outer layer of skin.
Zinc Hydrolyzed Hyaluronate humectant: Short-chain hyaluronic acid paired with zinc, so it delivers both the humectant and the trace mineral.
Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate humectant: Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate carries a positive charge, and skin carries a slight negative one, so it is attracted to the surface and stays through rinsing. It is the hyaluronic used where a formula gets washed off.
Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer humectant: Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer is hyaluronic acid linked into a mesh. It holds water in a soft gel on the surface rather than sinking in, and it releases that water slowly through the day.
Maltodextrin film former: Maltodextrin is a starch-derived sugar chain used to carry powdered extracts and to form a light film. It also gives a soft, smoothing feel.
Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil fragrance component: Lavender Oil is an essential oil carrying linalool and linalyl acetate. It scents a formula, and linalool is one of the fragrance components EU labelling requires to be named separately.
Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate humectant: Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate is hyaluronic acid modified to be part oil-loving, so it clings to skin instead of rinsing away. Formulators call it the one that stays put.
Hydrolyzed Gardenia Florida Extract plant extract: Hydrolyzed Gardenia Florida Extract is gardenia extract broken into smaller fragments so a water-based formula can carry it evenly.
Zinc PCA active: Zinc PCA pairs zinc with the humectant PCA. It is used in oily and blemish-prone formulas for the look of shine and visible pores, and it hydrates at the same time.

How it works

The Ultra-Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Zinc Cooling Pad is a 60pads toner pad, used use one pad from it straight after cleansing, morning and evening. The humectant it is built around is Sodium Hyaluronate, named eighteenth on its own ingredient list. The same list carries Allantoin, Zinc PCA and Centella Asiatica Extract, so the humectant is not the only thing on it worth naming. How much of the Sodium Hyaluronate stays on the skin, and for how long, is decided by the toner pad format rather than by the list alone. Isntree sells this Sodium Hyaluronate toner pad in Korea, and this is that version.

How to use

Use one pad from the Ultra-Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Zinc Cooling Pad straight after cleansing, morning and evening.
Sweep the textured side outward across the face, then press the smooth side over anywhere that felt tight.
It replaces the toner step, so serum and moisturizer follow it in the usual order while skin is still damp.
One pad a session, twice a day. Do not go back over the same area again and again; a soaked pad is an application tool, not a scrub.

Worth knowing

Patch test this toner pad on a small area and wait a day before using it more widely, especially with Sodium Hyaluronate on the list.
Introduce this toner pad on its own for the first week, so anything your skin does is traceable to the Sodium Hyaluronate rather than to three changes at once.

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Isntree, Korean-market original

The Original Korean Formula toner pad from Isntree, 60pads formulated with Sodium Hyaluronate and Allantoin, shipped from California or direct from Korea.

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The manufacturer’s batch code, exactly as the maker printed it.

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What professionals say

What skin-care professionals say about the key actives in this formula, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.

Hyaluronic acid helps bind water to collagen, which traps water in the skin. That helps make the skin more plump and full-looking.
Samantha Stein, PA-CDermatology physician assistant, Cleveland Clinic
Allantoin can tone down the dryness of the individual cells. It increases the water content of the skin, which means it helps to hydrate and moisturize.
Wilma Bergfeld, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic