DIY Refreshing Facial Toner

Ingredients:

• Mint Leaves (handful)
• 1 Tablespoon Witch Hazel
• 1 Peel of an Orange (chopped up)
• 1 Cup Boiling Water
• 1 Canning Jar
• Spray Bottle/ Jar to keep it in (I bought mine from Walmart by the travel size products)

     Natural ingredients have a lot of qualities that can help your skin look and feel great, and                          many can be found right in your kitchen. Why these ingredients?

• Soften and calms dry or itchy skin
• Rejuvenates and refreshes skin
• Anti-inflammatory

Witch Hazel

• Loaded with Vitamin C (my skin care must)
• Gives skin a healthy glow
• Extracts dirt from pores

Step 1:

Remove peel from orange, chop up and place peel in a jar.

 

Step 2:

Chop up (finely) mint leaves and add to jar.

 

Step 3:

Boil Cup of water. Pour boiling water into jar over the mint & orange peel.Allow jar to cool and than cover with lid. Let toner sit overnight, shaking occasionally. 

 

Step 4:

Strain the toner, removing the mint leaves and orange peel. Stir in 1 Tablespoon of Witch Hazel.  Pour toner into a spray bottle or bottle to use.

 

Step 5:

Use! You can apply it morning and night after cleansing your face followed by your usual serums and moisturizer. Its shelf life should be about a month. I store mine in a spray bottle and keep it in my fridge and use it throughout the day when my skin needs some refreshing. Its perfect now that it is getting warm out 🙂

 

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