Enjoy making your own Facial Skin Toner
Cooling botanical skin toners may help to ease skin reddening.
Whether you have dry and sensitive skin or oily, blemished skin,
natural facial skin toners you can make yourself can be customized with
botanical extracts and oils. All natural skin toners are easy to make
yourself and can aid in restoring your skin's natural beauty.
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Tip:
Compresses of chilled toner help sooth
swollen, reddened eyes: Dampen 2 cotton pads well with toner,
lie down with your head slightly elevated and place pads on
your closed eyes for about 10 min.
Facial toner can be used
to soothe your skin following hair removal. After shaving your
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Skin Toner Recipe
Rose Toner
1/2 cup rose water
3 tbsp. orange-blossom water
4 drops everlasting oil aka Helichrysum oil
8 drops lavender essential oil
Pour all ingredients into dark glass bottle
and shake well before each use. The everlasting oil protects
against damage from irritation and inflammation and supports
the natural functions of your skin. Lavender essential oil prevents
cracking and heals minor inflammations. It also helps relieve
itching and is very good for cases of eczema.
Elderflower Toner
2-3 drops honey
1 tsp. elderflower glycerite
3 tbsp. rose water
3 tbsp. orange-blossom water
This toner is especially good for thirsty, dehydrated
skin. Dissolve the honey in the elderflower glycerite and pour
into a 4-oz. dark glass bottle; add the rose and orange blossom
waters. Shake the blend well before each use.
Components
in the elderflowers, when combined with honey, act as a humectant,
which means that they help draw moisture from the air to the
skin. This makes them particularly well-suited for sensitive
skin. Honey also helps alleviate parched, flaky skin.
Patchouli Toner
8 drops patchouli oil
1 tsp. lemon-balm glycerite
6 tbsp. rose water
For mature, sensitive or environmentally damaged
complexions, blend patchouli essential oil oil in lemon-balm
glycerite. Top it off with rose water and pour it into a 4-oz.
dark glass bottle. Shake before using. This blend is ideal for
chapped skin.
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For Skin with Large Pores
5tsp. freshly squeezed cucumber juice
2 tsp. distilled water
2 tsp. mint hydrosol
2 tsp. yarrow tincture
1 tsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice
Mix the ingredients. Pour the liquid into a
bottle and store it in the refrigerator. Shake it before use.
This toner should be used within 1 week or so.
For Blemished Skin
1 cup mint hydrosol
3 tbsp. dried chamomile flowers
3 tbsp. dried lemon-balm leaves
2 tbsp. wheat bran
1 tbsp. freshly strained raspberry juice
1 tsp. raw apple-cider vinegar

This toner helps heal painful pimples and removes
bacteria and excessive oil. Bring the mint hydrosol to a simmering
a small pot. Remove it from the heat and add herbs and the wheat
bran. Cover; steep for 1 hour. Strain the mixture through a
fine sieve, and then through a coffee filter. Squeeze the filter
to extract all the liquid. Pour the toner into a bottle with
the juice and vinegar. Refrigerate. Shake well before each use.
It will keep for up to 2 weeks.
For Oily Skin
1 cup mint hydrosol
3tbsp. dried coltsfoot flowers
3 tbsp. dried sage leaves
1 tsp. raw apple-cider vinegar
This toner speeds the healing of pimples and
regulates the activity of the oil glands. Simmer the hydrosol
in a small pot, and then remove it from the heat. Add the herbs
and cover. Steep for 1 hr. Strain the mixture through a fine
sieve then filter. Squeeze the filter to extract all the liquid.
Add the vinegar and store in a bottle. Shake before using. It
will keep for about 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
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Application:
Use toner regularly in the morning and again
in the evening after cleansing. Simply dampen a soft cloth or
cotton pad with toner and use it to moisten your face, neck
and upper chest. For extremely oily skin, or if you have been
perspiring heavily, use the toner several times between cleansings
during the day.
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Ingredient
Benefits:
Rose water for delicate skin: Produced when extracting
the essential oil of rose, rose water is a good base for a toner.
It is added to many skin-care products because of its tightening,
invigorating effect. Used alone, rose water nourishes the skin
and helps make it stay soft and silky.
