Lemon Toner
Freshen and tighten your skin with this lovely lemon toner.
Ingredients:
1/2 c. lemon juice
1 c. distilled water
2/3 c. witch hazel
How to make:
Combine all the ingredients in a glass measuring cup and mix well.
Pour into a clean bottle or container.
Shake well before each use.
To use:
Apply to face with a cotton ball or soft cloth
Cucumber Toner
Cucumber juice is a natural astringent. It can tone and tighten skin!
Ingredients:
1/4 cucumber
How to make:
Grate the cucumber to release juice
To use:
Then use a wash cloth and apply the cucumber juice to your face.
Eggwhite Toner
Egg whites are amazing at tightening the skin!
Ingredients:
Egg White
To use:
Apply raw egg whites to the skin and leave on for at least 15 minutes. Wash off with tepid water.
Pine Toner
Awaken and tighten your skin with this lovely pine toner
Ingredients:
2 cups fresh pine needles
1 cup distilled water
1/2 cup witch hazel
How to make:
Place pine needles in small saucepan with distilled water.
Bring water to boil.
Allow water to cool completely then strain and discard pine needles.
Add witch hazel and stir well.
Pour into a clean bottle or decorative capped container.
How to use:
Apply to skin with a cotton ball. Store in a cool dark place.
Queen of Hungary Water
This water can be used as an astringent, aftershave, deodorant, hair and skin tonic. Even as an inhaled headache remedy!
Ingredients:
1 part roses
1 part lavender
1 part rosemary
1 part sage
1 part orange peel
1 part lemon peel
2 parts mint
cider vinegar
How to make:
To 2 ounces apple cider vinegar, add 2 ounces of the above herbal formula.
Put in an air-tight glass jar, let steep for about 2 weeks.
Strain and add 1 1/2 cups pure distilled rosewater.
Pour into a decorative, air tight decanter
To use:
use daily
Rose Water and Glycerine Astringent
Rose water is a classic skin toner and works wonders
Ingredients:
1/2 pint olive oil
1 ounce rose water
a few drops of glycerin
1 ounce vodka
How to make:
Mix together
To use:
Put on face for 20 minutes then rinse off.
Lemony Lavender Toner
Freshen and tighten your skin with this lovely lemon lavender toner.
Ingredients:
3 drops lemon oil
3 drops lavender oil
3 teaspons of distilled water
To make:
Mix together well.
To use:
Use a soft cotton ball to massage mixture into the skin after cleansing.
Cucumber Honey Toner
Cucumber is a wonderful astringent and when mixed with honey is fabulous.
Ingredients:
1 medium Cucumber, peeled and cut up into pieces
2 tsp. Honey
To make:
Puree cucumber in a blender.
Line a sieve with cheesecloth and set the sieve over a glass bowl or measuring cup.
Pour the cucumber puree through the sieve and let it stand for 15 minutes for the juices to drip into the bowl.
Pour the clear juice into a clean bottle and add honey.
To use:
shake the bottle and saturate a cotton pad with the lotion. Sweep over face, neck and chest morning and night, and let it air dry (about 3 to 4 minutes). Store covered in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. Makes about 1/2 cup.
Strawberry Toner
Mash strawberries, use as an astringent and cleansing face mask.
Violet Toner
Simmer violet flowers in a little milk to make a softening and mildly astringent face lotion.
Witch Hazel
Use an extract of witch hazel as an astringent, a skin freshener and to soothe skin irritations.
