Tea tree facial water from Akamuti is a hydrolat and an herbal water. When distilling 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 often in diluted form. The water, however, can always be used undiluted directly on the skin.
Benefits of tea tree water
Tea tree is known for its antiseptic and antibacterial properties. Like all hydrolats, tea tree water has a lower pH around 4-5 which is more similar to the skin's own pH. This makes all hydrolats very pure and good facial waters. Akamuti has chosen to put a spray pump on the product which makes it extra easy to use.
Who is tea tree water good for?
We often recommend tea tree water for those with impure, acne-prone skin. But also for skin types prone to redness.
Thanks to its anti-bacterial properties, it's especially good for those who have yellow pustules (squeezable acne).
Tea tree water is also good as an after-shower spray on underarms that tend to smell, on flaky, itchy, smelly, and oily scalps.
Tea tree water consists only of water and trace elements of tea tree. There are no additives such as drying alcohol or irritating preservatives and fragrances.
That's why it's preferable if you have thin, sensitive, or reactive skin.
Advantage of few ingredients
Another advantage of using simple ingredients in your skincare is that you can easily figure out what your skin tolerates and doesn'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 were to have a skin reaction.
