In the article we discuss the tincture of rose petals. You will find out why many women have been using a delicious and fragrant drink from a flower for a long time to improve the condition of their skin and complexion, get acquainted with simple recipes that you can use to prolong beauty and youth.
Rose petals are able to give not only aesthetic pleasure and festive mood. Rose extract is endowed with properties that allow the use of the "queen" of flowers for medical and cosmetic purposes. It contains essential oils, tannin, carotene, a large number of various minerals and trace elements, vitamins of group B, C, K, PP. Flowers with a bright, saturated color are rich in flavonoids - plant antioxidants of antibacterial and anti-inflammatory orientation. Rose petal tincture is used for cosmetic purposes for facial skin. By preparing rose petal tincture, you will get a natural home remedy that will help solve many skin care problems:
Rose petal tincture preserves the beneficial properties of the flower. The natural elixir will show its healing and rejuvenating abilities both in its pure form and as part of masks, creams, lotions, and its unique aroma will relieve tension and stress.
If you decide to make your own rose petal tincture at home according to the recipes below, be sure to keep in mind that in order to receive the remedy, you will need only fresh flowers, without spoilage and rot. It is important that you be sure of the place where the roses grow and that they are not affected by chemical fertilizers..
The easiest way to prepare a tincture of vodka.
Ingredients:
How to cook: Take petals of a tea, garden rose or wild rose, place in a glass container and pour vodka mixed with freshly squeezed lemon juice or diluted citric acid (⅔ tsp). Insist 5-7 days in a dark, cool place, strain and store in the refrigerator.
How to use: Wash your face with this solution twice a day.
Result: Rose petal tincture on vodka eliminates oily sheen, disinfects the skin and stops inflammation, softens and saturates the dermis with moisture and nutrients.
You can also prepare a tincture with medical alcohol.
Ingredients:
How to cook: First, pour vegetable raw materials with hot water and let stand for 2-3 hours. Then add alcohol and oil to the decoction and place the tincture in the refrigerator for several days. Strain before use.
How to use: Alcohol tincture of roses, use for oily skin care. Warm the liquid to room temperature, soak a cotton pad in the solution and walk along the massage lines, removing dirt and fat from the skin surface.
Result: For medicinal purposes, use tincture of alcohol and vodka with the addition of rose petals to clean pores, eczema, as well as to regenerate tissues after damage and normalize metabolism in epidermal cells.
Poor-quality moonshine with extraneous odors can negate the properties of the flower and your efforts. For tincture, you will need pure double-distilled moonshine with 30-40% alcohol content. Fill the jar halfway with rose petals and top with moonshine. Put the tincture for a month in a dark place, then strain and use as directed.
Ingredients:
How to cook: Pour the vegetable raw materials with alcohol and water. Close the container tightly with a lid and place in the sun. The fermentation process will take 1-2 weeks, during this period, shake the contents of the jar and change the blackened petals to freshly picked ones. Filter the tincture several times and add rose oil.
How to use: Use the resulting composition to wipe inflamed and irritated skin, as lotions and anti-allergic compresses. For convenience and extended use, freeze the tincture in cosmetic ice.
Result: Nourishes, moisturizes and softens the skin, refreshes and evens complexion, rejuvenates, strengthens small capillaries and tightens pores.
Rose tinctures are prepared quickly and are suitable for all skin types, especially their therapeutic effect is valuable for oily and aging skin. The only restriction concerns people with increased individual sensitivity to the plant and other components of the tincture.
If you have delicate and delicate skin, apply a little pink liquid on the thin skin of your wrist and make sure there is no allergic reaction.
For more information on preparing rose petal tincture, see the video:
This article is about rose petals for the face. I, like other girls, women, love roses. They are a symbol of love and happiness.
Did you know that rose petals are a universal product? From them you can make delicious jam, add to tea or other drinks, make sweets with the addition of rose water.
They also add petals to the bathroom, produce essential oil, perfume from them.
In folk medicine, they are used to normalize the gastrointestinal tract, the work of the heart, the thyroid gland, and they also affect hemoglobin.
And rose petals have long been used in home cosmetology.
