Tea tree water is a hydrolate and an herbal water. During distillation of flowers and plants, you always get a concentrated oil phase and a water phase. From tea tree, you get essential oil as well as tea tree water. The essential oil is always concentrated and should be used in small amounts and usually in diluted form. The water, however, can always be used undiluted directly on the skin.
The benefits of tea tree water
Tea tree is known for its antiseptic and antibacterial properties. Like all hydrolates, tea tree water has a lower pH around 4-5, which is more similar to the skin's own pH. This makes all hydrolates very pure and excellent facial waters. Akamuti has chosen to add a spray pump to the product, which makes it extra easy to use.
Who is tea tree water good for?
We often recommend tea tree water to those with impure, acne-prone skin. But also inflamed skin types.
Thanks to its antibacterial properties, it's especially good for those who have yellow pustules (acne that can be squeezed out).
Tea tree water is also great as an after-shower spray on armpits that tend to smell bad, on dandruff-prone, itchy, smelly and oily scalp.
Tea tree water consists only of water and trace elements of tea tree. There are no additives like drying alcohol or irritating preservatives and fragrances.
Therefore, it's preferable if you have thin, sensitive or reactive skin.
Benefits of few ingredients
Another benefit of using simple ingredients in your skincare is that you can easily figure out what you tolerate and don't tolerate.
In a facial water or toner with many mixed ingredients, it's very difficult or impossible to know exactly what you don't tolerate if you should get a skin reaction.
