Hi Everyone!!!
Long ago, I used Clinique clarifying lotion, which has impressed
me a lot. Clarifying lotions are actually toners only that can take away extra
dirt and impurities from the skin and tones your skin. Today, I will review
refreshing and clarifying lotion from Himalaya herbals.
Price: 145
rupees for 200 ml and 100 ml for 80 bucks
Claims:
”Himalaya's
Refreshing & Clarifying Toner is made from a blend of
natural ingredients that control excess oil secretion and cleanse oil from the
skin's surface. Herbal goodness of ingredients like Lentil, which deep cleanses
pores; Citrus Lemon, a natural astringent and cleanser, tightens pores and
refreshes skin and; Boerhavia Root extract controls excess oil secretion to
leave your skin clear, soft and radiant.”
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| Himalaya herbals clarifying toner |
Ingredients: only the
key ingredients are mentioned.
Citrus Limon is an effective cleanser, which removes dead
skin cells and impurities, leaving your skin supple, smooth and fresh.
Lentil deep cleanses pores and gives your skin back
its lost nutrients like protein.
Boerhavia Root controls excess oil secretion to leave your
skin clear, soft and radiant.
Experience: Himalaya Refreshing and clarifying toner
comes in the usual Himalaya packaging with a flip top cap. Packaging wise the
product looks good. It is user friendly but may not be travel friendly as even
if the flip top cap is closed and tight you can’t be sure that it will not leak
at all. So, better be careful!
The toner smells
like lemons and exudes a very herbal kind of smell. I could not sniff any
alcohol from this toner and also it says it is alcohol free. In anyways, you
should avoid toners with alcohols, you know why? As they can be really harsh
for your delicate skin. Alcohol in toners strips off the natural oils and
leaves your skin dry. I find Ayur toner to be very drying and gave tingling and
burning sensation when I used that ages ago. Therefore, if you have sensitive
skin, do opt for alcohol free toners.
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| Himalaya herbals clarifying toner |
Coming back to
this toner, yes, it is alcohol free but that doesn’t mean I like this toner. It
has a soapy formula which when I applied taking this on a cotton pad, appears
that it has cleansed my skin, which it may as even after washing the face, I
could see some dirt on the cotton pad, but my skin had this cooling sensation
and thereafter it felt chip chip and
greasy, my skin started sweating and overall the feeling about this toner was
anything but not impressive.
After all, who
wants a toner or any face product that can make you feel greasy and sweaty? May
be dry skinned people can try it once and see if that can help them.
It has not given
me burning or tingling sensation but the soapy feel was enough for me to
discontinue using it. When you wipe your
face with the cotton pad that has this Himalaya clarifying toner, you can
clearly see mild froth on the pad.
But for oily,
combination skin I will not suggest this at all. You should try and look at
other options rather than using this. I liked Aroma magic aromatic toner way
better than this. In fact that was really good and use to freshen up the face
without any greasiness.
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I gave it a try
after a month again and it did the same thing, which has made me conclude that
it is not for acne prone oily, combination skin. Moreover, I also noticed few
tiny boils on my jaw line. It’s a NO for me.
Pros of Himalaya
herbals refreshing and clarifying toner
Affordable
Smells good
Availability
Takes off dirt
Cons of Himalaya
herbals refreshing and clarifying toner
Soapy formula
Makes skin sweaty
Break outs
Skin feels greasy
Not for oily to
combination skin
Rating :
2 out of 5
Take:
Himalaya herbals clarifying toner is an affordable product that takes off dirt
from the face but at the same time, its soapy formula makes skin greasy and
also skin starts sweating after sometime. I will not recommend this to normal
to oily skin. If you have dry skin then you may try it and see but definitely
not for oily, combination skin.
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