In our time of abundance of everything and all this perfume product, especially home-made, someone will seem superfluous and unnecessary. Meanwhile, rose water for face and body has been and remains a loyal ally. What properties does it have and what application can it find? Can rose water be prepared at home and according to what recipe?
Water with a history: some interesting facts
It may seem that it is used only for the production of perfumery products. Nothing further from the truth. Rose water has found active use since the days of Ancient Egypt. The legendary Cleopatra herself greatly appreciated its soothing and cooling properties.
Rose water is made from damask rose, one of the types of flowers well known to us, ornamental shrubs. In many cultures - mostly in the Middle East - they are given at wedding celebrations to provide spouses with happiness in life together... The rose has always been a symbol of love and purity.
The Iranians are the record-holders in its cultivation: they have more than 18,000 varieties of these flowers! They call the rose "the flower of the Prophet Muhammad" because they believe that its wonderful scent reminds people of him.
Rose water for the face and more: external and internal use
Moisturizes from within and rejuvenates
The aforementioned Cleopatra drank water from roses in order to subtract a certain number of years. The elixir doesn't work well enough to bring us back to our youth. However, it is true that rose water has anti-aging properties. Used regularly, it slows down the formation of wrinkles, brightens blemishes and tightens pores.
Above all, however, rose water perfectly moisturizes the skin from the inside out. If you have problems with dry skin, lotions and balms may not be enough. Water based on pink flowers will come to the rescue. It will make the skin look healthy and youthful.
Cure Skin Problems
This healing liquid also has an astringent effect. Rosewater as a face toner reduces redness, soothes inflammation and accelerates the healing of wounds and acne. Used regularly, it will make acne scars and blemishes less visible.
Soothes pain
The water, prepared on the basis of fresh damask rose petals, contains terpenes, glycosides, flavonoids and anthocyanins. They have beneficial effects on health with analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties.
Helps cure colds and flu
The benefits of rose water for the body are also in the fact that it relieves sore throat and other inflammatory processes. Damask rose extract can often be found as a component of cough syrups. It stimulates and expands the bronchi, which means it will help get rid of various diseases of the respiratory system faster.
Reduces Digestive Problems
By consuming the liquid infused on the buds regularly, we can say goodbye to bloating, constipation or water retention.
Fights blues
Rose water has such a composition that it contains a lot of vitamins - A, C, E and group B. The use of healing liquid thanks to such a "vitamin bomb" provides a good mood. Two cups of rose water a day keeps us from unnecessary stress and keeps us in a good mood.
Provides the body with rest
Cooled rose petal water is a great way to refresh your body. It is very good during the heat: it soothes and moisturizes the body from the inside, allowing us not to worry about dry skin. You can also give it to children.
Brings relief to the eyes
If, after a day of sitting in front of the computer, your eyes are tired and watery, just put compresses soaked in rose water on your eyelids. It will bring immediate relief.
Take care of your hair
More and more shampoos and other hair care products contain rose extract. It strengthens follicles, stimulates hair growth and nourishes the scalp at the roots. Interestingly, the “pink product” can be used as a natural hairspray! However, it does not contain artificial ingredients, and in addition, it prevents hair loss.
Rose water at home: a recipe
How to make rose water by yourself?
- Place a handful of rose petals - white, red, pink - in a colander and rinse very thoroughly with cold water.
- Place the washed petals on a clean, thin cotton cloth and tie the ends to form a tightly closed pouch.
- Place an impromptu napkin on the bottom of a glass bowl (jar, bottle) and pour boiling water over it so that the petals are half filled.
- Wrap the jar with aluminum foil and leave overnight. This will make the water more "intense". Homemade rose petal water prepared with this recipe should be infused for about 12 hours before use. It must be consumed within 2 weeks.
Rose water for face, hair, internal consumption at home can be prepared according to a simple recipe and used just as easily. Do not miss the opportunity to become more beautiful and healthier in such a pleasant and "aromatic" way.
rose water at home
In this article, you will learn what rose water is, how to make rose water at home, how to use it, and some cosmetic recipes using this ancient medium.
For several hundred years, the beautiful half of humanity has been using a pink aromatic product to cleanse the skin of the face.
