by Tara Mackey | Beauty, Blogroll, Green Beauty, Product Reviews
Toning remains one of my favorite beauty rituals, and it’s one of my best kept secrets to achieving glowing skin.
To get the results you want from your toner, you’ve got to know how to use it properly. Here are some natural, organic, cruelty free toners to get you started on your green journey to better skin!
Biodara Immortal Mist
Biodara’s Immortal Mist is named for it’s main compotent, helichrysum. Helichrysum is also known as the “Immortal plant” for it’s ability to regenerate and promote skin growth, as well as reduce inflammation. Helichrysum is one of my favorite healing oils, as it works wonders on my sensitive skin! This particular product also smells amazing! The exquisite Immortal Mist from Biodara is also made with bases of 100% organic aloe juice (my favorite!), rose absolute, organic grapefruit and rose geranium oil. It doesn’t get any more luxe than this mist! I spray it on in the morning, before bed and after I go surfing. It’s constantly traveling with me in my purse and has it’s own little place on my vanity.
Rose Toner
With key ingredients of organic rose, apple, goji berry, gotu kola, bilberry leaf and an organic aloe base, I am head over heels in love with this toner! It instantly revitalizes without smelling harsh, it tones my skin immediately, and even helps to clear up stubborn acne! A must-have for anyone with sensitive or breakout-prone skin.
Witch Hazel
Witch hazel has been popular for a long time, and for many more uses than simply to clarify skin and shrink pores. It also fades redness and blemishes, brightens around the eyes, and is great for applying post-shaving for it’s anti-inflammatory benefits. I use this on my face when I’m combatting a particularly stubborn blemish, and also on my legs after shaving. You can also gargle with this if you feel a sore throat coming on! I love the light, refreshing scent.
Josh Rosebrook Hydrating Accelerator
If you aren’t aware of how much I love Josh Rosebrook, then we’re probably not friends on instagram (that’s ok! We can change that immediately. 😉 ) Josh’s Hydrating Accelerator is one of the things Josh gifted to me when we first met one another. Now that he’s one of my best friends, I can – without any guilt what so ever – emphatically recommend this incredible toner to all my friends and family. But the hydrating accelerator isn’t just a toner!
This product is aloe based and smells delicious (hint of marshmallow) and feels like such a treat every time I get to use it. I never used toner consistently until I found this incredible formula! It feels so refreshing and has an instant plumping, hydrating affect as well as a moisturizing affect that I have never found in a toner before this! I have five bottles of this around my house, but I’ve only run out one or two times in these last few years! This bottle lasts a loooong time, and highlights include: helping oils and moisturizers absorb better and more quickly and it also moisturizes by itself! I’m hooked! Organic aloe water, sunflower, coconut grapeseed and almond oils, herbal infusions of bilberry, skullcap, green tea and st. john’s wort, this is incredibly nourishing, potent and lovely.
Siddha Cell Salt + Flower Essences Youthful Skin
Gosh, I love flower essences, and Siddha is one of my favorite companies that makes safe, alcohol free, extremely potent flower essences for everyone. From your pets to those with muscle soreness to anyone who wants an emotional detox, they’ve got you covered. I adore Siddha’s Youthful Skin formula for toning, brightness and clearing my complex skin.
This formula not only purges toxins, it encourages blood flow, and even regulates hormones! How? Well, this amazing concoction contains incredibly potent herbs that target the causes of aging skin, as well as amazing bases of distilled water, cacao, aloe (are you noticing a trend?), dandelion, jojoba, horsetail, and sycamore. It also boasts flower essences of agrimony (great for use in spells, on skin for inflammation and a variety of skin conditions), chestnut bud (great for vein health), crab apple (an herbal anti-agent) and silicea (called “the best kept secret” for healthy skin and nails.) It’s so helpful on itchy skin! I will spray this on my legs after shaving or on my arms if my psoriasis is acting up, and it relieves it immediately! Also, this bottle is easily transportable and great for travel.
