For those of you who missed the last two entries:
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Click here for Step 2
Of course, we're actually about to talk about how to use a toner in a proper way, and by describing the process "condition" may make it sound a little awkward because it just gives you the image of "hair conditioning" and we normally don't really use the term for skin care (unless severe skin damage requiring dermatologists use a special term or something like that). Anyways, it's actually a synonym for "toning" and let's first talk about why (I mean, isn't it sill awkward calling it "toning" since we're not trying to tune a guitar or having someone with absolute pitch give you the first note to the whole choir to make sure they start from the right tone?)
Skin mechanism relies on many different components and conditions - whether it's from the inside (what you eat, your oxygen level from breathing, what you drink, etc) or the outside (your skin care products, how often you use the products, humidity in space, sun exposure, etc). However, for most people facial skin doesn't dramatically fall apart from sun exposure or one-time use of a toner cure acne in five seconds - and this is because skin mechanism tries to keep your skin "as is" since the moment you were born.
However, life isn't perfect and more ages you earn obviously gives aged skin - this is because skin metabolism is somewhat prevented in mild level, whether it is from lack of nutrition or lack of removal of contaminants. What skin relies on obtaining nutrition and removing contaminants is the pH level - we won't go deep into the chemistry lesson, but certain pH level of skin cells trigger better metabolism by treating the cells with proper enzymes compared to when pH level is not at the right level. By bringing back the pH level of the skin to the right place (slightly acidic), skin mechanism is able to metabolize (use the nutrients you give and remove wastes) in the best condition.
So, what's important in Step 3? No, we're not telling you to treat your face with hydrochloric acid. One more information before we go into how-to-use for a toner: pH levels of the skin relies on ions, and ionized toner balances the pH level of the skin where it metabolizes the best.
Now that you know why skin conditioning is so important, let's go on the how-to's :)
First, dispense the toner or lotion to a cotton. DO NOT dispense to your palm or your fingers as your palm will absorb most of the nutrients from toner/lotion and your facial skin will get the small amount of leftover nutrients with simple moisture. Be sure the cotton is completely wet rather than just moist.
Next, avoiding the eye area, tap facial skin with the toner-wet cotton. The ideal number of taps for your whole face is twice your age (20 year old skin would require 40 taps). Be sure you tap without any untapped surface. Use excess toner to tap your neck or areas where you would like to concentrate.
By this time your cotton shouldn't be as wet as when you started, but should be somewhat moist. Fold the cotton backwards and gently and slowly tap the eye area. This is important because eye areas have thinner skins and therefore absorbs nutrients more rapidly. Overfeeding the skin with nutrients will cause skin problems.
And for those of you wondering where you can get ionized toners...
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It's hard to find safe and effective skin care products, but Naris provides you with just the right solution - ionized and safest of all brands.
Completely free of fragrance, coal-tar colors, mineral oils, ethyl alcohol, or paraben (preservatives) !!!!
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