I don’t usually fall for anything with a cute name.

“Mochi”? Please. I’m not five.

But everyone kept saying this toner is the one for dry, tired skin. So fine. I gave in.

Let’s get this out of the way:

It’s thick. Like, not water, not cream, but something in the awkward in-between.

The kind of texture that makes you question reality a little.

At first I thought I hated it. Too much, too slow to absorb, too… goopy.

But then my skin stopped flaking off like a pastry in winter.

And I woke up one morning and realized: 

I was soft. I was bouncy. I was… mochi-fied.

The bottle is huge, like borderline absurd.

I could probably bathe in it and still have some left.

And that plain, clinical packaging?

It weirdly comforts me. Like it might actually know what it’s doing.

I don’t want to love it.

But I do.

So now I’m emotionally attached to a $18 bottle of ceramide soup.

Rating: 4.6 out of 5 grumbles.

Disgust, reluctantly moisturized.

**Also, don’t buy it on amazon cuz they are way more expensive than oliveyoung