Rose water beauty recipes are plentiful, worth knowing, and easy to make. Rose water is obtained through the distillation of Damask roses; it offers many benefits for body and mind. This hydrosol helps ease tension and is especially suited to mature skin.
EO = essential oil · VO = vegetable oil or oil macerate
Wellness Recipes
Relaxation for Bath and Shower
For a 125 ml bottle: half a bottle of foaming base, 40 drops of geranium EO, 25 drops of cedarwood or sandalwood EO, then top up with rose water.
For Soothing Anger
Mix 50 ml rose water, 50 ml true lavender floral water, 50 ml peppermint hydrosol, and 50 ml orange blossom hydrosol. Add 1 teaspoon of this blend to 1 liter of water to drink throughout the day.
Beauty Recipes
Cracked Nipples
Mix rose water with lavender hydrosol and spray directly onto the nipples several times a day. This remedy is perfectly suited to breastfeeding mothers.
Lip Balm
15 g shea butter, 12 ml sweet almond or jojoba VO, 5 to 10 ml rose water, 1 drop of lemon EO. Melt the shea butter with the oil in a double boiler, stirring, remove from heat, add the hydrosol and essential oil, and stir until cool. Store in small jars.
Body Milk
120 ml sweet almond or apricot VO, 120 ml rose water, 4 teaspoons beeswax, 15 to 20 drops of an EO of your choice, 12 vitamin E capsules. Melt the beeswax in the oil in a double boiler, stirring occasionally, remove from heat, then gradually whisk in the hydrosol and essential oils. Preservation tip: about ten drops of grapefruit seed oil.
Rhassoul and Patchouli Cleansing Paste
As a substitute for shower gel: 2 tablespoons rhassoul (a mineral clay from Morocco traditionally used in skin and hair care), 40 ml hot water, 40 ml warm rose water, 5 drops of patchouli EO. Mix the rhassoul with the water and rose water, let sit for 1 hour, then add the patchouli essential oil.
Coconut Milk Makeup Remover
For all skin types: 10 cl coconut milk, 10 cl rose water, 1 teaspoon castor oil, 2 drops of an EO of your choice. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly; add about ten drops of grapefruit seed EO to improve shelf life, and store in the fridge.
Cleansing Lotion
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar, 50 ml rose water, 1 drop of frankincense EO, 1 drop of rose EO. Put the apple cider vinegar and essential oils in a bottle, close and shake, then add the rose water and shake again.
Eight recipes, one shared ingredient: rose water, as precious in a cleansing lotion as in a homemade lip balm.
