In cosmetic products are often offered cleaning or refreshment of cucumber materials. Usually the product is intended for women with oily skin or acne, because the cucumbers are able to relieve inflamed skin or redness due to sunburn.
Cucumbers contain ingredients that kill germs that cause acne (as an antiseptic skin) and skin tightening. Cucumber extract also helps restore skin pH to be the same as normal skin pH.
Freshener or toner made from cucumber is actually you can make yourself. Here is the recipe of cucumber toner is quoted from the book Ecobeauty: Scrubs, Rubs, Masks, and Bath booms for You and Your Friends.
Prepare the ingredients:
* 1 / 2 green cucumber slices with the waste of skin, chop-chop.
* 3 teaspoon leaf hortensi (flower bowl).
* 2 tsp of water that has been distilled.
Mix all ingredients, then put in a blender or juicer, and wait until smooth. Strain using a fine berjaring cloth to separate the grounds from the water.
Then enter the liquid toner in an airtight bottle (use a lid) and store in refrigerator. Toner is resistant to several weeks to come. When you wish to use, use a cotton bud or cotton, then rubbed on the face.
