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HOW TO
How do you apply it?
Put a dropper into your hand, without the dropper touching your skin, and apply like aftershave all over the face and/or body, around the eyes is does wonderous things! Never use a cotton ball.
The more you massage into your skin, the better it works, take this time to drain your lymphatic system to rid of puffy eyes and face. Use day and night during the summer and less in the winter
How do you care for it?
Ghastly Tonics are alive, and must be shaken before every use, kept out of direct sunlight and temperature fluctuations. Keep at 72 degrees or cooler, maximum 74. Do NOT store in the bathroom where there is a shower or in a window sill.
Do not mix Ghastly Tonics with toners or lotions, if its white, don't use it. Our Oils and non- comedogenic Balms are great to mix with!
Try not to wear foundation when applying the rest of your makeup, foundation only blocks your synergy with nature. As we breath out, plants breath in. We reciprocate that through our skin. Our Epidermis primarily gets its oxygen from the air, so it is crucial for cellular respiration not to block your pores with comedogenic emulsifiers! Hence lotion and foundation...
Do you wash it off and what does it do?
No, you leave it on. Do not follow up with anything else. If you still feel dry from a damaged mantel, then apply coconut oil, or one of our oil or balm products for added moisture.
washing your face: If your face doesn't have dirt or makeup on it then, its best to just use warm water as a rinse on your face. Your facial oils are the first layer of defense of your immune system and your natural sunscreen. Don't wash this off... Your microbiome lives there and it fights pathogens. The Tonics are enough to clean the oils on your skin as they are anti-oxidants mixed with acids. They are anti-microbial tonics, they will clean!
Especially the Green Label "Oil Control". This one has shown to rid of STUBBORN Athlete's Foot and Jock Itch!
Less is more with your skin, but If your skin feels like it needs a wash, then use Coconut Oil or diluted honey and a warm microfiber cloth. Both of those are antimicrobial. Nurses even recommend swishing for 20 minutes with coconut oil to kill germs and whiten teeth! soap is counter productive to the health of your skin. use sparingly and when needed only.
NOTE: Stirling silver and stainless steel eliminate odors when used with cooler water! Coconut oil is great a neutralizing odors as well.
I put together a good summary of how your skin works to explain all of this and how Ghastly Tonics help. I also talk a bit about some of the causes of common skin disorders. It includes some before and after photos and scientific figures under click below and scroll down
WINTER CHANGES
You will definitely want to use the Conditioning Oil throughout the day and the Maximum Enhancing Balm with your tonic. On windy days, either apply the balm and conditioning oil, without the tonic in the morning or Mix some balm in your palm with a dropper of your tonic and apply to your whole face and eyes.
NOTE: always apply Tonics to a warm damp face. Preferably a "prepared face", meaning a coconut oil and warm microfiber wash cloth. Use a full dropper for your face and neck.
The Conditioning Oil is especially nice on the lips and around the eyes and cheek bones. It also has 4 skin lighteners for those dark spots. It is tinted a nice color from the combination of the powerhouse oils Carrot Seed and Rose Oils, which is always nice in the winter.
I assume that the combination of oils creates a pretty high SPF as well.
The Tonics are Humectants. Humectants are water soluble molecules that attract water and they expand and contract, breathing in and out moisture. These are found in Aloe Vera, Apple Cicer Vinegar and to some degree in hydrosols.
Humectants are impotent because they draw moisture to the Epidermis to keep it plump. However, in the dry winter air, this effect needs a bit of maintenance.
What can do:
stay hydrated - drink you tea!
Steam your face
apply warm water wash cloths to your face
turn on a humidifier
boil water
apply tea bags to your eyes (I like peppermint)
and wow, a used coffee filter liquid on your face really gives it a perk up!
It is important for your skin, and your whole body, to stay hydrated. You can tell this when your urine just tints the water. If it is clear, then you are probably in need of some B vitamins.
Another way to tell is if you press on your finger tips to see if the indent stays there after a few seconds. So, if you have dark urine and indented fingers and dry skin, you probably need some water.
This is important because, your job is to keep your insides healthy and Ghastlys job is to provide nutrition on the outside while keeping your connection to the earth open.
I will have more on these topics in the TIPS section
Sunscreen?
I need to point out that the oils that your skin produce have been analyzed and the results vary between 8 and 15 SPF! So, don't wash that off!
You can add our High-Noon Balm to your own oils when needed. It has many oils that have high SPF properties such as Carrot Seed, Raspberry Seed and lesser SPF oils with plumping abilities, like Pumpkin Seed and Coconut Oils.
The only non-plant ingredient that I use in any of my products is in the High-Noon Balm and that is non-nano-zinc-oxide. This will block all UV rays, like block them.
Vit D is so very important for calcium absorption and its distribution to your bones, muscles and to the Epidermis, that you want to give yourself at least 30 minutes of direct sunlight on your whole arms and legs daily between 11-2pm or take a supplement if you can't or don't or if it is winter. Vitamin D is also a membrane anti-oxidant so it fights cancer. You want your blood test to be between 20-50
I suggest trying the conditioning oil with the tonics to see if this is enough sunscreen for you. My guess is that it will net around a 20-25 SPF with that combination. Or just wearing a hat and t-shirt when outside.
Definitely apply Ghastly Sunscreen when boating or prolonged direct exposure between 11-2pm. But, not when you will be out for less than 30 min.
NOTE: When looking for a sunscreen, you will see "Zinc Oxide" most often. You must look for "NON-NANO Zinc Oxide" like we use. Non-Nano Zinc Oxide is a larger, heavier molecule than it's counterpart. This will hopefully, prevent it from getting into your lungs or through your skin into your blood stream as plain old Zinc Oxide is known to do and it is a well know carcinogen...
The best way to protect yourself from the sun is to use oils and build up your melanin by starting to expose your skin in the spring so that by summer your melanin levels will be able to transform the sun rays into heat and dissipate it safely for you, as it has been doing for 300,000 years... Just saying...
* Apply 10 min before going outside. * Our Sunscreen is not waterproof.
HOW TO KNOW WHEN TO REAPPLY: Check the "minutes to burn" with your weather channel and multiply that number by the approximated SPF of 20-30 to figure how to reapply. Say, 5 minutes to burn x SPF of 20 = reapply every 100 min. Ghastly Sunscreen is estimated to have an SPF of 20-25.