Rose has taken centre stage in my skincare routine, from my face cream to toner. It’s an amazing herb for skincare, and I’m here to sing its praises. Let me show you how you can make your own rose skincare recipes and reap the benefits of this floral favourite.
People have been taking advantage of rose skincare recipes for thousands of years—ancient Mayans, Romans, and Egyptians all used rose to make their skin more beautiful. Rose tightens skin, evens tone, reduces discoloration, and can help heal scars and reduce wrinkles.
Not only that, it increases the skin’s permeability, which means that it makes whatever ingredients you combine with it even more effective than they would be on their own.
Oh, and it smells heavenly.
All of this makes rose a wonderful ingredient for facial skincare products. There are lots of different ways you can incorporate rose into your daily beauty regimen, so I’ve put together a few simple rose skincare recipes for the face that you can try. You’ll be feeling rosy in no time.
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Benefits of Rose for Skincare
The scent of roses is said to help with insomnia, anxiety, stress, and even menstrual pain. When put on the skin, rose helps to regenerate and heal delicate facial skin, diminish redness, nourish dry skin, even tone, and reduce the look of aging. For more information on rose for skincare, read this post: Healing Benefits of Rose for Beauty Products
Rose has anti-inflammatory, astringent, and antibacterial properties.
Rose Skincare Infusions
Rose is one of the most preciousand therefore expensive essential oils. It requires hundreds of thousands of rose petals to get an ounce of oil, so it makes sense that an ounce would sell for a thousand dollars or more. When you see rose essential oil, it may be pure, but in a very low quantity (like 2ml or 0.067 oz), it could be diluted in a carrier oil, or it could be added to a blend.
You can create lovely floral infusions steeping rose petals and rose blend tea in water. Floral water can be spritzed on your skin after washing, or it can be used to replace distilled water in skincare recipes and soap.
Rose petals are easily accessible and inexpensive (or free if you grow them in your garden!). You can use them to infuse oils with their scent or make a rose hydrosol, which can be added to recipes or used as a toner on its own. Rose petals have anti-inflammatory properties that help to tighten skin and reduce redness and other discolouration.
I often make a batch of rose water to use in recipes, and also for cooking, and even to drink.
Spritz or dab rosewater directly on your face to refresh and brighten skin, or add it to recipes like lotion that call for aqueous ingredients. Rosewater has a wonderful, delicate scent and helps to tighten skin and even tone. See how to make your own here!
Rosewater has a beautiful colour as well as scent.
Rose Skincare Recipes
Since attending an herbalism class on the skin benefits of rose, I have been using rose as my face care routine, and I just love how it makes my skin feel. I always wash with cold-process soap first, then spray with rose face toner, and finish off with my favourite rose face cream. I do this routine both morning and night to clean, nourish, and repair my skin. Here are my rose skincare recipes.
Use these rose skincare recipes for yourself or as gifts!
Rose Water Toner
Witch hazel is a natural toner that evens skin tone and soothes. The addition of rose petals helps to brighten skin and gives this product a beautiful scent. Witch hazel can make inflamed, irritated skin feel better, so this product works well as an after-shave as well as a regular toner.
Follow the instructions in this post on how to make it!
My Favourite Rose Face Cream Recipe
This recipe is made specifically for the face. It’s based on my basic lotion recipe with rose elements added in. It’s a rich lotion that absorbs quickly and is non-greasy. It works beautifully for my dry, sensitive skin. Follow the lotion-making instructions in this post!
Gentle Rose Soap
Every fall, I make tons of batches of cold process soap to gift and use throughout the year. This rose soap is right up there with the most beautiful soaps I’ve ever made. It uses olive oil infused with rose to be nice and gentle on the skin.
Beeswax Massage Balm
This massage balm is perfect for couples or for those who love to give themself a hand or foot massage. Again, the massage balm uses olive oil infused with rose petals as well as rose hip oil. It nourishes the skin long after the massage is done.
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