Soothing Facial Tea
"I’ve had a great experience with this steam. If you like a mini spa experience you can do at home like me, then it’s worth a try. I haven’t used this regularly enough to notice major skin changes."
Tea: Problem Skin Blend Facial Steam & Toner
Tea: Problem Skin Blend Facial Steam & Toner
A clarifying facial steam and toner blend crafted with traditionally purifying botanicals to help the skin feel balanced, refreshed, and clearer-looking — ideal for complexions that need a gentle reset.
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Product Overview
Botanical Care for Congested, Problem-Prone Skin
Skin that produces excess oil can sometimes lead to clogged pores and a complexion that feels congested or out of balance. Harsh cleansers or alcohol-heavy toners may temporarily dry the skin, but they can also leave it feeling irritated and uncomfortable.
This clarifying botanical blend is crafted with organic herbs traditionally used to help refresh and clarify problem-prone skin and for complexions in need of a gentle reset. Made with herbs traditionally used in skincare for their purifying, toning, and complexion‑supporting qualities, it transforms warm water into an aromatic steam or a fresh, plant‑infused toner that leaves the skin feeling clean, balanced, and naturally refreshed.
When used as a steam or botanical toner, the warm infusion helps soften buildup and loosen surface impurities, leaving skin feeling cleaner, calmer, and more balanced.
While steaming alone won’t clear blemishes, many people find the comforting warmth and botanical vapors help refresh skin and support a clearer-looking complexion over time.
Botanical Blend Highlights
Organic thyme, neem leaf, lemongrass, and Oregon grape root form the core of the blend, offering a bright, herbaceous profile that feels deeply cleansing and clarifying. Licorice root, self-heal, and green tea add a soothing, harmonizing layer, helping the infusion feel balanced rather than harsh. Burdock root, dandelion, and elder flowers round out the formula with their long‑respected roles in traditional herbal skincare, contributing to a sense of gentle purification and renewal.
Together, these herbs help gently cleanse and refresh skin while supporting a more comfortable, balanced complexion, making the blend especially welcome for oily, problem, or congestion-prone skin.
Two Ways to Use
When prepared as a facial steam, the warm vapor helps soften the skin and melt surface oils, allowing the botanicals’ natural aromatics to rise with the steam and settle gently onto the complexion. This creates a refreshing, clarifying experience that feels especially welcome when your skin needs a deeper sense of renewal.
When cooled and used as a toner, the infusion feels clean, light, and balancing — especially suited for skin that tends toward oiliness, congestion, or general unevenness.
This blend is not intended to treat or cure any condition — it’s simply a botanical way to support clearer‑looking skin and bring a sense of purity and renewal to your daily ritual.
How Much Do You Get?
Each package contains approximately 1 cup of herbal blend, enough for at least 4 facial steams or multiple toner preparations.
A reusable cotton muslin bag is included for easy preparation.
How To Use
How to Use Herbal Facial Teas
As a Facial Steam
Place herbs in the included muslin bag, pour boiling water over them in a heatproof bowl, and allow to steep. Sit comfortably with your face about 12 inches above the bowl and drape a towel over your head to capture the steam. Steam gently for 5–10 minutes, taking breaks as needed. Rinse with cool water afterward and follow with moisturizer.
As a Botanical Toner
Steep herbs in boiling water, allow the infusion to cool, and apply to clean skin using cotton or by spritzing from a spray bottle. No rinsing is needed. Extra toner can be refrigerated and used within about a week.
Our herbal facial teas work beautifully with water alone or can be combined with simple additions like honey or apple cider vinegar, ingredients often already found in your kitchen.
To learn more about preparing and using facial teas, and to explore creative herbal skincare recipes, visit our blog articles:
🌿Chagrin Valley Facial Tea & Toner: Basic Instructions
🌿Using Herbs for Facial Skin Care & Toners with Creative Recipes
Effective, Feel Good Ingredients
The goal is simple: to Harness the Power & Simplicity of Nature® to cleanse, soothe, heal, and protect your skin and hair!
Our unique formulas rely on moisturizing oils and butters, healing botanicals, and pure essential oils. We choose every ingredient with one end-result in mind….the BEST possible natural skin care for YOU!
Featured Ingredients
Organic Thyme
Thyme leaf is a naturally cleansing, aromatic herb valued for its antibacterial, astringent, and skin-toning properties. Used topically, it helps clarify pores, balance excess oil, soothe irritation, and refresh the skin and scalp—while its invigorating aroma helps clear the senses and revive tired skin.
