Have you read Suskind’s novel Perfume? There, the main character could collect various fragrances from anywhere and from anyone, but he did not have his own smell. The method he used is very similar to our “recipe” today.
Rose water at home It is prepared quickly and entertainingly.
We're gonna need a tonic.
tea-rose. It blooms only once a year, so it is better not to miss this opportunity and be fully equipped. No special ingredients are required, we only need delicate petals and distilled water.
Rose water at home Make a tonic Was previously on the shelves a good Bulgarian tonic for skin care "Pink water". Over time, it disappeared from view, but some remember its pleasant aroma and positive effect. This product had a recognizable pink hue in a transparent vial, and the skin after it became elastic and well-groomed.
It turns out that you can make such a tonic with your own hands and without any problems. This will require
tea-rose.
distilled.
heat-resistant (like a microwave bowl),
pot with a slightly smaller diameter than a heat-resistant container, and a pair of ordinary rose petals for color.
Preparation
- First, wash the flowers under clean cold water, shake off and remove all the petals. Put them in a heat-resistant glass container.
- Pour the container with petals with water and cover the lid. The water should be a centimeter above the level of pink petals. For color, add a pair of pure petals of a regular red rose. Now put the covered container in a pot of boiling water. That way, you'll get a steam bath.
- Petals should languish for two hours on a very slow fire. Once every half hour, lift the lid and quickly stir the ingredients so that they warm up evenly. When the petals are completely dry, turn off the fire.
- They should be completely cooled under the lid so that excess scents and other volatile substances do not disappear. After cooling down, squeeze the petals. Pour into a beautiful bottle or bottle. Not a drop of tonic should be lost.
Now you hold in your hands a natural healthy skin product, made with your own hands, suitable for all types of skin, even for irritable and dry skin of the face.
In this form, it will not lose its properties for another 2 weeks. You can use a spray gun to evenly apply the tonic to the desired areas. You can add some alcohol to it to extend the shelf life. You can also freeze it with small cubes and massage the skin with them. Not bad, right?
Do you know?
- Natural rose oil is the most expensive in the world and is valued even higher than precious metals. For one kilogram of oil you need to spend as much as 3 tons of petals!
- Most roses are sold on Valentine’s Day.
- The smell of these flowers makes people more friendly.
- The smallest rose in the world is the size of a rice seed.
- Rosehip, one of the varieties of wild rose, contains more vitamin C in its fruits than lemon.
These are the roses. Excellent aroma, useful properties, thousands of different varieties and at the same time sharp spikes. We hope that you will succeed and soon you will use the “Pink Water” prepared by your own hands. And what to do next is up to you. Good luck!