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Toners should be all about the moisturization if you are a dry skinned girl. Think of them as the step before you moisturize in the morning. Astringents are not your friends, so let’s make a nice floral water splash to help hydrate your skin before you get out there and face the world! BUT WAIT!...
Okay, so we have the general idea of what we want to include, so let’s get started on making a toner! With the idea in mind of being careful when we combine extracts, I suggest you choose one you really like to start off with, then add a second one when you see how your...
Toner is the ideal product for an oily skin type because it contains a lot of wonderful astringents and it can behave as a water based moisturizer. It doesn’t take much to adapt this recipe for acne prone, rosacea, or wrinkled skin types types, so let’s take a look at how to make an oily...
One of the first recipes I posted when I started this blog was a detailed post about toners. I’ve learned a lot since then, so let’s update that recipe with all the stuff we’ve learned about hydrosols, extracts, water soluble oils, and so on! For a toner, you will want to stick to all...
I thought I’d put together a summary of all the recipes I’ve written up that include extracts. Before you go throwing around all these lovely powders, please read the post on combining extracts! (There are many other recipes on this blog that contain extracts that weren’t part of the extract series of posts…please do a...