How to Make a Facial Toner

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Some homemade facial toners are as effective as the expensive name brands. This toner recipe uses apple cider vinegar, which has skin-enhancing properties beauticians have long recognized. Because the toner is homemade, you can add any mixture of herbs you like and adjust the proportions of vinegar to water. Apple cider vinegar makes a bracing and very effective homemade beauty product.

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Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Mason jar
1 cup organic or biodynamic apple cider vinegar
Handful of dried herbs, such as chamomile, lavender or rosemary
1 pint distilled water
Strainer
Decorative container with lid

Step 1

Drop the dried herbs into the bottom of a mason jar.
Step 2

Warm the vinegar, and pour it over the herbs.
Step 3

Let the herb-vinegar mixture sit for 2 weeks. Keep it in the refrigerator so that it doesn't spoil.
Step 4

Pour the distilled water into a decorative container.
Step 5

Strain the herbs from the vinegar, and add 2 tablespoons of the vinegar to the distilled water in the decorative container. Shake gently to mix the vinegar and the water.
Step 6

Wipe your face softly with a toner-soaked cotton ball after cleansing.

Tips & Warnings

Use fresh herbs instead of dried ones. If you are using fresh herbs, use enough to loosely fill the mason jar.
Add only 1 tablespoon of vinegar to the water in Step 5 if you have sensitive skin.
Add a few drops of lavender essential oil to the toner to cut the smell of the apple cider vinegar.
Mix equal parts of cooled green tea and apple cider vinegar to the toner for a less smelly variation of this toner. Some users believe this altered toner recipe adds beneficial antioxidants to the toner.
Dilute vinegar with water anytime you use it on your skin. Straight vinegar is too harsh to apply directly to skin.

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miramira said

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on 1/7/2008 No offense..but waht a long drawn outhullabaloo...Take a bath in Apple cider vinegar and you will never be sick. your skin will glow...and I swear STRAIGHT ACV on the face is like a fruit peel from your dermatologist. and cheaper at that. Just pour into a dish and daub on with cotton balls it stings a bit (so does a fruit acid peel) Your skin will look so amazing. after wards shmear on Organic Coconut oil...a miracle.