But for the preparation of a face cleanser, I recommend taking roses that are grown in your own garden because store-bought ones can be treated with chemicals. For the preparation of homemade cosmetics, you can take a tea rose.
These amazing flowers have a rejuvenating effect, improve the complexion, refresh, tone the skin and make it elastic.
With rose you can make rose water, homemade mask, lotion, cream, tincture, ice cubes, compress.
The most popular rose petal remedy is rose water.
Because of their chemical composition, rose petals are so beneficial. They have the following useful features:
Useful substances possessed by the rose help to restore youthfulness, tone, healthy appearance to the skin, make it supple, velvety.
They refresh, tone, fight acne, normalize sebum secretion, remove oily sheen, have wound healing, antibacterial properties.
All useful substances in rose petals are active
affect our skin and improve its external condition, namely:
Use home remedies with rose petals if you have problems such as:
The flower, in addition to individual intolerance and allergies, no longer has contraindications.
Check your skin for intolerance. Apply a little prepared product on the wrist for 30 minutes. If irritation, itching, burning, redness does not appear, then you can use it.
You need to know how to properly use rose petals in home cosmetics in order to get the maximum effect from the product. To do this, read these recommendations and follow each time you prepare the remedy:
You can wash your face with rose water, add it to lotions, masks, make ice cubes, a compress from it.
To cook it, we need fresh petals. Fill them with mineral water so that the water completely covers them.
Put on fire, bring to a boil. Once the water boils, make a small fire. Wait for the petals to fade. This will take 30 to 60 minutes.
Then you need to remove from heat, cool, strain and pour into a glass bottle. Store rose water in the refrigerator.
pink lotion
Prepare rose water and wash your face every evening. The lotion cleanses the skin, makes it soft, healthy and smooth.
Honey pink lotion
Take 100 ml of rose water, 2 tbsp. honey, 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly and store the lotion in the refrigerator. Wipe your face every morning and evening. The lotion perfectly tones, refreshes, cleanses pores, relieves inflammation.
Floral lotions
Take 20-30 g of rose petals. You can take both dry and fresh. Fill them with vodka (200 ml). Then put the bottle in a dark place to infuse for 14 days. While the product is infused, shake it every day. After 2 weeks have passed, strain the tincture and store in the refrigerator in a sealed bottle. Wipe with tincture only problem areas (inflammation, acne, pimples).
Rejuvenating mask
Take 1 tables. a spoonful of rose water and 1 teaspoon of sour cream, honey, olive oil. Mix everything and apply on face for 25 minutes.
apple mask
Make homemade applesauce. Mix 1 tables. l. applesauce and 1 tsp. honey, rose water, 2 drops of lemon essential oil. Apply the mixture on your face for 20 minutes with massage movements.
pink mask
We need yogurt (or kefir, sour cream). For oily skin, take natural yogurt or kefir, and for dry skin, use homemade sour cream. Mix 2 table. tablespoons of yogurt with 1 tablespoon of rose water and apply the mask for 25 minutes on the face with massaging movements.
Cleansing
We will need 1 tables. l. rose water, 2 tables. l. oatmeal. Thoroughly mix the mixture until a homogeneous consistency and apply on the face with massage movements for 15-20 minutes.
For aging skin
Mix 1 tables. l. olive oil and rose water. Heat the mixture in a water bath to 40 degrees and apply on the face along the massage lines for 25 minutes. Then pat your skin dry with a tissue.
Prepare rose water, take ice molds. Pour water into molds and place in the freezer.
Wipe your skin with an ice cube every morning. It tones, refreshes, cleanses the face, fights inflammation, removes oily sheen.
Prepare rose water. Soak gauze with this product and put on your face for 20-30 minutes. This procedure cleanses the face of impurities, tones, relieves inflammation and has an antibacterial effect.
Take 3 cups of dry petals and place in a glass dish. Fill them with vegetable oil (olive, almond or other) so that the oil completely covers the petals. Put in a water bath. Wait for the petals to fade. Next, the tool must be cooled.
You can use this oil several times a day, for example, to cleanse your face of cosmetics or apply to dry skin type as a mask.