This delicate cosmetic is traditionally obtained from rose petals. The manufacturing technology of the product came to us from Iran and Bulgaria. As before, and today, these countries remain importers of the highest quality product.
Fragrant water made from rosebuds has the great advantage that it can be used safely on all skin types.
Application of rose water
- cleansing medium;
- regulating the work of the sebaceous glands;
- moisturizing medium;
- tonic and refreshing agent;
- fights premature wrinkles;
- a dull complexion and other signs of skin aging.
- aromatic water is also recommended for sunburn.
- men can also use rose water after shaving (scented water soothes irritated skin after shaving)
- pink water excellent remedy to restore damaged hair (especially for dry, split ends, thinned).
How to use rose water for hair
1. You can mix a small amount of a fragrance with shampoo and use it to wash your hair.
2. You can spray the rose water over the entire surface of your hair with a spray bottle or simply rub gently into damaged hair, leave for 20-30 minutes for exposure, then rinse.
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Rose water at home cooking, recipes
Ingredients:
- fresh rose buds 5-6 pcs.;
- water is better to use distilled water 2 glasses;
- heat-resistant cookware with a lid;
- sterilized bottle.
Making rose water
If you are using store roses. Then the buds should be rinsed well to remove any possible chemicals.
Place the rose petals tightly in a heat-resistant container and add boiling water there. Close the lid. Leave the rose petals in this form to infuse for 30 minutes, then strain the finished liquid. Pour the resulting aromatic water into sterilized bottles. Store such a cosmetic product in the refrigerator.
2. Recipe for obtaining rose hydrolat
- fresh rosebuds
- water is better to use distilled water;
- stewpan with a tight lid;
- small saucer;
- sterilized glass bottles
1. Place a saucer in the middle of the saucepan, pour a small amount of water into the saucepan, put rose petals around the edges. The petals must not sink in the water. We close the saucepan with a lid (the handle of the lid should look down and fit snugly against the saucepan).
how to make rose water
2. Put on a very slow fire to simmer (water should not boil!). The water will evaporate and drain from the lid into the saucer. The saucer will collect rose hydrolat. Pour the rose water thus obtained into bottles, close the lids. Keep refrigerated.
pink water
Homemade rose water according to the recipes above should be kept cool. The shelf life is limited to 7-10 days. To extend the shelf life to one month, it is recommended to add some alcohol.
Rose water and clay mask recipe
Ingredients:
- pink water
- clay (white, blue, black, pink) choose clay according to your skin type
Mix rose water and clay until a creamy gruel is obtained. Apply to face for 20 minutes, then rinse.
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Lotion with rose water
Add a little freshly squeezed lemon juice to your homemade rose water (for 100 ml of rose water, 1 tablespoon of juice).
Use lotions and masks with rose water - clean, matte, smooth, toned face skin will be provided for you.
Pink water, made at home, absolutely bladeless cosmetic. After all, this product, prepared by your own hands, will certainly not contain any dangerous chemical additives in its composition.
The Romans believed that pink water helps from 32 ailments, and one of the secrets of Cleopatra's beauty consisted precisely in washing rose water.
Good to apply natural rose and floral eau de toilette for skin care (as part of lotions, creams and as a tonic for the skin of the face). Rose water added to hair conditioners and rinses that leave on hair. Rose water moisturizes, nourishes and cares for skin and hair. Pink water especially good for skin prone to dryness.
In cooking pink and other floral waters added to the composition of sweet pastries, desserts (ice cream and sorbet, meringues), as well as light refreshing drinks.
How to make rose water at home
Collect the petals of garden roses or rose hips in the early morning of the day you are going to do rose water. Roses must be grown without the use of synthetic pesticides or other hazardous chemicals... According to my observations, it is best for rose water the most scented shrub roses and rose hips with myrrh or fruity citrus aromas are suitable (I use Austin English roses from my garden).
Place rose petals to the bottom of a wide saucepan so that it is covered in several layers. Fill rose petals waterso that the water only covers the petals. Then you can cook rose water two ways:
Pink water. Recipe 1
Place an empty bowl or a small bowl in the center of the pan at the bottom. glass jar so that its top is a couple of centimeters above the water level. Cover the pot with the upside-down lid, then steam will collect on the lid and roll down, and condensation ( pink water) will drip from the handle of the upturned pot lid directly into the bowl.
