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As winter has set in, you might have noticed your skin has lost its lustre and is in need of a little extra oomph. Adding orange blossom toner to your skincare routine can get it back into shape. This DIY recipe takes a mere five minutes to prepare and will wake your complexion up.
Table of Contents
- What Is Orange Blossom, Ginger Face Toner?
- What Can Orange Blossom Water Do for Your Skin?
- Is Orange Blossom Ginger Toner for You?
- How To Use Toner
- Key Ingredients
- DIY Orange Blossom Face Toner Recipe
- Substitutes
- FAQs
What Is Orange Blossom, Ginger Face Toner?
Cold, windy air, low humidity and dry indoor heat can rob your skin of moisture during the winter months, leaving it dull and dry. Orange blossom face toner is a gentle wash that can help balance your skin’s ph levels, soothe, refresh and hydrate the skin, tone the skin, and remove any leftover residue from your cleansers enabling your skin to glow. The soft and gentle aroma of floral waters will leave you feeling relaxed and refreshed.
What Can Orange Blossom Water Do for Your Skin?
Refreshing and regenerating orange blossom water—also known as Neroli water, is a natural toner that can provide skin with a wide range of benefits.
- Balance skin’s ph level: Getting the balance of your ph levels right is vital to healthy and beautiful skin.
- Tones the skin: Orange blossom water helps remove any leftover residue from cleansers and firm up the skin, leaving you with an even skin tone.
- Balances oily skin: Naturally astringent, orange blossom water has been used for centuries to keep oily and acne-prone skin at bay. It helps balance oil production, reducing shine and leaving you with a more even skin tone.
- Smoothes the skin and improves overall hydration: Adding orange blossom water into your skincare can help add moisture into your skin, making it feel silky smooth all day long.
- Adds beautiful fragrance to skincare products: Orange blossom water adds a sophisticated scent to toners, facial sprays and other skincare products
Is Orange Blossom Ginger Toner for You?
Toning and hydrating, orange blossom ginger toner is the perfect companion for oily, acne, and normal skin types. Melissa water and orange blossom water are naturally astringent ingredients that help tighten the skin and even skin tone. On the other hand, ginger has a rejuvenating effect on the skin and may also help fade scars.
How To Use Toner
Orange blossom face toner is an excellent companion for normal to dry skin, and you can use it twice a day between the cleansing and moisturising stages. To apply: pour or spray toner onto a cotton pad and gently sweep across the face to remove any excess cleanser residue from the skin, not forgetting your neck and neckline! If your skin gets irritated, discontinue using it.
Key Ingredients
This toner combines floral waters and ginger glycerite to create a rejuvenating face wash that will awaken your skin. Here are the ingredients included in the formula and why I picked them:
- Orange Blossom Floral Water: Calming, rejuvenating and refreshing, orange blossom water is said to tone up, soothe, hydrate and soften the skin.
- Manuka Floral Water: Astringent, calming and rejuvenating, manuka floral water helps revive skin naturally.
- Melissa (Lemon Balm) Floral Water: Naturally astringent, melissa water tightens up and awakens dull skin.
- Ginger Glycerite: Warming and comforting, ginger help tone and even skin tone and adds zing to the recipe. Glycerin is a humectant that helps restore moisture to the skin.
DIY Orange Blossom Face Toner Recipe
DIY Orange Blossom Ginger Face Toner Recipe
Difficulty: Beginner Formulator100
grams15
minutesEasy to prepare, orange blossom ginger face toner is a gentle wash that can help refresh, hydrate, tone the skin, and remove any leftover residue from your cleansers, leaving your skin refreshed.
Ingredients
- Phase A
40.00g orange blossom floral water
27.00g manuka honey floral water
27.00g melissa floral water
- Phase B
5.00g ginger extract
- Phase C
1.00g preservative Eco (aka Geogard ECT or Plantaserv M)
Directions
- Clean and sanitise your worktop and utensils using Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol 70%.
- Mix floral waters (phase A ingredients) in a glass beaker.
- Add ginger glycerite (phase B) and stir until well blended.
- Add preservative Eco (phase C) and again stir until well combined.
- Using a pH strip, check that the toner’s pH is between 4.5-5.5. If the pH of the toner is too high, you can lower it by adding a few drops of citric acid solution( 10% citric acid to 90% distilled water). Subsequently, you can increase pH by adding a drop or two of sodium bicarbonate solution (10% sodium bicarbonate to 90% distilled water).
- Pour the mixture into a clean bottle, label and shake well before use.
Skin Patch Test
- Before incorporating sweet orange ginger face toner into your skincare regimen, always do a skin patch test first. Although I use natural ingredients in my formulations, some people may be allergic or sensitive to them.
