Q&A for How to Make a Green Tea Toner

Green tea fights free radicals and boosts overall skin hydration. It contains several vitamins, including vitamin E, which provides long-lasting moisture for a visibly youthful, smoother-looking, and glowing complexion.

Green tea works wonders as a toner because of its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial qualities. It also fights free radicals, boosts overall skin hydration, and contains several vitamins that help improve the moisture barrier.

If you don't want to use tea, then this isn't the article for you. Obviously you can't make green tea toner without green tea. You can always buy a toner at a store, or you could use a natural product like rose water as a toner.

"Honey provides anti-aging benefits and lemon juice helps to brighten skin tone." So, yes!

Of course! You definitely should since some ingredients can actually dry out the skin.

Yes, since all ingredients make the skin glow. Make sure to add only drops of the oils, or your toner will make your skin oily.

From the article: "It can be stored at room temperature for approximately 8 days and in the refrigerator for approximately 2 weeks."

No, it only helps even out skin tone and fading acne scars.

Yes, of course! Coconut oil also has many great benefits for the skin, including making it brighter and smoother.

Nothing is really going to 'balance' the alcohol out, though you can dilute the alcohol content by adding whatever else you want to it. However, you will also dilute the witch hazel in the process. It is best to just use alcohol-free witch hazel.

The baking soda in this toner helps calm skin from irritants such as burns or cuts, and can also act as an exfoliator. Baking soda and witch hazel also give this mixture a longer shelf life than basic green tea toner.

You can store it four 7-8 days at room temperature and about two weeks at room temperature.

Usually it does not smell bad! If it does, boil again to remove smell & bacteria and keep it in the fridge.

For green tea toner, use rose water, mint water, rice water, ACV, coconut water, jasmine water, etc. For acne, ACV is best; for sensitive skin, try rose/mint water; for day-toning, rice water; for mild moisturizing, the rest.

Yes, but lemon juice may sting a bit (sensitive skin) or dry it out (especially in cold winters). Honey will be a bit sticky in hot, humid climates or for oily skin. Adjust quantity to get the right feel and effect.

Mix either to green tea, though both can be used. Essential oils have to be emulsified using Tween 20, then mixed, or else it will separate.

With 0.2% v/v sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate and Citric acid each, it can keep in the fridge for a year. With RO water and citric acid, 2 weeks in the fridge. With tap water, 1 week.

Yes, green tea is very good at clearing up hyper-pigmentation. It should be fine for sensitive skin, as long as it's diluted with water.

Not unless you add something to it that contains alcohol. This toner is pretty gentle. Make sure to use moisturizer after you apply it, too.

No, it should stay on in order to be effective. Pat dry, and then use moisturizer.

Yes, you can make a basic green tea toner by steeping 1 tea bag or 1 teaspoon (5 g) of loose green tea in 8 fl oz (240 mL) of boiling water for 3-5 minutes. Remove the tea from the water and then pour the liquid into a container that you can store in your fridge for up to 2 weeks. When you want to use your green tea toner, wash your face first, then dip a cotton ball into it and rub it across your face up to 2 times a day.

Green tea is full of antioxidants as well as anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic properties, all of which can help improve your skin. You can drink green tea to enjoy it's health benefits or make a solution that you can apply to your skin as a gentle toner.

If you're drinking green tea and you have a caffeine sensitivity, you could experience the negative side effects of caffeine, which include anxiety, irritability, insomnia, and increased heart rate. But as a skin toner, there really aren't any side effects or disadvantages of using green tea. Green tea has been proven to help improve the appearance of skin.

Yes but the effects wont be as strong as green tea would be. If you could you do this, then add a couple more teabags.

Yes. Rose water is a great toner. If purchasing, preferably go with an organic brand.

Yes. Lipton tea will provide benefits if you choose the green tea varieties. Some believe that black tea can decrease puffiness and clean pores very similar to green tea, though green tea is preferable.

No, because distilled water is not free from microorganisms and the conditions in which you prepare the toner are definitely not sterile, so after a while the toner will not be suitable to apply on your face due to microbial growth.