How to Preserve Homemeade Rose Water Facial Toner

Distill rose petals to create your own facial toner.

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Making your own homemade beauty and skin-care products is a creative, inexpensive way to maintain your natural beauty. Homemade rosewater facial toner moisturizers the skin, tightens pores and cools minor inflammation. Rosewater toner normally should be used within four days of its creation, but certain techniques can help extend the life of your toner up to two weeks. If you see dark spots or mold in the toner bottle, immediately discard the contents.

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Thoroughly sterilize your containers before bottling you rosewater facial toner. Any lingering bacteria in your bottles or jars can contaminate the toner, shortening its life. For glass containers, wash the jars or bottles thoroughly in hot water with soap, then boil the jars for 10 minutes in a large pot with a canning rack. Plastic containers cannot be boiled, as the high heat melts the material. After washing plastic bottles, dilute 1 teaspoon of unscented bleach in a quart of water, then fill the the bottles with the solution. Pour the solution out, then rinse the bottles with hot water. Sterilize lids in the same manner.

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Add liquid phenonip to your rosewater toner solution after the solution has cooled. The amount of phenonip varies depending on the amount of toner that you are making. The concentration of phenonip in your solution should not exceed .5 percent of the total solution. If you are making 1,000 milliliters of rosewater toner, do not add more than 5 milliliters to the toner. A small plastic beaker can help you properly measure phenonip; both are available from many chemistry and science supply stores.

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Store your homemade rosewater toner in an environment that inhibits the growth of bacteria. A refrigerator is the ideal place, as the cool temperature and darkness of the space keeps bacteria at bay. A dark cabinet or drawer is less than optimal, but it is better than storing the product in direct sunlight or heat. Avoid storing homemade rosewater toner in a bathroom medicine cabinet; the heat and steam of a bathroom environment accelerates the growth of bacteria.

Tips & Warnings

Phenonip is a paraben; those creating all-natural or organic toners may wish to omit Step 2.

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