The Green Beauty Guide: Your Essential Resource to Organic and Natural Skin Care, Hair Care, Makeup, and Fragrances

alternatives. This toner has a long shelf life. You can also use it to refresh your hair and to seal
mineral makeup foundation.

1. Pour the water in a glass bottle of your choice and add all essential oils.


2. Shake vigorously and use any time your skin needs refreshment.

Apple Cider and Aspirin Toner

½ ounce organic apple cider vinegar

3 ounces mineral water

5 plain aspirin tablets, uncoated

Yield:

5 ounces

Apple vinegar is helpful when it comes to clearing up acne scars, while salicylic acid from aspirin
works as a powerful exfoliating and astringent agent. If you like the way it works, you can
experiment with the concentration of apple cider vinegar in your toner. Some people swear by
applying vinegar directly on skin, but this might be harsh for more delicate skin types.

1. Dilute vinegar in the following proportion: eight parts water to one part vinegar.


2. Crush aspirin tablets with pestle and mortar and add the mixture to the water and vinegar
   mix.


3. Apply the toner sparingly only to the areas where you usually have acne or enlarged pores.

The Rose Witch Toner

3 ounces witch hazel

2 ounces rose water

1 teaspoon calendula tincture

1 drop rose oil

1 drop geranium oil

Yield:

4 ounces

The smell of witch hazel is not exactly like roses, which is why it’s combined with rose water and
other pleasant-smelling plant tinctures, making it softer, too.

1. Blend all the ingredients in a stainless steel shaker and shake vigorously.


2. Pour into a glass bottle and use within one month. You may also soak a few cotton disks and
   store them in a glass jar in the fridge, making a month’s supply of astringent pads without any