My face was literally flaking off into my coffee last winter. This is the fermented rice toner that stopped the carnage.
It’s not hydrating — it’s *pre-hydrating*. Your skin drinks everything after it like a dehydrated sponge. That’s the trick nobody talks about.
Sioris calls it a “first essence” — you pat it on right after cleansing, before anything else. It’s $38 for 150ml. I bought it because a Korean esthetician said it fixed her “transepidermal water loss.” I had to Google that. Turns out my skin had it bad.
97% Yuja (Citron) Water
No plain water base — actual fermented fruit juice. Smells like sour lemon candy.
Fermented Rice Bran Extract
The glow factor. Not instant — takes like 2 weeks of consistent use.
5-Layer Hydration Claim
Marketing BS? I counted. My moisturizer sat better on top. So… maybe not.
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The formula is stupid short — like 8 ingredients. No fragrance, no alcohol, no nonsense. Just fermented rice, yuja, and glycerin doing the heavy lifting. It’s the kind of simplicity that makes expensive serums look embarrassed.
- Fermented Rice Bran Extract: Softens texture without clogging — even my oily T-zone liked it
- Yuja (Citron) Water: Brighter skin in 3 days. Not lying.
- Glycerin: The boring MVP. Holds moisture in your face for hours
- Sodium Hyaluronate: The smaller-molecule HA that actually penetrates
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It’s watery. Like, almost-drips-off-your-finger watery. But it absorbs in about 8 seconds — not sticky, not filmy. Just… gone. My skin felt plush but not wet.
Week 2: I forgot to use it one morning and my foundation clung to dry patches I thought were dead. That’s when I knew it was doing something real.
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My flaking stopped after 4 days. The weird tight feeling around my nose? Gone by day 10. But my fine lines on my forehead? Still there. It’s not Botox in a bottle — it’s just really good prep.
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For dry skin that’s tired of layering six products just to feel normal? This is the one. It’s not flashy, but it works — and that’s rarer than you think.