Sincerely, Irina Pelekh!
Hello my good ones!
Do you love roses? I REALLY LOVE! My favorite flower is the Rose. I treat her very reverently and tenderly, for me she is a symbol of Femininity, Youth, Love, Beauty and Happiness.
Yes, that's it, everything at once and just a lot ☺
Photo by @NataliiaMelnyc
And I also appreciate her because her rose petals give us amazing opportunities to prolong our Youth and Beauty!
It is about the unique properties of the petals of this wonderful flower and their use for rejuvenation that I want to talk with you today.
I share my experience on how I use them in caring for my appearance ☺
From this article you will learn:
Flower petals, preparations and preparations based on them, as well as rose oil are used as powerful cosmetic anti-aging agents, in professional and home skin and hair care.
You will notice the effect of the application immediately and it will inspire you so much that you will love Pink Rejuvenation forever, I assure you!
Effects of using rose petals:
Important advice!
It is most effective to use masks immediately after visiting the sauna and bath. You can simply pre-steam your face at home using a steam bath.
Be sure to apply masks on the neck and décolleté!
Strengthen the effect of care by enriching your masks, creams, cosmetic oils with the addition of rose essential oil! You will increase the effectiveness of your rejuvenation many times over!
How to make flower water from rose petals:
In any face masks, in oils for the skin, I add rose essential oil. The effect is simply amazing! I am a big fan of essential oils, but this oil is my absolute favorite! ☺ My skin reacts to it like no other!
I buy this essential oil of real Damask rose of the highest quality here
I prepare a decoction in a fairly large amount and simply pour it into the bath, adding rose oil to it as well.
I’m lying down for 20 minutes, rejuvenating…☺
Rose oil and rose essence are two of my favorite rose petal home remedies.
I have already shared the recipes in this one.
Recipe:
I want to warn you right away that PURCHASED roses are NOT suitable for use! They are treated with strong chemicals - pesticides and stuff! First, they are "fed" during their cultivation, then processed for better preservation.
As you read on the Internet - "do not throw away dried roses, use petals" ...
Yes, do not throw away dried roses, but only those that you have grown YOURSELF on your site!!! And in the environmental friendliness of which you are 100% SURE!!!
How to prepare rose petals:
But, my God, I never reach a year, everything ends “clean” in a few months! ☺
They also make tea. It has very useful properties! So that beauty is not only outside, but also inside, as they say ... ☺ And awesomely delicious jam is cooked!
Now, while writing this last sentence, I thought: “What if it is cooked not with sugar, but with honey? Or maybe not even boil, but just twist the petals with honey in a blender, like we make raspberries and currants for the winter, huh?
I wonder if it will even be edible? ☺
If any of you already have experience in this matter, write in the comments, teach me, I will be sooo grateful to you!
Well, that's all I do with rose petals to care for my appearance. I have already written a separate article about the healing properties of rose petals, they deserve it!
If you liked this information, write about it in the comments, feedback from you is very important to me!
Let's all get younger and prettier together with the help of such a pleasant and fragrant "pink rejuvenation"! ☺
How do you use rose petals? Tell me please ☺
Alena Yasneva was with you, bye everyone!
Probably, there is not a single woman in the world who would not love this flower. These flowers amaze with their fragrance and beauty. But how hard it is sometimes to part with dried flowers, throwing them into the trash can.
But not everyone knows that this dried flower can be of great benefit to our skin and hair. The petals of a cultivated rose, like a wild one, have healing properties. Masks prepared from them have a rejuvenating effect. Regular use of such products will make your skin soft, glowing with health and beauty.
Attention! For the preparation of cosmetics at home, it is not recommended to use purchased rose petals, as they are treated with pesticides. In the summer, you can dry the tea roses growing in the garden and then use them to make masks and body lotions.
Benefits for the face Recipes for masks Preparation of cream Rose water at home Use for hair How to dry
The advantage of this rose petal mask is that it is suitable for all skin types. Its preparation is very simple, you just need to combine 5 crushed rose petals with 1-2 teaspoons of olive oil (if there is no olive oil, you can replace it with sour cream, fermented baked milk or liquid honey).
