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| Facial
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Rose Water Face mask
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all skin types
This simple face mask tightens and
softens. Your skin will feel fresh and rejuvenated for hours.
Ingredients:
1 egg white
1 teaspoon rose water
3 teaspoons of rose petals
(optional)
Directions:
Mix the egg white and the rose
water well and then add the rose petals. Apply deliberately to face and let
stand 20 minutes. Rinse well.
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Anti-aging Face Spa
great home spa treatment for dry, dull,
lifeless and aging skin. It instantly softens and rejuvenates skin, makes it
rosy and glowing.
Ingredients:
¼ cup Rose water
2 tablespoons Milk Thistle
oil
5 drops Rose oil
2 drops Roman Chamomile oil
1 drop Clary Sage oil
Directions:
Mix all oils well.
Moist a face towel with the Rose
Water and heat it in a microwave oven. Make sure it is not hot or you will burn
yourself. The towel has to be warm and nice to the touch.
With circular movements, gently
massage the oil mixture into clean, dry face (preferably after shower),
avoiding the eye and mouth area. Lie down, relax and gently press the warm
towel to your face. Enjoy the fragrant spa and rejuvenate.
Rose face mask
– to purify and rejuvenate
Pampering and deeply rejuvenating
face mask that will uplift impurities, improve complexion and revive skin tone.
It detoxifies and nourishes skin at the same time.
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons green or white clay
3 tablespoons rose water
3 drops lavender essential oil
1 drop rose essential oil
3 drops roman chamomile oil
Directions:
Combine the rose water and clay.
Mix well, preferably with mixer to obtain smoother texture. Add essential oils
and stir well. If the mixture is too dry, add more rose water.
To use: smooth over face and neck
and let stand 10 min or until it starts to dry out. Rinse well with warm water
or you can saturate a towel with warm rose water and place it over the face to
loosen the mask. Then you can gently wipe the mask off and follow with a
moisturizer. Refrigerate any leftovers for future use.
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Beauty Cream with Rose Oil
Fragrant beauty treatment that
will make your face glow.
Ingredients:
60g/1fl oz carrier oil
60g/1fl oz Rose Water
15g/½ oz Beeswax
1 teaspoon Honey
4 drops Rose oil
2 drop Roman Chamomile oil
1 drop Thyme oil
Directions:
Combine the beeswax and the
carrier oil in a double boiler pot. Heat over until beeswax has fully melted.
Slowly add the honey (warm if crystallized). Lightly heat up the rose water and
add it to the mixture. Stir until the rose water is fully incorporated and have
an emulsion. Remove from heat and add the rose oil. Then let stand for 5
minutes. Some rose water may sink to the bottom of the emulsion. Discard the
liquid (you may use it as face toner) and add the essential oils. Refrigerate
the emulsion. To use: Massage a generous amount to your face and neck. Tissue
off any excess amount.
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Clearing Facial Treatment
effectively eliminates blemishes and
imperfections.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon milk thistle oil
3 drops Lavender oil
3 drops Juniper oil
2 drops Lemon Balm oil
2 drop Thyme oil
Directions:
First add all
essential oils and mix well. Then add the milk thistle oil. Wash and dry skin
and soak a cotton ball with Rose Water and smooth over the face. Apply clearing
facial treatment directly on blemishes. The special combination of essential
oils has powerful antiseptic and antibacterial action. Use with caution!
Oily Skin Face Mask
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons dry lavender flowers
2 tablespoons yogurt
oatmeal –chopped or ground
Directions:
In a bow combine the lavender
flowers and yogurt, then stir in oatmeal until mix has the consistency of a spreadable paste. Spread the mixture
over clean, dry face. Relax for 10 minutes and gently remove with a warm
washcloth.
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Rose Face Mask
- to improve complexion.
Ingredients:
4 tablespoons Oatmeal
2 tablespoons Rose Water
2 tablespoons Honey
1 tablespoon of yogurt
3 drops Rose Oil
Directions:
Combine the oatmeal, honey and
yogurt. Stir well and wait until the oats soften become to break apart. Creamy
consistency is achieved by adjusting the amount of rose water used. Add the
rose oil last. After mixing well, spread the mask over your face and neck and
relax for 10 minutes. When the mask starts to dry, rinse with warm water.
