Everything You Need To Know About Facial Toners
There are like a ton of fancy words for toners today like lotion, pre-lotion, tonic, skin fresheners , emulsion and astringent. Toners actually came from the word tonic water or tonic. Basically, toners were designed to be used after the cleanser. It's purpose was to remove any cleanser residue or anything else that cleanser didn't take off and toners also have added ingredients to prepare your skin for whatever is going on next usually like a serum or moisturizer. A Tonic History Tonic water came from around the same time as Eau De Cologne in the 1900s. It was known to soothe the nerve or take fatigue out of time muscles. The most common ingredients in toners were alcohol, tincture of benzoin, witch hazel extract which are all antiseptic properties. In addition to that, they also use glycerin, some fragrant scent with flower water or some coloring to make a more feminine pretty usually pink. However, quite often it's not that complex,it's usually just wa...