How to Make a Hydrating Skin Toner

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Learning how to make a hydrating skin toner is, honestly, very easy. At first, it may seem intimidating, but once you break it down into a few simple steps, anyone can make it.

Toners are necessary for skincare routines because they balance out the skin’s pH after using a cleanser. Toners also prepare your skin to soak up all the benefits that your serum and moisturizer offer.

The toner that we will be making is called Hydrating Mango Rose Toner.

Ingredients to Make a Hydrating Skin Toner

The ingredients you use to make a hydrating skin toner are important. You want to use clean ingredients that moisturize your skin.

In your hydrating skin toner, the ingredients are categorized in two main phases: water and cool-down. 

An additional phase is added based on the pH that your toner comes out as. If your toner is higher than a pH of 5, you will need to use citric acid to bring it down to an acidic pH.

Understanding the ingredients in each phase will help you know what benefits this Hydrating Mango Rose Toner offers your skin.

Water Phase Ingredients

First, we have the water phase. These ingredients will be combined in a heat-resistant glass container. 

Once they are all measured out and in a beaker, you will place them in a double boiler and heat them to 158 degrees Fahrenheit to sterilize. 

Rose Hydrosol

Rose hydrosol is very moisturizing and helps the skin lock in moisture. It is the main ingredient in our hydrating toner. 

The rose hydrosol also gives our toner a wonderful floral scent. 

It is beneficial to mature skin because it helps reduce the appearance of wrinkles. This is due to the hydrating properties that it obtains. Rose hydrosol will pump out the skin helping rescue fine lines and wrinkles.

Distilled Water

In all skincare recipes that call for water, use distilled water.

Never. I repeat, never use tap water. 

We use distilled water because of how pure it is. It does not contain bacteria or chemicals that could throw off our formulations. 

Glycerin

Glycerin is another ingredient that will add moisture to the skin. This ingredient is a humectant meaning that it draws moisture out of the air around you and into the skin.

Sometimes glycerin can leave your skin with almost a sticky feeling, which is why some people do not like to use it. On the other hand, it is a powerful hydrator to the skin.

Rice Protein

Rice protein helps the skin retain moisture. It also aids in the elasticity of your skin. The elasticity gained from rice protein helps the skin to stay tight and reduce fine lines and wrinkles.

You can use any hydrolyzed protein in this toner. I like to use rice protein because it is sensitive skin-friendly.

Cool Down Phase Ingredients

The cool-down phase comes after the ingredients have been heated to 158 degrees Fahrenheit and held there for 20 minutes. 

Now, your ingredients are cooled down to room temperature and ready for the cool-down phase.

The ingredients in your cool-down phase are your preservative and the mango flower extract. If you want to add in essential oil, you would add it to your hydrating toner in this phase.

Leucidal SF Complete

Adding a preservative to your hydrating face toner is very important. Using a broad-spectrum preservative will keep your toner free from any mold, yeast, or bacteria that would develop without a preservative.

Leucidal SF Complete is a broad-spectrum natural preservative. Not only does it preserve your skincare products, but it also adds moisture to your skin.

Mango Flower Extract

Because of the vitamins that mango flower extract contains, it offers many benefits to your skin. 

Vitamin C is one of the vitamins that mango flower extract contains. Due to the vitamin C that this extract possesses, it helps your skin’s collagen production.

Adjusting the pH

Your Hydrating Mango Rose Toner will come to a higher pH than what your skin will need. 

Toners should be at a pH of around 5. This is because the toner is helping our skin regulate back to its correct pH after using a cleanser.

Citric Acid

Now that your hydrating toner is complete, you will add the citric acid to bring the pH to 5. 

Use a pH meter to help you accurately measure out the citric acid you will need.

Tools You Will Need

You will need the proper equipment to accurately and safely make your hydrating toner recipe. 

Each tool has a specific purpose. 

For example, at the end of mixing your ingredients, you will need to adjust your pH to a 5. Using a pH meter will help you accurately adjust the pH to the correct level will make your skin happy.

Formulating the Recipe

When creating a skincare recipe, you will start formulating it in percentages before converting it into grams. 

Percentages

When you create a recipe in percentages, you can measure the product quickly into whatever amount you want.

In the recipe, you will see that each ingredient has a percentage.

For example, 50 percent of the Hydrating Mango Rose Toner recipe is a rose hydrosol.

All percentages will add up to 100%.

Grams

Why should you weigh out your recipe in grams instead of ounces? Grams are a smaller measurement than ounces. Using grams will give you an exact and accurate recipe every time.