Rose Garden Mania

This is a recipe that we make time and time again, we are  always on the lookout for pretty bottles (preferably spritz bottles) to store our Rose Water in.

Tip: A little trick that we came up with was to add just the tiniest, weeniest drop of ‘red cochineal‘ to the rose water to give it a lovely soft pink color.  You could though be adventurous and use an assortment of different colors to add interest.

Ingredients

-Clean Glass Jar
-Distilled Water
-Witch Hazel (available from most chemists/ pharmacies)
-Rose Petals (it is recommended that you use petals from the wild Rugosa -Rosa or Apothecary rose petals)

Image by magnusfranklin via Flickr

To clarify – You must use the old fashioned rose petals and not hybrid roses petals.

Method

• Fill the glass jar two thirds full with witch hazel

• Fill the last third with distilled water

• You should pick your rose petals daily and add them to your solution until it is filled

• It is important to keep the jar out of bright light

• When your  jar is full, store it in a cool dark place for approx six weeks

• Now strain the solution into a pretty clean spritz bottle

Other Ideas For Your Rose Water

1. Use as facial toner. Keep it in the fridge, after cleansing your face, spray onto face and neck and wipe clean with a cosmetic pad or cotton ball

2. For a touch of freshness and romance spritz pillow cases and sheets before pressing

3. Put into a pretty or unusual bottle and give as a gift

It is times likes these when we appreciate why ‘Piggy’ spends all his time sniffing the roses….

Snniiifff – aaaaaaah!

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