Thursday Plantation Tea Tree & Witch Hazel Toner

After removing my make up and cleansing my skin, it removes the very last of the dirt, oil and foundation left in my pores. It makes my skin feel so refreshed and clean especially seeing a discoloured cotton ball at the end of it really shows it's done it's job! :)

Now I have been affected by acne for awhile now, no matter what I try it just doesnt seem to work! Here is where this product comes in, now I must say out of all the Thursday Plantation products this one was definitely one of my favorites, I would use this every night after I washed my face for that extra oomph in ridding bacteria! At first I didnt see any change but after awhile I noticed instead of having a lot of clusters of blemishes I'd just have the break out here and there. When usually toners make my skin feel dry and tight this product left my face feeling refreshed and clean!

In saying that my skin on my face may have may have cleared up a little bit, but it is still pretty bad - even after using this product religiously. So I cant really be a good judge on if it worked or not!

I also tried this product on my chest as that is a huge problem area for me and unfortunately it pretty much did nothing to help my skin!

Overall I would recommend if your skin isn't to problematic and you are looking for a toner to refresh your skin(thats why I like this product). But other then that, if you are a big acne sufferer then maybe try something else first.

I've been struggling with acne for 15 years and I make it quite loud and clear how passionate I am about anything acne related, so seeing BR offering the acne trial I just had to jump. Natural products, trialling in the safety of my own environment, win win for me.

First impression: Good size 100ml bottle that is going to last a good while because I havent reached half in 6 weeks. Its a strong pungent smell and reminds me of all the reasons that I dont like using tee tree oil.

First use: I soaked a cotton ball and applied with wiping motions avoiding the eye area. The toner immediately set the current pimples on fire with a burning sensation that left me worried. I left my skin alone for about 5-10 minutes before applying any other products. The most prominent pimples hurt the most and I wasnt pleased at all.

Week 1: Lots of angry new pimples so I held off using the toner everyday in this week as my skin had broken out really badly and it seemed the toner was making it worse by burning the pimples. The areas of my face that didnt have pimples the pores did seem somewhat smaller.

Week 2: My acne has eased a little and now I could benefit from the toner. It was removing all the impurities from my skin as the cotton ball was mucky brown and every swipe so now I getting a real good deep clean. I used in the morning and night.

Week 3: Day 21 and NO ACNE! No pimples! My pores are looking smaller and skin feels tight after each use. Used morning and night but now my skin is starting to abnormally oily.

Week 4: A few breakouts around my nose and forehead. I only use for 5 nights of the week as my skin was really oily and I wanted to the amount of products that I was using everyday. My pores are definitely looking smaller with each passing week.

Week 5: Only used at night and my skin was no longer oily. No skin is looking healthly and day 34, no pimples on my face.

Week 6: I have a few breakouts but nothing severe and I'm making sure to use the toner at night because my skin seem to benefit much more at night because I wake up with baby soft skin and hardly any redness in my pimples.

I'm definitely going to keep using this toner but will limit how much I use of it and how often I use it, because my skin becomes oily with over use. It might seem like a negative but this toner hasnt left my skin feeling striped of moisture and nourishment as most toners make my skin. So even if I can only use it at night, I'll do just that!

Review for Thursday Plantation

Tea Tree Face Wash for Acne Tea Tree and Witch Hazel Toner Tea Tree Face Cream Tea Tree Blemish Gel Tea Tree Blemish Stick

My 16 year old son who has always struggled with acne began using this approx 6 weeks ago (5 March 14). He has written the review.

I really like the colour of the labeling/packaging – the green gives it a nice natural look. The size of the products are great – not too large, but they do last a long time.

Face Wash When the nozzle is pressed down the product foams up instantly in your hand. This makes the application very easy. I have just left it on my skin while in the shower, then rinsed off. The fragrance of the tea tree is very appealing. The Face Wash leaves your skin feeling really nice and soft (not dry at all). Having used this product every day sometimes twice a day, for the past 6 weeks, given the weight of the bottle, I imagine I haven’t even used half of the bottle – so it goes a VERY long way.

Tea Tree and Witch Hazel Toner – I have been applying this product with a make up pad which makes application nice and easy. It is very refreshing to use and gets rid of any excess grime missed with the face wash.

Tea Tree Face Cream I use this straight after the toner, it makes my skin feel light and soft if you know what I mean. The container has only just lasted me 6 weeks and that was being very careful. It does feel a little greasy on my skin.

I am a part time tennis coach so am out in the sun a lot – I have to use sunblock on a daily basis. This seems to really make my skin / acne more pronounced. I am careful to cleanse my skin as soon as possible to get rid of the sunblock.

After two weeks of using the product, I noticed a real change in my skin. It was less firey and the spots were not so noticeable. This did change though when using sunblock – this made it flare up again.

I used the Blemish Gel and Spot Stick on the spots that really stuck out. This took the redness away pretty much overnight.

During the trial my acne never really came to major white heads which I have had in the past. These products seemed to keep things under control. It definitely hasn’t got rid of the problem, but I guess just managing it a little better. I don’t look like the kid from the Pizza shop anymore.

I have really enjoyed trialling the products and hope my review is of help to other acne sufferers.

After using this product with the foaming cleanser for 5 weeks, my skin is nearly totally clear & I'm amazed at what these products did what no others were able to do. It didn't burn or tingle like most other toners i have used that really irritate my skin, it just felt clean and i really have seen a big difference in the size of my pores since using this product. My pores are smaller & tighter now which i love. I want more of this stuff. I'm addicted for sure :-)

I'm used to light toners which leave skin fresh and bright afterwards. This felt more like a light oil to touch and on my skin felt like a light moisturiser rather than toner. Strong tea tree smell. The first few times I used it the smell was so strong it was almost overpowering, following me around for an hour or so! I persevered and after a week or so I got used to it but only used it at night.

This toner was pleasant to use after a long day of wearing makeup. It soothed my skin after cleansing, and restored some (but not all) moisture to skin, which resulted in some nights forgetting to moisturise because my skin felt so nice! However as I have sensitive eyes, the toner made my eyes sting a little when using it on a couple of occasions. So for those with sensitive skin, avoid the eye area! The bottle made the toner easy to extract, without excessive waste, and was small and handy to carry out when I was staying away from home.

I really hated the packaging for this! I hate toner bottles with this sort of lid, it's one of those ones where you push one side down and then lots dribbles out when you're trying to put some on a cotton ball. Apart from the packaging though, I really liked the feel this toner had on my skin, it didn't dry it out like a lot of other products do. Although I don't like the smell of tea tree oil, this product does leave a heavy smell on the skin, but you soon get used to the smell.

As someone who had not previously used toner, I found that this product did offer some benefit to my skin. The toner seemed to even my skin, by drying out certain more oily patches of skin without drying out all of it. The consistency was good and I liked that it didn't feel oily on my skin. The only downsides were that the flip top bottle was prone to leak, and that it smelt more like a cleaning product than the smell of the wash, which I really liked. Overall, it was a good toner which helped to even out skin tone.

Age: 16, Skin Type: Moderate to Bad Acne

This product was one of the nicest ones in the whole range. Although the packaging was fiddly and a bit messy, it felt nice swabbing this over my skin after cleansing off my make up. It felt like it really cleansed the last traces of the face wash and any makeup off ready to moisturise.

Again, the scent is quite strong however I really felt the soothing properties of the Aloe Vera.