This mask gives an even greater effect if applied after visiting a bath or sauna on steamed skin.
If you do not have time to prepare masks, you can safely wipe your face with rose petals after each wash. You need to do this for at least 3 minutes. After the first time, you will notice that the skin has become fresher and velvety.
Masks based on rose petals are very useful for facial skin, besides, making it at home, you will be sure that this cosmetic product does not contain preservatives and other harmful additives.
Rejuvenating rose petal face mask. Two tablespoons of finely chopped rose petals should be poured with hot water until a slurry is obtained, then the resulting mixture should be put in a water bath and kept for about 10 minutes. Allow the mask to cool slightly, then apply it while warm to the face and neck.
Mask for combination skin. Take 60 grams of rose petals, fill them with one glass of water with two tablespoons of vodka and leave for 30 minutes to infuse the mixture. Then drain the infusion and dilute it with 50 grams of oatmeal or rice flour. You should have a thick mixture in the form of sour cream, which must be applied to the face and neck. Leave the mask for 30 minutes, then rinse with warm water. After the procedure, a cream suitable for your skin type should be applied to the skin of the face, neck and chest.
Rose petal compress. Sprinkle the previously cleansed face with water, then cover the face and neck with petals. From cling film, make a mask in which holes for the lips, eyes and nose will be cut. Put it on the roses and cover your face with a terry towel on top. Such a compress should be kept for about 40 minutes. This tool will help you get rid of inflammatory processes, acne and comedones.
Mask for dry skin. To prepare it, you will need to place 3 cups of dried petals in a dark glass jar, pour them with almond oil until it completely covers the petals. Put this mixture in a water bath and heat it until the petals lose their color. With this tool you need to wipe your face several times and always after you have removed makeup from your face.
To prepare the cream, you need to grind the petals of 5 roses with a meat grinder, then mix with beeswax melted in a steam bath and two tablespoons of melted butter. To these ingredients, you need to add one teaspoon of vitamin A, mix and put the resulting cream in a glass jar. Shelf life - 3-4 days in the refrigerator.
Even the ancient Romans knew the secret of rose water and widely used it for skin care, besides, one of the beauty secrets of Queen Cleopatra was to wash daily with rose water.
Rose water can also be used in various creams, lotions, conditioners and shampoos. It is also indispensable for dry skin.
Ingredients:
A tincture of rose flowers, the recipes for which are simple in execution, will be a worthy decoration of a festive feast. The delicate aroma of a low-alcohol drink will especially attract lovely ladies who, for the sake of the holiday, will not refuse to drink a couple of glasses for the company.
To make the pink tincture tasty and interesting, it is recommended to use tea rose petals, although any other varieties of this plant will do. For manufacturing, it is better to take pure spring water and good alcohol (vodka, odorless double distillation moonshine or diluted alcohol). The general technology is quite simple, but specific recipes will allow even a beginner to make a drink in this area.
To make a rose tincture with an exquisite and sophisticated floral aroma, take:
The resulting liqueur from rose petals can be stored without loss of taste and aroma for about 2-3 years. By the way, its use is not limited to drinking according to mood. There are recipes for preparing various dishes and desserts that fragrant tincture of rose flowers will make unique and unrepeatable.
If you wait a couple of months until the drink infused with flower petals has no desire, then you can use a faster method. There are recipes that make it possible to enjoy delicious alcohol in a few days. Here is one of them. Take:
By the way, all quick recipes for making tea rose tincture recommend to wait a couple more days. To make the drink acquire its exquisite aroma, become softer and more tender.
If you have a bouquet of beautiful roses, tear off all the petals from fully bloomed, but not yet touched by wilting flowers. And make an amazing alcoholic liquor out of them. To do this, put all the available petals in a bottle with a wide neck and fill to the top with clean moonshine. Cover with a lid and remove to infuse.
As soon as the liquid acquires a beautiful amber hue, it can be drained through a couple of layers of gauze without squeezing out the settled pulp. Add granulated sugar or its substitute to taste, stir well and let it brew for a few more days.
