Curious how to make your own toner at home? This easy-to-make DIY Soothing Chamomile Toner is a great recipe if it’s your first time making a toner! Formulated with our wonderful Chamomile Distillate in mind, this recipe features a double chamomile infusion, featuring both our Chamomile Distillate and fresh brewed Chamomile Tea! Vitamin B5 (also known as DL-Panthenol) completes the recipe, adding a humectant boost to this ultra-soothing toner. This recipe is suitable for all skin types, including sensitive skin.
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Yield: 3 oz.
Estimated Shelf Life: 9-12 months
Approximate cost/lb: $0.90
Suggested Packaging: Bottle of choice with a fine mist sprayer or flip-top closure.
Suggested Retail Price: $12
Supplies
- Pyrex measuring cup or glass beaker
- Scale
- Rubber spatula or metal mixing spoons
- Funnel (optional)
- Measuring bowls
- Alcohol for sanitizing your workspace
- Immersion blender
- Temperature gun
- Tinfoil (optional)
- Coffee filters, and pipettes (We recommend using rubber bands to affix your pipettes to the individual ingredient containers for reuse to avoid excessive plastic waste)
Ingredients
- 2.600 oz. Chamomile Infusion (86.7%)
- 0.465 oz. Chamomile Distillate (6.7%)
- 0.030 oz. DL Panthenol (Vitamin B5) (1%)
- 0.140 oz. Propanediol (4.7%) – if out of stock, this can be substituted 1:1 for Propylene Glycol
- • 0.030 oz. Optiphen Plus (1%)
Directions – Soothing Chamomile Toner
Making the Infusion
1.) Bring 3 oz. of Deionized Water to a soft boil. Pour over a bag of Chamomile Tea and allow to steep for 5-10 minutes.
2.) After steeping, remove the tea bag, and pour the infusion through a coffee filter to ensure you remove any particles from the tea.
Heating Phase
3.) While the infusion is still warm, carefully add in the Chamomile Distillate, Panthenol, and Propanediol (or Propylene Glycol).
4.) Using an immersion blender, blend the mixture at low speed for about 2 minutes.
5.) Once the mixture is well blended and cooled, add in your Optiphen Plus and continue to mix for another 30 seconds to 1 minute. If necessary, pour the mixture through a coffee filter one more time.
6.) Use a funnel (optional) to pour your toner into your packaging of choice and enjoy! Remember to label and date your product.
A Quick Tip…
Because this is a toner, it is important that the product has appropriate pH. The ideal pH for skin falls between 4.5 and 5.5, so make sure you measure the pH (you can use a simple pH strip) before use. The easiest way to lower pH is to use citric acid, and if you need to increase the pH you can use baking soda. If you want to know more about pH, you can read all about it here.
Chamomile Toner Usage
Shake well. Apply product directly to face and pat with your hands or apply to a cotton pad and gently apply to face. Allow the product to dry before applying serums or moisturizers. This product is also a great pick me up and works great as a rejuvenating face mist you can use throughout the day.
Substitutions & Customizations
You can use this base toner recipe to make all kinds of incredible combinations! Switch out the chamomile distillate for rose, or cucumber for example, or play with different infusion options. If you remove the Optiphen plus, you must ensure that you replace it with another broad-spectrum preservative. Be advised that our estimated shelf life was calculated for this recipe only and is no longer valid if substitutions or alterations are made.
Have you tried this recipe? How did it go? Let us know in the comments below!