Heat up water with rose petals before boiling. When the water boils, turn off the gas and fill the upside-down lid of a saucepan with ice cubes. Let be rose petal water simmer for about an hour or longer. Add ice from time to time and make sure that the water rose petalshas not completely boiled away (more water can be added if necessary). Finished pink water collected in a bowl at the end of the process.
Pink water. Recipe 2
Cover the pot with the lid (not upside down, but as usual) and turn on the gas. Without bringing a little water with rose petals until boiling, turn off the gas and maintain water in this state until the petals roses will not lose color (it may take half an hour or an hour). Then separate the water from the petals, squeeze the petals, if necessary, strain the resulting rose water.
Prepared for these recipes rose water Pour immediately into a pre-prepared sterilized bottle, close tightly and store in the refrigerator or in a cool, dark place. When stored properly homemade natural rose water, perfectly retains smell, color and taste for up to a year or even longer.
Nourishing moisturizing cream with rose water. Recipe
To prepare homemade rose water nourishing cream, you need some kind of inexpensive thick high-quality cream without fragrances and other unnecessary weighting components. I used the popular SeraVi cream ( CeraVe) with a good formula and ceramides of the company Coria (see photo). You can prepare a cream completely "from scratch", but then you will need to buy emulsifiers so that the cream turns out to be elastic and all the components are evenly mixed, while the finished industrial cream already has everything you need and its recipe can only be enriched rose water and oil.
Add a little of the best natural oil to the cream (I used the best quality olive), then, stirring constantly, dilute rose water cream to the desired density. I like more liquid creams, but you can do it however you like. Pink water will give the cream an amazing smell roses and a nice beige shade. If you want a stronger scent, add a drop of natural rose essential oil and mix thoroughly. Ready cream with rose water I poured it into a bottle with a dispenser. Rose water cream it is always pleasant to use both for the body and for the face: it lays down well, absorbs quickly, leaving no residue. The skin after it is soft, smooth, firm and well hydrated.
Try to make a cream like this! It's simple and doesn't take much time, and the result will please you.
Rose water, or rose hydrolat, is an excellent skin care product. It has a moisturizing and nourishing effect. The product is especially suitable for skin prone to dryness. You will need the freshest petals to make rose water. You can use garden rose petals or even rosehip petals. When making a hydrolat from a commercial rose, you need to know for sure that it is grown without pesticides and other dangerous chemicals. The best way for rose water, these are the petals of a fragrant bush rose.
If you add rose water to the cream, it will give it a wonderful scent and a pleasant beige shade.
There are several ways to prepare rose water. One of them is this: put rose petals on the bottom of a saucepan and fill them with water. The water should completely cover the petals. Now place a china bowl or glass jar on the bottom of a deep saucepan. The edges of the container should be several centimeters above the water level. Place the pot on the fire and wait for the water to boil. Then reduce heat to minimum. At this time, the generated steam will absorb the active substances and oils of the petals and drip into the bowl. To prevent condensation from collecting on the lid, it is recommended to cover the pan with an inverted lid. The process of making rose water can take several hours. Be careful not to completely boil the water in the pot. As soon as there is very little of it, add more. It is advisable to buy distilled water from a pharmacy or regular water from a store. You should not use the water that flows from the tap for hydrolat.
When making hydrolat, do not pour too much water into the pot. This will lead to a decrease in the concentration of aromatic substances.
Another way to prepare hydrolat: put rose petals in a saucepan in several layers. Fill them with water: it should completely hide the raw materials. Now put the pan on the fire and cover (as usual). Without boiling water slightly, reduce heat to medium. Remove the pot from the heat when the rose petals have lost their color. This will happen in about half an hour or an hour. Then squeeze the petals, and strain the rose water. The resulting liquid will have a delicate and subtle natural aroma.
Pour the resulting hydrolat into the prepared container immediately. It is very convenient to keep rose water in a bottle with a spray bottle. Store the product in the refrigerator or in a dark and cool place. With this storage, rose water, prepared in, retains its aroma and color for up to a year or even longer. If the hydrolat deteriorates very quickly, then you have placed it in a non-sterile bottle. Before pouring rose water into the container, rinse it thoroughly, and then hold it over hot steam. This will make the bottle absolutely clean. This sterilization method is suitable both for glass containers and for bottles made of dense plastic.
