By Shruti
Hi Guys! How are you all? I know it’s been a long time 🙂 Winter hasn’t set yet in Chennai but the weather is pleasant. Let me get straight to the review. A couple of weeks ago I started getting pimples all over my chin and my left cheek. I got so worried and that increased the breakout. I then realized that 3 years ago, when I had an allergic reaction to fluoride (yup, fluoride makes me break out around my lips) my dermatologist in Dubai had prescribed a medicated cream.
Now this cream dries out the pimples and slowly makes your skin peel. So I ended up having dry patches on my skin which looked awful. Imagine sitting in the office, in AC, and in an hour or so, you see skin flaking. Yuck! I applied lotions and what not, but my skin started burning. I realized that I could use a face spray or a toner to calm my skin and keep it hydrated.
To cut my long story short, I picked up this baby online and it’s helped me in my quest for fresher skin 🙂 I am talking about Fabindia Lavender Skin Toner.
Claims:
An alcohol-free hydrating toner that cleanses refreshes and soothes your skin.
Price & Quantity: Rs 150 for 200 ml
Ingredients:
Purified Water, Propylene Glycol, Polysorbate 20, Phenoxyethanol, Lavender Essential Oil
Usage Instructions:
After washing your face and neck, spray the skin toner onto a cotton swab and gently stroke in an upward direction. Avoid contact with eyes.
Shelf Life: 18 months
My Experience with Fabindia Lavender Skin Toner:
Packaging: It comes in a transparent plastic bottle with a white plastic flip top. The top has a small nozzle. Personally, I would have preferred a spray bottle. But this nozzle is small so I guess it would do!
Colour, Consistency & Fragrance: The toner is transparent and runny like water. It smells of lavender and is mild and relaxing.
How it works: It’s like a balm for my irritated and raw skin 😀 I have this tiny spray bottle into which I have transferred some of the toner. As I mentioned earlier, my skin starts peeling really fast and it burns. I simply close my eyes and spray this onto my face. Let it dry on its own. My skin automatically calms down and I feel much better. Also it hydrates the dry patches of my skin. I use it many times during the day. It didn’t break me out too. Touchwood!!
PROS:
- Great for sensitive irritated skin
- Contains lavender which soothes acne and calms down irritation
- Smells amazingly relaxing
- Controls oil secretion too
- Gets absorbed really fast
- No burning sensation
- Economical
- Good quantity for the price
- Easily available in the Fabindia stores and online too
- Didn’t break me out.
CONS:
- Bitter taste 🙁 Please purse your lips while spraying it.
Rating: 4.5/5
Do I Recommend?:
This is an amazing toner for sensitive skinned people like me. However, please do a patch test and then use it for your face. Better safe than sorry.
Would I Repurchase?:
Yes. Actually thinking of making my own toner too. 🙂
Great review Shruti 🙂 Share your DIY toner recipe sooon…. Me waiting 😀
nice review shruti 🙂 i love lavender products 🙂
thanks for putting it up Lancy..:-)
Yes..I will surely send u the recipe for my DIY toner soon..:-)
I am waitinggggg 😀 😀 😀
Hi Supriya..thank u..I love lavender too..its very very relaxing and has a lot of benefits..I even put it in my bath water..its awesome:-)
Shruti.. Means you mix lavender oil in bath water? How do you use it girl?
I have a couple of essential oils..lavender is one of them..I take hot water in a bucket( since I dnt own a tub:-(),put a couple of drops in the water and use that .The smell is AMAZING…:-)
I do the same with peppermint oil..
WOW amazing.. I love the smell of lavender oil too 🙂 Once I had a small bottle which was gifted by my cousin.. But don’t have one now. 🙁 Which brand do you use Shruti? Both lavender and peppermint?
There is this brand in Delhi..Moksh..pure and amazing essential oils.I sent them an email and asked them to courier lavender, peppermint, tea tree and rosemary oils..
I will forward you their details soon..
moksh international na? even i have heard of them… but they dont have price details in INR on their website?
Sure 🙂 Thanks sweetz..
Do you use essential oils Supriya?? Me too not sure about their price :-/
I guess there are sample packs too.
yes i do use.. i have used lavender and eucalyptus oils :), small bottles only from a local brand
i am keen on buying big sizes from moksh but am unsure about the price and shipping.. hey shruti can u guide us?
The rates are super reasonable..better than the ones you find in the markets here..wen I got it, tea tree 10 ml was just 100..other brands hv it at 250 min..
cool!!.. 🙂
Seems very affordable 🙂 Me taking biotin supplements for hair now.. Because of this, am experiencing lot of acne breakouts 🙁 Gonna try tea tree oil.
hey….off the topic, I loved ur rings…by the way, the black ring!! is that the one of elephant hair??? 🙂
Haha:-)you are absolutely right..
its elephant hair and is supposed to keep buri nazar away..
me being a keralite tamilian, this is a very famous ring here.
btw, its my younger brother’s ring..usse maine cheen li..;-)
What is buri nazar? 😛 and what is usse maine cheen li..
Enna language pa idhu? LOL
:)….my dad has….I wanted it so much when I was a high school girl. But no body allowed me to wear gold those days… Now that I am grown and allowed gold, the craze for that ring is gone… :(.. How weird things turn out….
Even I love this ring..and that was the reason I took it from by bro..
school had weird rules..:-(
I am sure if u wear it now,u will learn to love it..
m just hinting that you take it from ur dad on a trial basis;-)
Haha..I started writing in hindi..habit!!
Buri nazar means evil eye..
usse maine cheen li is ‘i snatched the ring from him’..:-D..I know..bad sister..
lancy, since a lot of people are interested in Moksh..Supriya too..all my interaction with them was through emails..they gave me a product list..I will forward that to you since I dnt have Supriya’s email..
thanks shruti… 🙂
Sure Shruti 🙂 Do forward me when you are free.. I ll share it with Supriya.
I shall try this….
Hey Ranjana, do try it..but check it on ur inner arm for a patch test..if ur sensitive skinned:-)
Nice tip shruti
nice post.. i love lavender fragrance…
Useful post lancy. Keep reviewing.