Witch Hazel!

Hi Hi!

Today's post is all about Witch Hazel!

 I have known about witch hazel for a while now, researched a bunch and found nothing but great things about! What it can do and how many different things you can use it for!

I finally got my hands on it a few weeks ago and have been obsessed with it ever since!

Witch Hazel is also known as winter-bloom or spotted alder and is a flowering shrub common in North America. Sometimes it grows tall enough to be considered a tree.

Most witch hazel comes in astringent form and it is 100% natural! 

No artificial fragrances or dyes. 

It can be used on your face and body, to cleanse, soothe and treat...pretty much anything!

The leaves, flower and bark are boiled to extract all of that good stuff in it!

Waste nothing!

 One of the articles i read online said that the leaves, bark, and twigs of witch hazel are high in tannins. 

Tannins are found in any natural astringent because of their 

strong ability to tighten tissue.

Now i don't know a lot about all the science and break down of this stuff, i just know its all natural, and it works! 

That's good enough for me!

The kind i found is by T.N. Dickinson's and i found it at grocery outlet for $3.69 and it is a 16oz bottle.

You should be able to find it most places and it should be cheap!

I use this a couple times a day, mainly after i wash my face in the morning and at night, as a toner.

I switch back and forth with my L'Oreal toner, use the witch hazel one day then the L'Oreal the next and well you get the picture!

  It deep cleans all my pores and gets all of the nasty dirt out of them. 

This stuff is also super gentle, so if you have sensitive skin, this is great for you!

It does not dry out my face! It actually feels like it gives it moisture!

 I sometimes use this more then just the two times i wash my face, if i have a blemish or if my face just feels really dry or oily.

 You can use it as much as you feel needed.

There is no tingle or burn when you use this.

 It also has a very herby smell to it, i kinda like it.

Don't worry, the smell goes away when you use it!  

Ok so now that fun part!  

 Some of the things you can do with this!

-Clear acne

(read a TON of articles about how good this is for clearing acne!)

  -Refresh skin

-Moisturize dry skin

-Reduce eye puffiness

-Insect bite soother

(takes the itch and swelling away)

-Reduce appearance of varicose veins

-Helps heal bruises quickly

-Cleanse and soothe wounds

(cuts, scraps, burns)

-Stop itching

(great for poison oak)

-Diaper rash

-Sunburns

-Itchy/dry scalp

-Psoriasis and eczema 

-Child birth injury reducer/quicker healer

(thanks to those tannins)

-Household cleaner

  (add some lemon juice and baking soda to create an eco-friendly cleaning

 agent for house)

-Jewelry cleaner

(dab on cotton ball and clean away)

-Soothe razor burn

-Hemorrhoids

The list can seriously go on for like ever!

I really think that its something that everyone needs to have in their home! 

Thanks so much for reading!

 Now go get some of this stuff!

:D