Beautiful skin is simple, once you start using products on your face that are right for your skin. For example, I have found no need for different creams for different parts of my face or for different times of the day or night. I only need one cream. It Facial Cleansers just doesn't need to be complicated. Surprisingly though, women who use lots of different products often do not use one of the three kinds of products that I consider absolutely basic to beautiful skin - and that is a facial toner. Here is why I believe you really should be using one.
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Facial toners, provided they are formulated correctly, can do three important things for the complexion:
First, a facial toner will shrink your pores and smooth your skin. Most toners contain astringents - chemical compounds that cause skin to contract and tighten. When the skin tightens, the pores shrink, and your skin becomes smoother.
Second, smaller pores do not just look better. They also provide less room for oil, makeup and microbes to lodge. Combined with the deep cleansing and antiseptic properties of many toners, this can result in skin that better resists infection, giving you a clearer complexion, with fewer break-outs.
Third, a facial toner can restore the skin's pH balance after cleansing. Cleansers tend to be highly alkaline. They wash off the oils we produce that keep our skin moisturized and push our skin's pH to the alkaline side of the scale. This compromises our "acid mantle," our first line of defense against invading microbes. Skin should be slightly acidic. A toner, if it is pH-balanced correctly, will reset your skin's pH right away, so your natural defenses are not compromised, resulting in fewer flare-ups.
Depending on the ingredients, there are other beauty benefits you can expect from a facial toner, including protection from sun damage, reduced lines and wrinkles, soothing of troubled spots, and improved elasticity.
Toners are ideal vehicles for ingredients you might not use on your face every day, such as green tea extract, or apple cider vinegar. When these are blended with hydrosols like rose water and orange blossom water, the result can be a delightful experience - and a therapeutic one. Toning becomes something to look forward to, as you refresh your face with heavenly scents, and you see and feel your skin tighten and your pores reduce. Plus you can find toners that contain cucumber extract, calendula flowers, and other healing herbs that calm and heal the skin.
The right toner can work wonders for your skin, and is a basic component of my "beautiful skin is simple" routine. Who would be without one?
The importance of facial toner in an anti aging skin care regimen:
Using a facial toner is a necessary part in one's daily anti aging skin care routine, the important step between cleansing and moisturizing.
The most common method for applying a toner is to dab some on a cotton ball and apply it to your face and neck after cleansing. Some products come in a variety of spritzing sprays and pre-soaked pads.
Face skin care -Purpose of a toner
The purpose of using a toner is first to remove any cleansing residue, dirt, excess oil, make-up, dead skin cells, and any debris that the cleanser did not take away.
Toner also restores the skin's PH balance and helps prep your skin to accept moisturizers and any other serum or anti age treatment.
Facial skin care -benefits of facial toners
In addition, many facial toners will tighten your pores while helping to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
A quality toner will also unclog pores, improve the over-all skin tone, increase circulation, and hydrate your skin promoting a healthy glowing skin.
Toner Tips
Some people swear by toners, but many skin care experts do not. The choice is yours - If you like the way your skin feels and looks - use it and Enjoy.