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Thyme leaf is a naturally cleansing, aromatic herb valued for its antibacterial, astringent, and skin-toning properties. Used topically, it helps clarify pores, balance excess oil, soothe irritation, and refresh the skin and scalp—while its invigorating aroma helps clear the senses and revive tired skin.
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Organic Neem Leaf
Neem leaf is a traditional botanical valued for its strong antifungal, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties. Used topically, it helps calm eczema-prone skin, reduce acne and itching, and relieve dandruff and scalp irritation by addressing the microbial imbalances that contribute to problem skin and scalp conditions.
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Neem leaf is a traditional botanical valued for its strong antifungal, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties. Used topically, it helps calm eczema-prone skin, reduce acne and itching, and relieve dandruff and scalp irritation by addressing the microbial imbalances that contribute to problem skin and scalp conditions.
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Organic Oregon Grape Root
Oregon grape root is a botanical used topically to help calm irritated, problem-prone skin, including skin affected by eczema, acne, and rosacea. Rich in berberine and tannins, it offers antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties often used in soaps, salves, and bath preparations for sensitive or reactive skin.
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Oregon grape root is a botanical used topically to help calm irritated, problem-prone skin, including skin affected by eczema, acne, and rosacea. Rich in berberine and tannins, it offers antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties often used in soaps, salves, and bath preparations for sensitive or reactive skin.
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Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 4 reviews.
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Awesome Toner
"I use the problem skin blend as a toner. I just brew it up and keep in a spray bottle staged in my refrigerator. It is amazing! I use twice a day in my skincare routine and sometimes more if I just need a lift."
Soothing and refreshing!
"Soothing and refreshing!"
Fantastic product!
"This steam made my face feel baby soft and luxurious! After streaming my face, I soaked my feet in the liquid for a relaxing foot treatment! Highly recommend!"
Q&A
- if using this product as a toner, would i be able to put it in a spray bottle and use it daily after cleansing?
- Hi Chanel, Thanks for your question! Yes you can make this tea and put it in a spray bottle to use after cleansing but we do recommend storing it in the refrigerator and using it within two weeks of making the tea. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and have a great day! -Christina, Chagrin Valley
- Hello, Like to know how often can you use this, once - 3x a wk or once a wk is good? What's the best results? Wash face, steam and then wash again but with cool water to close pores. Am I on the right track?
- Hi Thelma, Thanks for your question! The amount of times that you can use this product really just depends on your skin and how it works for you! We typically recommend starting out with 1-2 times per week. If you are using this product as a steam or toner, you can use it as you mentioned but you do not need to wash again after using it, just splash your face with cool water to close your pores and pat dry! Hope this helps! Thanks again for reaching out and please contact us anytime with additional questions or concerns:) -Christina, Chagrin Valley
- hi, Following your instructions to use ¼ cup of herbs each time, how many times can be used with 1 bag please? thanks
- Hi Lydia, Thanks so much for your question! Our bags contain about 3/4 cup of tea, enough for at least 3 facial steams. Hope this helps! Thanks again for reaching out and please feel free to contact us at any time with additional questions! -Christina
- As a toner, would the problem skin blend be best to use just prior to washing the face to help open the pores and loosen the dirt? Also, would the astringent one be best for after washing the face then? Thanks!
- Hi There, Thanks for your question! Our Facial Teas, when used as a toner, are meant to be used after cleansing to help remove any remaining dirt, oil, and make up, as well as help tighten pores, and reduce breakouts. Hope this helps! Thanks again for reaching out and please contact us at any time with additional questions! -Christina
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Everyone Use an Herbal Facial Steams?
Although many people benefit from natural herbal facial steams, they are not appropriate for everyone.
Steam facials should not be used for those with cystic acne or rosacea and heat and sweating can often irritate eczema.
For folks who have extremely sensitive, damaged skin or who are prone to developing tiny broken veins or capillaries, herbal steams can be irritating and should be avoided unless suggested by a health-care provider.
People with health conditions such as asthma or heart trouble should consult their physician before doing facial steams. If you have sensitive or allergy-prone skin, you should always do a skin patch test before using any new herbal product.
Just like you should not sit too long in a steam room, you do not want to facial steam too long or too often. Listen to YOUR skin and your body! A word of caution-- If you feel light-headed or woozy during steaming, stop at once.
For more information read our blog, "How To Use Our Organic Herbal Teas For Facial Skincare"
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How Does a Facial Cleansing Oil Work?
How Does a Facial Cleansing Oil Work?