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| Hair
Recipes:
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Natural Herbal Shampoo:
substitute your shampoos containing harmful
chemicals for this 100% natural formula for beautiful hair
Ingredients:
120g /4 oz Castile liquid soap
2 cups Rose Water
10 drops Rosemary oil
8 drops Lavender oil
4 drops Clary sage oil
Directions:
Mix the Rose water, liquid castile
soap and the essential oils. Shake well to mix the ingredients. The shampoo is
ready to use.
Dandruff Remedy:
½ cup Lavender water
8 drops Thyme oil
Directions:
Mix ingredients. Pour over clean,
damp hair. Massage into scalp. Do not rinse.
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Hot oil for hot hair:
All hair types- super nourishing hair oil. No
more flaking, dandruff or frizzy,
lifeless hair
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons carrier oil (Almond
oil, Jojoba oil, Olive oil, Sunflower oil or other)
2ml/ 1/8 tablespoon Rose Concrete
2 drops Lavender oil
1 drop Rosemary oil
Directions:
Combine the carrier oil with the
rose concrete in a double boiler and gently heat up the mixture until the rose
concrete melts (Be careful not to burn the oils). Then add the essential oils
and mix well. Apply the fragrant mixture to hair-from roots to ends-paying
special attention to dry areas. Massage well. Wrap your hair in towel and leave
on for 30 minutes. Breathe deeply and enjoy the gentle aromatherapy hair oil.
Shampoo and style as usual.
Healthy-Shinny Hair Rinse:
All hair types-Improves Shine, removes build up, restores hair’s natural PH
Ingredients:
200ml/ 8fl oz Purified Water
150 ml/ 5fl oz Lemon Balm Infusion
100ml/ 5fl oz Rose Water
60ml/ 2fl oz Apple Cider Vinegar
1 drop Rosemary
1 drop Lavender
1 drop Juniper
1 drop Chamomile (for blond/light
brown hair)
Directions:
Combine all ingredients. After
shampooing, massage into clean damp hair and scalp for couple of minutes. You
can rinse or leave it on your hair.
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| Bath
& Body Recipes:
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Aromatic Beauty Bath
Ingredients:
3 drops Lavender Oil
2 drops Roman Chamomile Oil
2 drops Clary Sage Oil
1 drop Rose Oil
1 drop Lemon Balm Oil
1 cup Whole Milk
Dry
Rose Petals or/and Calendula
Flowers
Directions:
Combine the essential
oils in a small clean container. Close the lid tightly and let them stand for
at least 2 hours. Shake periodically. Add the essential oil mix to a cup of
milk (Milk helps essential oils dissolve in water). Draw a warm bath and
disperse the mixture well, sprinkle with flower petals and enjoy.
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Pleasure Rose Rub
Suitable for winter-dry skin- nourishes,
moisturizes and softens
Ingredients:
¼ cup honey
4 tablespoons carrier oil
2 drops Rose oil
2 drops Clary sage oil
Directions:
Combine all ingredients- add the
essential oils last (if the honey is too thick, warm it slightly first). Mix
well. Massage well into hands, feet, elbows, face and neck or the whole body
(make double the recipe). Pay special attention to dry areas. Leave it on for
15 minutes and enjoy the alluring fragrance. Rinse well.
Passion Massage Oil
- increases sensuality and romance. Wear to
seduce.
Ingredients:
30ml/ 1 fl oz Carrier oil
8 drops Rose oil (can add 5 drops
of Rose Absolute to strengthen the alluring rose fragrance)
6 drops Clary Sage oil
3 drops Zdravetz oil
1 drops Ylang-ylang oil
Directions:
Combine all essential oils in a
dark glass bottle (Zdravetz oil is usually in a solid form so you have to heat
it in double boiler first). Shake gently and allow mellowing for 24 hours. Add the carrier oil. Shake well and enjoy! |
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| Home
Keeping
Recipes:
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All purpose kitchen cleaner Aromatherapy, non-toxic and effective (do
not use on wood).
Ingredients:
250ml/ 8.5 fl oz Water
1 teaspoon Lavender oil
1 teaspoon Juniper oil
5 drops Thyme oil
Directions:
Mix all ingredients in a trigger
spray bottle and use anywhere in your home. Enjoy the pleasant fragrance. To
enhance its deep-cleaning properties add 2 tablespoons white vinegar.
Disinfecting Floor & Bathroom cleaner
Aromatherapy, non-toxic
and effective
Ingredients:
250 ml/ 8.5 fl oz water
1 teaspoon Pine oil
10 drops Rosemary oil
5 drops Thyme oil
Directions:
Mix all ingredients in a trigger
spray bottle and use on tile floors and bathroom surfaces.