La Bella Figura’s Jardin De Fleurs
“ Jardin De Fleurs” means “garden of flowers”. This incredible formulation is technically a hydrosol. Commonly called floral waters, hydrosols are less concentrated and more mellow than essential oils, but they still possess the healing and aromatic properties of aromatherapy. Raw coconut water, jasmine flower, rose, and honeysuckle envelope the senses with just one spray. I love this amazing formula from LBF because it smells absolutely amazing, and it’s jasmine/rose base is incredible for my skin! It also works great as a refresher anywhere on your body, or spritz a few times in your hair for LBF’s signature aroma to follow you around the room. Just wait for the compliments. 🙂
Balanced Guru Organic Purifying Citrus Toner
This toner is for the citrus lovers out there! Citrus and lemon happen to be one of my favorite, most calming scents. Balanced Guru has created an insane toner with subtle floral aromas, a hint of verbena, extracts of witch hazel, nettle, tea tree and eucalyptus, I can’t get enough! This is an amazing toner that makes one feel vibrant and rejuvenated. Thyme, chamomile and arnica prevent bacterial infections, maintain supple skin and even help anxiety, fatigue and depression. I could bathe in this stuff! It also treats inflammation and I spray it on my psoriasis to calm it down. So magical.
I truly hope this selection of the best toners helped you on your green beauty journey!
Do you tone naturally?
I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments!
by Tara Mackey | Beauty, Blogroll, Giveaway, Green Beauty, My Organic Life, Product Reviews, Skincare
Happy Monday! I hope 2014 is treating everyone very well! I can’t believe January is almost half over! I’ve been doing tons of Brand Ambassador work, loads of castings, writing music, making more videos, and traveling! I’m also doing a bunch of Giveaways to Celebrate the New Year and give YOU the opportunity to try all my new Green Beauty favorites and feel like your best self! Want to add to your Green Beauty Ritual but you’re participating in #NoBuyJanuary? Want to Enter To Win Natural Skin Goodies completely for Free? Or just broke from the Holidays? I got you! 😉
Keep in mind: my SRS Naturals Giveaway is still going on. If you haven’t Entered yet, what are you waiting for?! 😉
They all close Feb 1, and are super easy to enter!
To Enter to Win These Gorgeous, Organic, Natural and Amazing Misoves Products:
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Now, onto the Reviews, so you know exactly what amazing green goodies you’re in for! 🙂
Now, I love Misoves! From the adorable name (MissYouLoveYou shortened) to their incredible commitment to healthy living, to the way their products work on my skin uncompromised, I am super impressed! Misoves was truly started to deliver natural and organic skin products that promote overall health and beauty naturally and every drop of every product delivers! I got a chance to try their Travel Set as well as their Face Cream this past month and my skin is so, so happy! Yours can be too, since I am also giving away the Travel Set & The Face Cream to one Lucky winner! 🙂
This Gluten-Free, Green Tea Face Oil from Misoves is pure antioxidant magic and provides glowing results! The multi-rich Argan Oil, Grapeseed Oil, Bulgarian Lavender, Italian Orange, and Patchoull makes this a high powered and high functioning oil that targets hydration, fine lines, and balances sebum in the skin. This lightweight oil glows just looking at, touching and feeling it, and smells very Earthy, sweet and calming. It’s a great before-bed oil, great as a spot oil for aromatherapy as well as calming for your pores and great for balancing skin tone and calming aggressive skin.
Ingredients: Combined Essential Oils of Bulgarian Lavender, Italian Orange, and Indonesian Patchouli, are both therapeutic and a soothing aromatic. Argan Oil, Grapeseed Oil, and Meadowfoam Oil, are strong multi-tasking natural oils that soften and protect for an overall improved appearance.
