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Hawaiian Facial Toner
  • iamjess03
    So my skin seems to LOVE this product. I have had the same skin care routine for over a year and on Beautypedia.com this toner got a negative review. So I only took out the toner from my routine and my skin started breaking out! Then I completely changed my skin care routine with all different products and nothing working. As soon as I added this toner back in, my skin got better. 
    Is this product good for me or not?  
    From Beautypedia:
    Review:The irony of this product is that most of the natural ingredients included are its weakness, at least in terms of causing skin irritation without benefit. The main offenders are witch hazel, arnica, and bergamot oil. Without them, this would have been a great option for all skin types.Ingredients:Water, Polysorbate 20, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Seed Extract, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis Flower Extract, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Extract, Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Passiflora Incarnata Flower Extract, Psidium Guajava Fruit Extract, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Fruit Oil, Allantoin, Panthenol, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium PCA, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol
    Here are the "bad" ingredients from Cosmetics Cop

    Also known as lye, it is a highly alkaline ingredient used in small amounts in cosmetics to modulate the pH of a product. It is also used as a cleansing agent in some cleansers. In higher concentrations it is a significant skin irritant.

    bergamot oil 
    Categories: Plant Extracts, Fragrance: Synthetic and Fragrant Plant ExtractsA volatile citrus oil that, when used topically, is a photosensitizer and has photomutagenic properties, meaning it can induce malignant changes to cells    witch hazel 
    Categories: Antioxidants, Anti-Irritants, Irritants, Plant ExtractsCommonly used plant extract that can have potent antioxidant properties (Sources: Phytotherapy Research, June 2002, pages 364–367; and Journal of Dermatological Science, July 1995, pages 25–34) and some anti-irritant properties (Source: Skin Pharmacology and Applied Skin Physiology, March-April 2002, pages 125–132). However, witch hazel’s high tannin content (and tannin is a potent antioxidant), can also be irritating when used repeatedly on skin because it constricts blood flow. The bark of the witch hazel plant has higher tannin content than the leaves. Steam distillation for producing witch hazel water removes the tannins, but the plant’s astringent qualities are what most believe give it benefit. Alcohol is added during the distillation process, the amount typically being 14–15%. Witch hazel water is distilled from all parts of the plant, so in that sense you never know what you’re getting, though the alcohol content remains (Source: www.naturaldatabase.com; www.drugs.com). Depending on the form of witch hazel, you’re either exposing skin to an irritating amount of alcohol (which causes free radical damage and collagen breakdown), tannins, or both. Moreover, witch hazel contains the fragrance chemical eugenol, which is another source of irritation. Seetannin

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