You can use your fingers to tap toner onto your face, rather than using a cotton pad to wipe it on your face.
When you use a cotton pad, the main funtion is to clean the face.
While tapping toner onto the face mainly helps to resupply the moisture that face needs.
Or you can use a thicker kind of toner, such as Lancome's Tonique Confort, provided it is suitable for ur skin.
to xiaoan
Yes, I am shanghainese. Thank you for your suggestion.
following is some reply post I got from other bbs
"I read from an article saying that some of the effect ingredients will be absorted into your hand before they are applied to your face., besides that, one of the purposes of using cotton pad is to wipe out the left dirt of your face after using the cleanser. So I would suggest to use cotton pad, even though it does waste quite an amount of toner."
anyway, i decide use my finge. Those stuff just so so expensive