 Thorough cleansing removes more than makeup, grime, and cellular debris. It also strips your skin of its protective shield. Toners, fresheners, and astringents restore the pH balance of the acid mantle; remove any remaining makeup that was not cleaned up, oily cleanser, or soap film.
After the skin is carefully clean, apply a skin toner or rinse that has an astringent effect. It will help to close the pores, make the skin tighter and prevent it from being exposed to lots of the toxins that are hovering in the air or other environmental pollutants. Nowadays a wide variety of toners are accessible. We advise that you avoid those products that contain alcohol, as it dries the skin and harms the solvable collagen under its surface.
 The ordinary herbs used in toners comprise such ingredients as witch hazel, geranium, honey, lemon, ivy, sage, nettle and burdock. Witch hazel has a tendency to dry the skin. So, this should be balanced with moisturizers, for example Vitamin E, honey, etc. Volatile oils are the gentlest way of toning up. The ideal bases for fresheners are rose water for normal or dry/sensitive skin and witch hazels for oilier skins. They can be applied with cotton wool or for a more refreshing effect, sprayed on to the face. Herbal tea extracts are also ideal toners. Boil a cup of water and add chamomile, marigold, rosehip or nettle teas (you can also use herbal tea bags), add 2 drops of orange or lavender oil and leave to cool. Oily skin gets profit from juniper or lemongrass while drier skins gets benefit it from rose or sandalwood.
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