Tuesday, May 1, 2012

15 Best Homemade skin toners


Toning is an essential part of skin care routine, there may be hundreds of types of toners available in the market and also that u can make, but here's giving u some tried and tested toner making formulas .

.1Mint toner-Cut mint (pudina) leaves into small pieces, about 1cup ,bring 1.1/2 cups of water to a boil,put the leaves, close with a lid, turn flame off, after it cools down or after 30-40mins ,strain and store it in a clean dry bottle,and keep in the refrigerator , use with cotton pads whenever needed.Very good for sunburnt skin.
2.Basil toner-Cut basil (tulsi) leaves and repeat the above process and store in the refrigerator and use as and when needed. Very good for sensitive skin.
3.Ginger toner-Make paste of ginger and repeat the above process.
4.Ginger Basil toner -Mix paste of ginger and finely chopped basil leaves and repeat the above process,Strain and refrigerate.
5.Ginger Mint toner-Mix paste of ginger and finely chopped Mint leaves and repeat the above process,Strain and refrigerate.
6.Neem Toner-Cut neem leaves into smaller pieces and repeat the above process, very good for acne prone skin.
7.Papaya Toner-Make a paste of raw papaya about 1cup and strain the juice out , then mix with 1 cup of ice cold boiled water or mineral water, store in a bottle and refrigerate ,This should be enough for a week and it's shelf life is also near to one week or 4-5 days maximum. Very good for dry skin or dry skin prone to rashes and sunburnt.
8.Camphor rose water toner-Mix 1/3 rd teaspoon of camphor to 1cup of rose water , and refrigerate , u can increase the ration in this proportion and use as and when needed. Best shelf life among all.
9.Cucumber toner-This is an instant toner, best used within 1-2 days if refrigerated or use instantly ,grate cucumber and strain the juice and use on face. Best for oily skin.
10.Tomato toner-This is also an instant toner and best used within 1-2 days if refrigerated or use instantly, squeeze out the juice from tomato and use on face.Very good for pimple or rash prone skin.
11.Tomato cucumber toner-equal proportions of tomato and cucumber juice mixed together and refrigerated and then used on skin can be a superb toner for combination skin types.Shelf life-1-2days.
12.Vinegar toner-Equal proportions of vinegar and rose water when mixed and kept refrigerated can be used as a very good toner for max 2weeks shelf life.
13.Green tea toner-Bring to boil 2cups of water and switch off the flame, put 1 or 2 bags of green tea in it (depends on the size of tea bags),or if tea bag not available then put 4teaspoons of green tea , and close the lid and keep for atleast 30mins .Strain or take out the tea bags and store the water in a bottle and refrigerate.
14-Watermelon skin toner-Juice out watermelon about two cups, store in a bottle and use as toner.Shelf life 2-4.
15-Red grape juice toner-This is a wonderful toner and works wonders to tighten ur skin-All u need is to juice out red grapes and store in the refrigerator.

Tit bits to remember-These are natural toners. You can experiment with these but don't use the ones that doesn't suit your skin.So u may try one by one, different skin types react to different toners in a good or bad way!

Tip:-For puffy eyes all these toners can be put into ice cube pots and you may freeze them and put on ur eyes, it will get u rid of dark patches around ur eyes and also puffy eyes, but if u have a tendency to catch cold , then put the refrigerated toners into cotton pads and put on eyes.

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