A cleansing oil works its magic in two simple ways:
- oil dissolves oil
- skin with balanced oil production is happy skin
1. The concept of the oil cleansing method is rooted in one of the most basic principles of chemistry, “like dissolves like.”
Since water does not dissolve oil, if you wash with water, you need some sort of soap or detergent.
Think of soap as the middleman that helps bring oil and water together so that the dirt and grease on your skin can be easily rinsed away.
Oils are what chemists call lipophilic, meaning that they are naturally attracted to other oils, including the excess skin oil (sebum) that causes breakouts and the oil by-products found in most makeup.
Even if you use water-based makeup, over the course of a day, it will mix with your natural facial oil.
A facial cleansing oil will dissolve away the dirty oil and makeup from your face and replenish it with clean, nourishing oil that protects and moisturizes throughout the day.
2. Using a good, natural, organic oil on your skin actually helps slow down its own oil production to maintain balance.
There is a huge misconception that using any oil on your face only creates more oil, more breakouts, and leaves an oily residue. For years, commercial skin care companies have told us we need to remove the oil from our skin, especially our faces.
The problem is that drying out your facial skin actually stimulates increased oil production--which is the opposite of what you are trying to achieve.
Our facial cleansing oil is formulated with a blend of organic oils and herbal-infused oils that will balance sebum production and bind with the existing oil to unclog pores and cleanse impurities.
Using pure, organic oils, whether to cleanse or simply moisturize, will help balance sebum (natural skin oil) production, protect skin, and keep it soft, smooth, and hydrated.
👉 For more information, explore our blog, "What Is A Facial Cleaning Oil? How Do I Use It?"
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Why Should I put OIL on my face?
Why Use a Facial Oil
Whether you call them facial oils or facial serums, well-formulated oils made from nourishing, unrefined botanical ingredients play an important role in healthy skin care.
A well-formulated facial oil helps:
- soften and condition the skin
- support the skin’s natural moisture barrier
- reduce the feeling of dryness and tightness
- improve overall skin comfort and suppleness
Although oils don’t add water to the skin, they help soften, condition, and support the skin’s natural moisture barrier, which in turn helps skin retain hydration and stay comfortable.
As we age, our skin naturally becomes thinner, produces less oil, and loses some of its ability to hold onto moisture. This can make dryness more noticeable and can exaggerate the appearance of fine lines. Facial oils help reduce moisture loss and support skin suppleness.
How to Use a Facial Oil
Apply facial oil to clean, slightly damp skin. Oils work best when they are applied after cleansing, when there is still water on the skin’s surface. This helps the oil seal in moisture and support the skin barrier. Facial oils can be used alone or layered with another moisturizer, depending on your skin’s needs.
Facial Oils Can Help Different Skin Types
Oily Skin
If you have oily or acne-prone skin, it may seem counterintuitive to use oil—but the right oils can actually help improve balance. Lightweight, non-comedogenic botanical oils can help soften skin and support the surface barrier, which may reduce the skin’s tendency to overproduce oil.
Using harsh products designed to “dry out” oily skin can strip the skin’s surface, triggering oil glands to produce even more oil. A thoughtfully chosen moisturizer or facial oil helps support balance rather than fight it.
Dry Skin
For dry skin, an organic facial oil made with unrefined plant oils creates a breathable barrier that helps slow moisture evaporation. This helps skin feel softer, smoother, and more comfortable throughout the day.
Sensitive or Easily Stressed Skin
Facial oils are often well-suited for sensitive skin because they are free from the surfactants and alcohols commonly found in many lotions. When skin is adequately supported and moisture loss is reduced, it often feels calmer and less reactive.
Maturing Skin
As we age, the skin’s natural oil production declines, making moisture loss more noticeable and fine lines more pronounced. A nourishing facial oil helps support the skin barrier, improve softness, and maintain a supple, comfortable feel—especially important for mature skin.
Choosing the Right Facial Oil
The most beneficial facial oils are made with unrefined, certified organic plant-based oils.
Unrefined oils are typically cold-pressed or expeller-pressed and minimally processed without harsh chemicals or excessive heat. This helps preserve their natural fatty acids and skin-supportive compounds.
USDA Certified Organic oils are produced without synthetic pesticides, preservatives, or additives.
Avoid petroleum-based products containing mineral oil or petrolatum, which coat the skin without providing the same skin-supportive benefits as plant-based oils.
👉 Learn More
What are Natural Face Oils & How to Use Them?
Creating A Facial Skin Care Routine
What Is A Facial Cleansing Oil? How Do I Use It?
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