I’m pretty into my post-shower and post-bath body oil routine. After every bath or shower I apply a thick layer of moisturizing body oil from head to toe, and just a few pumps from this travel size version of Botanical Misoves Body Oil really does the trick! This paraben-free, sulfate-free and Gluten-free botanical oil smells heavenly – the first 3 ingredients listed are Almond Oil, Meadowfoam and Raspberry Seed. Mmmm–mmm! It absorbs easily, helps dry skin, smoothes skin, calms and hydrates, enriches with Vitamins A, E, B1, B2 and C for extra rejuvenation and nourishment! This body oil is completely gorgeous – I love smelling it, rubbing it on sore muscles and aches and pains and using it on my hands, arms and legs for a golden glow!
Ingredients: almond oil, meadowfoam oil, raspberry seed oil, organic rose hip seed oil, bergamot oil, organic sweet orange oil, patchouli oil, lavender oil, vitamin e acetate.
- Use on all skin types to even out skin tone & tighten pores
- Key ingredients: organic aloe leaf juice, witch hazel, goji berry, noni & rice extracts, pomegranate, white tea
- Rice, oat, and soy proteins nourish
- Alcohol free
An important part of any routine is moisturizing, so prepare your skin for that intense moisture by removing all residue with a toner. This organic face toner contains acai, pomegranate and white tea botanicals to keep you looking young and fresh. Further intensifying this formula, crimson seeds provide calming and skin-toning power and witch hazel extract tones and tightens your pores, while skin is nourished and hydrated by rice, oat and soy proteins. This gentle and effective formula is 70% organic and completely alcohol-free.
Ingredients: purified water, certified organic aloe leaf juice, witch hazel, certified organic acai fruit, mangosteen peel, goji fruit, noni & rice extracts; acerola, white tea, pomegranate, cocoa & grape seed extracts; hydrolyzed oat & rice proteins, glycerin, panthenol, citric acid, sodium hydroxymethylglycinate, orange oil, patchouli oil, sandalwood oil, organic sweet orange oil
I love this Face Wash from Misoves! It really does the trick! And it’s definitely one of the best smelling face washes I have ever used – hands down! This Shea and Apple scented Face Wash from Misoves is simple, clean, gentle, and jam packed with certified organic botanicals, antioxidants and natural moisturizers, so it ensures skin is soft and protected all day. Sweet orange oil, organic aloe, organic lavender & lemon verbena, skin brightening apple along with the protein rich, anti-oxidant properties of Vitamins A, B1, B2, B6 and E, this is 70% Organic and perfect for all skin types! A great, safe, eco gift for a loved one, great for travel or perfect to treat yourself!
Ingredients: certified organic aloe vera leaf juice, water, certified organic lemon verbena & lavender flowers; certified organic mandarin orange & sweet orange peel oils, PPG-2 hydroxyethyl coco/isostearamide, shea butter extract, pro-vitamin B5, oat & apple amino acids; sodium PCA, glycerin, sodium chloride, decyl glucoside, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, citric acid, patchouli oil, sandalwood oil, organic sweet orange oil.
This Earthy, sandalwood aromatic natural defense renewing cream from Misoves boosts cell immunity, promotes cell regeneration, brightens skin with Indian gooseberry and keeps skin healthy and radiant against free radicals and environmental toxins! Perfect for all skin types, this 70% organic, 100% natural cream is packed with anti-oxidants, and is nutrient rich. This Defense Renewing cream is great to protect against aging and against UV irradiation. I saw an immediate reduction in skin redness upon a few days of use! I put this on in the sun and it protects against burning while keeping my skin hydrated and moisturized richly. Although I can’t speak for everyone, it Doesn’t clog my pores so it is perfect for acne-prone or sensitive skin!
Ingredients: water, organic aloe barbadensis leaf juice, organic sunflower seed oil, cetyl alcohol, glycerin, emulsifying wax, sodium stearate, glyceryl stearate, shea butter, pomegranate sterols, watermelon & indian gooseberry fruit extracts, sodium hyaluronate, sodium PCA, tetrahydrocurcuminoids, ferulic acid, maltodextrin, organic acai & goji fruits, oat kernel extracts; licorice root extract, ethylhexylglycerin, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin E acetate, tocopherol, phenoxyethanol, xanthan gum, caprylyl glycol, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate. organic sweet orange oil, patchouli oil, sandalwood oil.
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