By the way, the application can be found not only fresh, but also dried rose leaves. This is especially true when there is no time or desire to engage in the preparation of alcoholic beverages in the summer. Then you need to prepare inflorescences for the future. During the period of greatest flowering, tear off the petals from the buds and put them in the shade until completely dry. Then put in a large glass container and set aside until better times.
Actually, the recipes for making tincture from dried petals practically do not differ from others. They need to be transferred to a bottle, poured with any high-quality alcohol and insisted. Then add sugar if desired to make a sweet liquor or serve neat undiluted.
But remember that only home flowers grown in your own garden or bought on the market from amateur gardeners can be used to make alcoholic beverages. Dutch and other plants brought from nowhere are completely unsuitable for this.
At home, you can create an unusually tasty, fragrant tea rose liquor. Consider the simplest recipe. For this you need to take:
Recipe:
This recipe is easy enough for beginners in making homemade alcohol. It is important to note that it is better to collect petals early in the morning or in the dark evening without solar radiation. In color, the liqueur is about the same as the rose itself. Therefore, it is necessary to use bright varieties for a rich shade, and the petals must be freshly picked for a unique persistent smell. Dried ones are not suitable, because they have already lost their aroma much.
There are many ways to prepare liquor from rose petals. We recommend to study the following recipe. To make a delicious tea rose tincture, you will need:
Step by step recipe:
The liqueur is obtained with a pronounced aroma of tea rose, which cannot be confused with anything else. Under the alcohol base, instead of vodka, you can use 45% alcohol, this is not important. The main thing is that it be of high quality. Tea rose liqueur will keep well in the refrigerator. At low temperatures, it will not deteriorate for a long time, and over the years its taste will only improve.
We want to offer another simple recipe for pink liqueur at home. Ingredients:
Cooking instructions:
A tincture of rose flowers, the recipes for which are simple in execution, will be a worthy decoration of a festive feast. The delicate aroma of a low-alcohol drink will especially attract lovely ladies who, for the sake of the holiday, will not refuse to drink a couple of glasses for the company.
To make the pink tincture tasty and interesting, it is recommended to use tea rose petals, although any other varieties of this plant will do. For manufacturing, it is better to take pure spring water and good alcohol (vodka, odorless double distillation moonshine or diluted alcohol). The general technology is quite simple, but specific recipes will allow even a beginner to make a drink in this area.
To make a rose tincture with an exquisite and sophisticated floral aroma, take:
The resulting liqueur from rose petals can be stored without loss of taste and aroma for about 2-3 years. By the way, its use is not limited to drinking according to mood. There are recipes for preparing various dishes and desserts that fragrant tincture of rose flowers will make unique and unrepeatable.
If you wait a couple of months until the drink infused with flower petals has no desire, then you can use a faster method. There are recipes that make it possible to enjoy delicious alcohol in a few days. Here is one of them. Take:
By the way, all quick recipes for making tea rose tincture recommend to wait a couple more days. To make the drink acquire its exquisite aroma, become softer and more tender.
If you have a bouquet of beautiful roses, tear off all the petals from fully bloomed, but not yet touched by wilting flowers. And make an amazing alcoholic liquor out of them. To do this, put all the available petals in a bottle with a wide neck and fill to the top with clean moonshine. Cover with a lid and remove to infuse.
As soon as the liquid acquires a beautiful amber hue, it can be drained through a couple of layers of gauze without squeezing out the settled pulp. Add granulated sugar or its substitute to taste, stir well and let it brew for a few more days.
By the way, the application can be found not only fresh, but also dried rose leaves. This is especially true when there is no time or desire to engage in the preparation of alcoholic beverages in the summer. Then you need to prepare inflorescences for the future. During the period of greatest flowering, tear off the petals from the buds and put them in the shade until completely dry. Then put in a large glass container and set aside until better times.
Actually, the recipes for making tincture from dried petals practically do not differ from others. They need to be transferred to a bottle, poured with any high-quality alcohol and insisted. Then add sugar if desired to make a sweet liquor or serve neat undiluted.
But remember that only home flowers grown in your own garden or bought on the market from amateur gardeners can be used to make alcoholic beverages. Dutch and other plants brought from nowhere are completely unsuitable for this.