Alright, let’s debunk toner the same way we debunked pre-poo — calmly, honestly, and with just enough side-eye to keep it real 😌👀 Toner is not mandatory for melanated skin. It’s not a missing step. And it’s definitely not the reason somebody else’s face is glowing on your feed ✨📱 Toner showed up when skincare started doing the absolute most. Cleansers got aggressive, faces got tight, and instead of fixing the cleanser… we added a product to apologize for it. That apology? 🧴 Toner. It’s the skincare version of “my bad.” Most toners don’t fix skin. They soothe what was just irritated, refresh what was just stripped, and make routines feel official. Which is fine — but let’s not give it credit it didn’t earn. Melanin-rich skin already knows how to regulate itself when you stop poking it every night 😭 Back in the day, skincare was simple: Wash your face 🧼 Put something on it 🧴 Go live your life 🏃🏾‍♀️💨 No cotton rounds. No stinging = working logic. No fear that you “missed a step.” Toner is optional the same way pre-poo is optional — helpful in very specific situations, unnecessary when the foundation is solid. And that’s the part most routines skip. Inside the Rinoure Method, we don’t add steps — we fix order, technique, and consistency first. When the basics are right, toner stops feeling essential and starts feeling like what it really is: a preference, not a requirement. Skin didn’t get weaker. Routines just got louder 📢 👇🏾 Engagement check: If you’ve been using toner just because “everyone does,” drop a 🧴 If your skin is fine without it, drop a 😌

The products aren't failing you. You're just asking them to fix things they were never designed to address. Context first. Products second.

Let me tell you about my friend Keisha. Beautiful. Smart. Melanin poppin'. ✨ Type 4c hair that could defy gravity on a good day and the laws of physics on a bad one. 🌀 Keisha's bathroom looked like a product graveyard. I'm talking: - 14 half-used curl creams (none of them worked) 🧴 - 9 edge controls (her edges said "no thank you") 🚫 - 23 oils (because if one oil is good, 23 is better, right?) 🫒 - A leave-in conditioner from 2019 that she SWEARS she'll finish 📅 - And my personal favorite: a $47 "miracle" butter that smelled like someone's basement had an identity crisis 💀 Every time I visited, there was a NEW product. A new brand. A new influencer who promised THIS one was different. 📦 "Girl, this one is specifically for Type 4 hair!" she'd say, holding up a jar like it was the Holy Grail. 🏆 Two weeks later? Same jar. Same problem. Different disappointment. 😤 One day I asked her: "Keisha... have you ever stopped to think that maybe it's not about finding the RIGHT product... but understanding what your hair actually NEEDS first?" 🤔 Cue the dramatic pause ⏸️ "What do you mean?" she asked, side-eyeing me like I'd just suggested she cut it all off. 👀 "Like... do you even know if your hair needs moisture or protein right now? Do you know what's causing the breakage? Are you just throwing products at problems you haven't even diagnosed?" 💧 Y'all. The LOOK on her face. 😳 She got quiet. Then she hit me with: "So you're telling me I've been out here buying solutions to problems I don't even understand?" BINGO. 🎯 Here's the thing, Melaninaires: Most of us are Keisha. 💁🏾‍♀️ We're not lazy. We're not careless. We're just trying to fix things without actually understanding what we're looking at. 🔍 So we end up: - Buying actives for skin barriers that are already compromised 🧴 - Layering protein on hair that's begging for moisture 💧 - Following routines made for someone else's biology 🧬 - And wondering why nothing sticks 🤷🏾‍♀️ It's not a product problem. It's an interpretation problem. 🧠