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Fresh Bathroom Scrub-Cleaner
Ingredients:
1 cup backing soda
2 tablespoons liquid castile soap
1 teaspoon peppermint oil
1 teaspoon juniper oil
2 tablespoons vinegar (optional)
Directions:
Mix backing soda with liquid soap
until you get a thick paste. Add the essential oils and the vinegar. Scoop some
paste and use on a sponge to scrub bath tub, sink and shower surfaces.
Rose Potpourri
classic elegance with true aromatherapy value
Ingredients:
2 cups dried rose petals
1 cup dried rose buds
5 drops rose oil
5 drops rose absolute
Directions:
Combine the dry herbs in a large
container. The easiest way to scent them is to use a small spray bottle- mix
rose buds and rose petals as you spray them. Place the bow anywhere in the room
and enjoy the alluring fragrance with true aromatherapy value. Refresh as
needed with additional oils.
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| Assorted Recipes:
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Healing oil
Helps heal minor cuts, bruises,
wounds, scars, insect bites. Works great as an aftershave treatment. Reduces skin irritations and abrasions.
Ingredients:
40-50 dry Calendula flowers
15ml/ ½ fl oz Carrier Oil (Almond
oil, Jojoba oil, Olive oil, Sunflower oil or other)
3 teaspoons Milk Thistle Oil
2 teaspoons St. Jonhn’s Wort Oil
2 drops Yarrow Oil
2 drops Lavender Oil
1 drops Roman Chamomile Oil
Directions:
Infuse the Calendula
Flowers with the Carrier oil at very low heat for about 2 hours in
double boiler. Strain through a sieve and let cool. Add the other oils and shake
gently. Store tightly closed in a dark container, away from light.
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Solid Perfumes:
Base Ingredients:
1 tablespoon grated beeswax
1 tablespoon carrier oil
Version 1 Romantic Sigh
4 drops Rose oil
4 drops Rose absolute
2 drops Clary sage
Version 2 Light Summer Breeze
7 drops Lavender oil
2 drops Lemon balm oil
1 drops Chamomile oil
1 drop Rosemary oil
Directions:
Mix the essential oils in a clean
container and allow to mellow for 24 hours. Heat the beeswax in a double boiler, just enough to melt it down, and
add the carrier oil. Mix well, remove from heat and stir in the essential oil
mix. Pour the warm liquid into a clean
dry container with tight closing lid. It is ready to use when it solidifies.
Cold Relief Bath
This cold relief fragrant bath
eases sinus congestion, relieves aches and pains and stimulates the immune
system. In combination with a rosehip berries tea, it can help to get over a
cold faster.
Ingredients:
5 tablespoons dry lavender flowers
14-20 rosehip berries
4 drops hyssop oil
3 drops pine needle oil (or
juniper oil)
3 drops thyme oil
Directions:
Crush the dry herbs well to
release their health-providing benefits. Add the essential oils and tie
everything together in a handkerchief or in a small cotton pouch. Hang the bag under the facet with running
warm water as you fill the tub. You can
use the bas to scrub your body. Rich in Vitamins (especially C, b-complex, A,
D, E) and tannins, crushed rosehips strengthens the immune system and helps
stimulate the body.
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Lemon Balm Infusion
Ingredients:
Lemon balm leaves
Boiling water
Directions:
Pour boiling water over lemon balm
leaves in a clean bowl. Steep for 10-15 minutes.
Strain through a fine sieve, collecting liquid in a clean bowl. Allow it to
cool and discard lemon balm leaves. Sip slowly a cup of the fragrant tea or use
as face toner (normal to oily skin types). The lemon balm infusion is a great ingredient
for homemade facemasks, creams, hair rinses and other preparations.
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Lavender Water Mouth Wash
Ingredients:
1/3 cup Lavender Water
2 tablespoons vodka
10 drops peppermint oil
5 drops lavender oil
5 drops thyme oil
Directions:
Mix all ingredients and shake
before each use. Do not swallow.
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Natural Tooth Powder
to substitute your regular,
petrochemical-based toothpaste
Ingredients:
½ cup table salt
½ cup backing soda
10 drops peppermint oil
5 drops thyme oil
Directions:
Mix the salt and the backing soda
well. Add the essential oils slowly and stir to prevent clumping.
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