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I have a confession to make. Thayers Witch Hazel Alcohol-Free Rose Petal Toner was the first skincare product that I ever used on my face in my entire life. The very first time I tried it, I was immediately taken aback by the amount of dirt on the cotton I used despite having just washed my face. My skin instantaneously felt so clean, refreshed and smooth. It never stung my face and its light rose scent, which I absolutely love, all the more contributed to the refreshing feeling it gave me. Not to exaggerate but I can liken what I felt then to the very first time I tried on my eyeglasses and I suddenly realized what I have been missing all along as the world was literally made clearer to me! I don’t mean to blow my own horn but, with continuous use of the toner, I noticed that my skin became smooth, brighter, even and clearer. What further surprised me is that I noticed how my pores became smaller after a few months of using the toner. My skin never went dry and I never h...

My sister, who’s based in Hong Kong, introduced me to this product three or four years back. At that time, she told me that this product has been getting so much rave and she’d see so many Mainlanders (people from mainland China) hording bottles of this. She even said that a bottle is sold every twelve (12) seconds (I found this hard to believe at that time and you’d probably feel the same if you haven’t tried this product yet). Just to digress about, it is common knowledge that Hong Kong is known not just as a shopping haven for cheap clothes and branded shoes/bags but also for cosmetics, as no sales tax is added to such cosmetics. You can just about buy not only the big brand names, e.g. Lancome, Dior, Shu Uemera, etc., but also other brands that you’ve probably never even heard of but are such a hit in other parts of the world and are just as effective as the big brands. You can find practically almost all brands of cosmetic products in Hong Kong and you need not go to...