From a spray bottle, rose water can be sprayed not only on the face, but also on the whole body. It is especially pleasant to use such a hydrolat in the summer.
Summer is not only a time for fruit and vegetable preparations. Other plants also cannot be ignored, especially since almost every one can be used for health and beauty. Roses are the queens of the garden. Their wonderful, incomparable aroma, I want to preserve for the whole winter. One of the ways to preserve aroma and benefits is to make hydrolat - flower water. Hydrolate is called an extract from plants. It is made by steam distillation, and the process is somewhat similar to the production of essential oils. Hydrolat is prepared in industrial conditions in rather large volumes, especially since absolutely all plants are suitable for this. It is used as the basis for most cosmetic products, including shampoos, lotions, masks and creams for the face and body.
Hydrolat obtained from rose petals is called "rose water" and mentions of it are found in the days of Cleopatra. A beautiful ruler who carefully took care of her body and left many proven recipes to her followers. This article will show you how to make rose water at home.
Beneficial features
A few years ago, it was believed that water from rose petals had no benefit and was just a by-product from the preparation of essential oils. And its only advantage is a pleasant aroma. To date, it has been proven that there is much more benefit in it. And even made at home, it has a lot of undeniable advantages. First of all, these are properties such as:
- complete safety;
- sterility;
- the possibility of self-production;
- universality of application.
If in terms of benefits many other flowers and herbs benefit, then in terms of aroma, the rose has no rivals.
Raw material requirements
Note! Store flowers are not suitable for the production of rose hydrolat. For industrial cultivation in flower farms, a large amount of fertilizers and pesticides are used. Cut flowers are usually chemically treated for long-term storage. So here, instead of benefit, you can harm yourself.
Also, for obvious ecological reasons, it is not recommended to use roses grown in the city and along busy roads.
A bush that has grown in the depths of the park, or on a personal plot is the best option.
A lot of raw materials are needed, so it is best to use bush roses with a large number of flowers. It is quite appropriate to make rose water at home from wild rose (dog rose), wild (multi-flowered) or climbing rose.
The harvesting of flowers must be done on the day the rose water is prepared. It is best to do this in the morning, before the heat hits. Picking flowers in wet weather is not recommended.
Tear off the petals carefully. If there are leaves, that's okay. When collecting, pay attention to the quality of the product, the presence of aphids and other worms is unacceptable.
Making rose water
There are several ways to make rose water at home.
Boiling
The first recipe is the simplest.
To prepare rose water, you must fold 
collected petals in a saucepan. Fill with distilled, bottled or filtered water. The water should just cover the petals.
Bring the mixture to a boil and simmer over the slowest heat until the petals are completely discolored. Then the solution is filtered.
Rose water is ready. But it would be wrong to call it a hydrolat. There was no steam distillation here. The second recipe will just tell you how to make a hydrolat with your own hands.
Steam distillation
The petals must be folded into a saucepan and filled with water. How much to take, decide for yourself. Pour in more - get more hydrolat, but only it will be low-concentrated. If there is a minimum amount of liquid, then the resulting rose water will be as natural as possible. In our case, 0.7 liters of water went to 2 tightly packed liter cans of petals.
Cover the pot with an inverted lid, and place a heat-resistant container right in the center inside.
Turn on the fire and wait. Vapor droplets settling on the inner surface of the lid will drain into the substituted container. This is hydrolat. To speed up evaporation, you can put some ice cubes on top of the lid.
Note! If the handle on the lid is not metal, it must be unscrewed, otherwise it will melt.
The process takes from 1.5 to 5 hours. Make sure that the liquid with which the petals are poured does not evaporate.
Climbing rose hydrolat has a subtle rich aroma
Storage
It is necessary to prepare in advance a glass container for storing rose water - sterilize bottles or jars and lids / corks for them.
As soon as the water is ready, it must be poured into prepared containers and sealed to minimize contact with air. Store in refrigerator after cooling.
Useful properties and aroma, subject to the conditions of preparation and storage, are preserved for 1 year.
Water is suitable for use instead of a tonic, to moisturize the skin, to flavor homemade creams, to nourish hair.
Be sure to prepare rose water. It was not in vain that Cleopatra herself used it.
