completes the skin cleansing routine and tones up the skin
leaving it fresh and clean
Natural skin toners
are often called balancers, clarifying lotions, skin purifiers,
or astrigents. Using a hydrated facial toner will help to remove
the makeup from your face and make your pores look smaller by
swelling the tissue around the pore. Natural skin toners are
benificial in keeping your skin from having different shades of
uneven color. If you have very oily skin you will benefit from
using natural skin toners, especially in the summer. Hydrated
facial toners leave your skin feeling cool and refreshed.
Natural skin
toners will normalize your skin
and leave it with a tingly tight feeling. Take a close look at
your skins profile to see if your skin is oily or dry. To have
clean, clear skin use an alcohol-free toner with bacteria
fighters. Natural skin toners help cut through the oils and
wipes the dirt from your face.
Natural beauty can be
found in organic products which are available on line. Natural
skin toners will create the shrunken-pores effect and leave your
skin feeling very clean, righ down to the pores. If you wash
your face quite a few times a day a hydrated facial toner might
be the right solution
for you.
Toners
Thorough
cleansing removes more than makeup, grime, and cellular
debris. It also strips your skin of its protective shield.
Toners, fresheners, and astringents restore the pH balance
of the acid mantle; remove any remaining makeup that was not
cleaned up, oily cleanser, or soap film.
After the skin
is thoroughly clean, apply a skin toner or rinse that has an
astringent effect. This will close the pores, tighten the
skin, and keep it from being exposed to many of the toxins
that are floating in the air or other environmental
pollutants.
A wide variety of toners are available. We recommend that
you avoid those products that contain alcohol. Alcohol dries
the skin and harms the soluble collagen below the surface of
the skin.
The common
herbs used in toners include witch hazel, geranium, honey,
lemon, ivy, sage, nettle, and burdock. Witch hazel has a
tendency to dry the skin. So, this should be balanced with
moisturizers such as Vitamin E, honey, etc.
Essential oils
are the gentlest way of toning up. Rose water for normal or
dry/sensitive skin or witch hazel for oilier skins are ideal
bases for fresheners. These can be applied with cotton wool
or for a more refreshing tone, sprayed on to the face.
Herbal tea
infusions are also ideal toners. Boil a cup of water and
infuse chamomile, marigold, rosehip or nettle teas (you can
also use herbal tea bags), add 2 drops of orange or lavender
oil and leave to cool. Oily skin benefits from juniper or
lemongrass whereas drier skins would benefit from rose or
sandalwood.
