Skin Toning

Skin Toners : Natural and facial skin toners

Skin toners are necessary for all skin types. Skin toners helps to improve blood circulation to the skin surface and gives the skin the glow that is associated with its good health. You can also make a natural skin toner at home.Tomato juice is a good skin toner

Tips for skin toning

• If you have normal, combination or dry skin, use very delicate and light preparation to refresh the skin. Never use a harsh astringent lotion for this purpose. Rose water based product is preferred.
• Toner for sensitive skin is to mash the strawberries and apply it for 5 minutes and wash it off.
• Oily skinned people should tone with an astringent lotion, applying to the oiliest places, that is sides of the nose, chin and forehead.
• Two tablespoons of lemon juice wit one tablespoon glycerine and three tablespoons of rose water should be used for a dry skin. Rub this juice on the skin.
  
• Mineral water diluted with rose water is used for dry skin. Apply it gently with the cotton avoiding the eye and upper cheek area.
  
• For dry skin vitamin E and wheat oil are also effective.
• Moisten cotton wool with skin toning lotion and put it on cheeks, chin and neck.
• A piece of cotton should be used with astringent lotions.

Home Made Skin Toners for face

TONERS FOR Normal SKIN

Rose Water Toner:  For normal skin, you can use half a tbsp of alum and 50gm of rose water and a 100gm of glycerine.Mix them together and store in the fridge.

Cucumber toner: This is a refreshing toner for normal skins.Chop up a small sized fresh cucumber and liquidize it with half a cup of yoghurt.Apply the mixture for 5-10 minutes, and wash it off.The remainder can be stored in the fridge for future use.

TONERS FOR DRY SKIN

Mint toner: For dry skin, boil 2 handfuls of mint leaves in 100gm of water.This mint extract can be used as an antiperspirant when you dilute it in water.Take 2 drops of it in a cup of distilled water to which half a tsp of alum has been added.A toner is applied to the face with cotton wool and it is quite refreshing.

TONERS FOR Oily SKIN

Alcohol And Alum Toner:   For this type, take one tsp of alcohol(available at the chemist's)100gm of distilled water.Add half a tsp of alum, and make your toning solution.Storing it into the fridge helps in preserving it for a longer time, and also when you are all warm and sweaty, a cold toner is wonderfully refreshing.

Honey and egg Toner:  Whisk one egg white until it thickens, then whisk in 1 tsp of honey.Finally add 1 tsp of lemon juice.Apply to your face and neck avoiding the delicate eye and lip areas.Leave it on for 10minutes and wash with warm water.