This Annui Peach 77 toner with Niacinamide, is a good toner. With brightening products such as this, I usually can tell by the next morning if they are working because I wake up looking pale in the mirror. At first I found this disconcerting, but now I think that this is just what they do sort of blanch the skin a bit. In midlife it is normal to have uneven skin tones and a sort of ruddy appearance, and this does seem to help with that a bit. It is a good underlying base for evening out my tone even better with foundation. This, I feel, is good for working in tandem with a following niacinamide serum at nighttime. It is fine as a stand-alone product though. Just apply with a gauze pad like you do most toners. One thing I was curious about, was if it would have a peach scent to it at all, because of the name and also I saw mention of fermented peaches in the making of it. It does not however smell like peaches at all, it has no scent. Which is probably healthier anyhow. This is a good toner, if you are looking to try something new and innovative!