Monday, 20 May 2013

How to Use Rosewater

Rosewater is a fragrant solution extracted from rose petals. Middle Eastern grocers, natural foods retailers and perfume shops sell distilled rosewater, and you can make it yourself. Its aroma is slightly less powerful than rose essential oil---rose otto. This natural perfume finds a home as an ingredient for toilet splashes along
with skin and hair preparations. Since rosewater is edible, cooks have also created recipes that took advantage of the sweet signature that rosewater adds to food and beverages.

1. Create an aromatic facial toner, by combining 1 1/4 cups of rosewater, eight drops of glycerin and 3/4 cup of witch hazel in a dark glass bottle. Shake the bottle well before use, and apply daily with soft cotton. Rosewater toner is perfect to combat acne, tighten pores and prevent wrinkles.

2.Make a gentle facial cleanser by mixing one cup of rose water, two teaspoons of glycerin and 10 drops of rose essential oil. Rose is a natural astringent with anti-inflammatory properties, meaning it will gently cleanse your skin while helping to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. The essential oil will not only add to the cleansing properties of this rosewater cleanser, it will also help to preserve it.

3. Add five drops of jasmine to a quarter cup of rosewater for a light and refreshing perfume. Store your perfume in a dark glass bottle with a tight-fitting lid and enjoy daily.

4. Place pure rosewater in a spray bottle for an aromatic spritzer. Rosewater spritzer not only feels great on warm skin, it can soothe a sunburn and gently disinfect the skin, preventing infection and irritation. Rosewater spritzer can also be used as an air-freshener and disinfectant in bathrooms, on animal beds and for carpets.

5. Replace water with rosewater in your homemade cream and lotion recipes. Rosewater helps to balance the pH of the skin, helping to control both dry and oily skin and can soothe many types of dermatitis.

Many uses, if you are thinking of preparing it at home, you can do so quite easily. Take some rose petals and water in a sun tea jar and keep it under the sun for some days. Thus, you can get homemade rosewater with this simple method. However, the concoction thus prepared tends to get contaminated by bacteria and will not last for a long time.


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