Toner that changed my life ( With step by step pic tutorial)

Hello lovelies ,
Hope you're having a great Monday :)

In the last few months I have been using an amazing cheap homemade toner. You might have heard a lot about it , its none other than The Green Tea Toner

And to be very honest , this has worked wonders for my skin .

The importance and effectiveness of toners has been long debated.

I would say to each his own. I swear by the cardinal rule of skincare - The CTM

Cleansing 

Toning 

Moisturizing


Without any toner/Liquid after cleansing , my face seems lifeless , I have to use a toner , be it the plain old rose water .

I tried many in past few months , Fab India , Aroma Magic. Ponds white beauty and even the oriflame one .

None of them made such huge difference to my skin




Let me tell you something about green tea now :)




Green tea - said to pre­vent heart dis­ease and can­cer, gum dis­ease, skin aging and weight loss. Studies have shown that tea polyphe­nols can pro­tect against the effects of many ill­nesses. Tea comes in black, green and white and the dif­fer­ence comes in the har­vest­ing and pro­cess­ing. In par­tic­u­lar, skin is said to ben­e­fit from top­i­cal appli­ca­tion of green tea as well.

Green tea con­tains antiox­i­dants and anti-inflammatory ele­ments and top­i­cal green tea polyphe­nols will likely slow down the aging process. Sun pro­tec­tion ben­e­fits of green tea have been doc­u­mented and thus apply­ing a green tea for­mula under your sun­screen is helpful. That said, it is best if com­bined with zinc oxide-based sunscreens.







I have been using this toner since past two months and it has done wonders

• My pores are more refined
• My skin more glowy
• I break out less often 
• I noticed fewer blackheads/whiteheads on my nose ( this might be due to the fact that I use a teeny bit of baking soda in my toner)This is more than I can ask from a toner and I'm super duper happy :D

I use the following recipe for my combination/oily acne prone skin.

Here's my step by step Green tea toner tutorial

You will need :-

• 1 cup boiled water
• 1 spoon green tea leaves / 1 green tea bag
• Juice from a lemon half
• 1tbsp Baking soda
• Honey/tea tree oil (according to your liking)
• Container to store the toner

• Take a cup filled with hot water , immerse the tea bag for 5 minutes

• Squeeze Juice of half lemon

• Add 1 Tea spoon of Baking Soda to the mixture

The toner should look something like this

Refigerate and use

I store this toner in fridge . I make a fresh batch in every 10 days . You can add honey/ baking soda/aroma oils according to your skin type :)
For reference , You may add a spoon of honey , if you have dry skin
Skip Baking soda if you sensitive skin
Add tea tree oil/baking soda for blemish / acne prone skin


I hope you'll try it . Let me know how it turns out :)