Orange-blossom water for gentle freshening: Like rose
water, orange-blossom water is a by product of the essential-oil
extraction process. Made when producing neroli oil, it is mildly
astringent and helps restore suppleness and vitality, which
are often lacking in mature skin. It naturally soothes sensitive
facial tissue and increases blood flow to the skin.
Preserving toner: Homemade toners will keep for about
six months. During summer, it is advisable to store them in
the refrigerator to preserve their freshness. Manufacturers
add alcohol to their recipes to extend the shelf-life of the
commercial toners and astringents. When making toner at home,
it is best to avoid using alcohol in your blends. Alcohol is
particularly irritating to sensitive and dry skin because it
removes the oils that protect the skin. For a natural preservative,
try using vinegar-especially mild cider vinegar-in your homemade
toners instead. Just add a few drops of vinegar to your toner
mix; be sure to shake well before using.
Cucumber juice to tighten skin: Fresh cucumber juice
contains vitamins and large amounts of natural sulfur, which
help to tighten pores and disinfect the skin, giving it smooth,
clear and healthy appearance.
Apple-cider vinegar for blocked pores: Unprocessed and
unheated apple-cider vinegar, which is light brown, cloudy liquid,
contains malic acid, a natural alpha-hydroxy acid. This substance
gently loosens the dead skin cells on the surface of the face,
leaving smooth, silky skin. Diluted apple-cider vinegar also
acts as a normalizer, since it can regulate the oiliness of
the skin. In addition, it helps prevent inflammation. You can
find it in many health food-stores.
Yarrow tincture for clear skin: A tincture made from
yarrow flowers and leaves can help control oil production because
of the herb's astringent properties. It is also effective for
treating inflamed, infected pimples. Yarrow tincture is available
in health-food stores that specialize in herbal medicine.
Mint hydrosol for inflammation: The process of producing
essential oils leaves behind watery by-products, or hydrosols,
which retain the plants healing properties in diluted form.
Mint hydrosol, which is made from the peppermint plant, can
freshen and clarify oily, blemished skin. It also has a mild
antibacterial effect and helps prevent the formation of red,
inflamed, painful pimples.
Raspberry for circulation: Raspberry
purée contains sulfur, which helps to counteract inflammation
and promotes circulation.
Hydrosol - The condensed
water that is left behind when plants are steam distilled to
make essential oil. A little like waters made from roses and
lavenders and other herbs, except more pure and a little more
concentrated. You can make your own waters, just by steeping
an herb in warm water and straining. Or, you can purchase hydrosols.
See below.
What is a hydrosol?
Make your own Tinctures
Tinctures are alcohol-based solutions which draw out the healing
ingredients from herbs and flowers. You can make tinctures using
wild flowers or flowers from your garden. Simply use chopped
flowers and pack it in a jar half filled with the strongest
vodka. Use 100 – 150 gr. fresh flowers or herbs to 150ml alcohol.
If you use dried herbs or flowers use only 10 – 15 gr. in 150ml
alcohol. Seal the jar and leave it in on a sunny window sill
for 2 – 3 days. Then store in a dark place at room temperature
for 2 – 3 weeks, shaking it every day. Strain through muslin
cloth and store in a dark bottle. The tincture will keep for
2 – 3 years.
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rose water
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orange-blossom water
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everlasting oil aka Helichrysum oil
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lavender essential oil
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patchouli essential oil
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elderflower glycerite- I am having a
hard time finding a good source for elderflower
glycerite so make the following suggestion.
Since you are already into making your own
natural products, buy the elderflowers and
follow the following directions. Herbal
glycerite may be prepared using two methods.
In one method, dried or fresh herbs are
blended with pure vegetable glycerin. The
resulting mixture is shaken each day for
two weeks, then pressed or squeezed through
a filter to produce a clear product. Alternatively,
a glycerite may be prepared by slowly evaporating
the alcohol from a tincture and then adding
a volume of glycerin equal to the original
amount of alcohol.
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patchouli oil
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lemon-balm glycerite - same as above
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peppermint leaf - mint hydrosol -
The condensed water that
is left behind when plants are steam distilled
to make essential oil. A little like waters
made from roses and lavenders and other
herbs, except more pure and a little more
concentrated. You can make your own waters,
just by steeping an herb in warm water and
straining. Or, you can purchase hydrosols.
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