Rose « Search Results « Lilith’s Apothecary Herbal Body Care. Facial Cleansing Grains Hello my dear readers. Oh, I wish I could blog more often. The intensity of my full-time day job combined with a busy craft season (actually, every season feels really busy) makes it tough. I am so looking forward to what amounts to an “herbal retreat” for me this June, the Medicines of the Earth Herb Symposium , Black Mountain, North Carolina.
When I begin to shift into a new paradigm or even have some ideas for changes to be implemented, it seems that it takes me a very long time to migrate into a new place. I have some goals for the future of Lilith’s Apothecary. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. So, there are exciting changes ahead! The main thing is that I love my business and I want to continue working on it in a way that is sustainable for myself, for my customers, and for the earth itself. DIY Rosewater Spray. While summer spritzers used to be reserved for the ubiquitous Evian bottle, refreshing water mists now come in a variety of scents heeding a multitude of benefits. The most popular face and body spray would have to be that of rosewater because of it’s cleansing, hydrating and anti-aging properties.
Once upon a time, Cleopatra would douse her face in rosewater to keep her complexion flawless while ancient Romans would bathe in this exceptional essence of rose. So this week, with our trusty beauty expert Sarah Howard of Beauty Banter, we’ll take you through the simple steps of making your very own rosewater for a refreshing and fragrant cool down this summer. You’ll need: Start by plucking the petals off all the roses. Place the stock pot on top of a stove and put the brick inside the pot. Pour distilled water into the pot until half of the brick is submerged in water.
Invert the lid and turn the stove on high. Enjoy your homemade rosewater spray during these hot summer days! Gave That: Rose Water Toners. A really simple beauty gift is a little bottle of rose water or rose toner (seen above). Pour it into old apothecary bottles and one will be hard pressed not to want to show it off on a vanity or sink. Here is how you can do it too: What You'll need for a Rose Toner: Organic roses &/or petals Pure filtered water Witch Hazel Vitamin E (optional) A Pinch of sea salt (optional) A drop of glycerin (optional) Rose essential oil (optional) Rose hips (optional)In a microwave or over the stove in a small sauce pan, combine the witch hazel, 1/2 cup of water and your rose petals (and rose hips if you have them).
Bring to a simmer and turn heat off. Cover and let steep for 4 to 5 hours and then strain off plant material. Alternately, see the video technique for making floral water above. Once cooled you can then add any of the optional ingredients. P.S. for another way to use your rose water, in a bath elixir, see the recipe and how-to here. Image: MAM for Gave That. DIY – Homemade Rose Water | Frugal Granola. <div class="greet_block wpgb_cornered"><div class="greet_text"><div class="greet_image"><a href=" rel="nofollow"><img src=" alt="WP Greet Box icon"/></a></div>Welcome! If you are new here, you might want to <a href=" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to the RSS feed</strong></a> for updates, giveaway announcements, and encouragement in simple, natural living. Thanks for visiting! <div style="clear:both"></div><div class="greet_block_powered_by">Powered by <a href=" title="WP Greet Box WordPress Plugin" style="text-decoration:none;">WP Greet Box</a><a href=" title="WordPress Plugin" style="text-decoration:none;">WordPress Plugin</a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div> You will need a double boiler.
Fill the top with rose petals. Rosa. By Kiva Common Name: Rose, Sweetbriar, Botanical Name: Rosa spp. Energetics: Cool, dry Taste/Impression: Sweet, astringent, sour Actions: Relaxant nervine, astringent, anti-inflammatory, In the driest whitest stretch of pain’s infinite desert, I lost my sanity and found this rose. — Rumi Growing up, I scorned garden Roses for weedier, wild plants. I was surprised then, by the wildness and ferocity of the first Wild Roses I met along the bank of a now forgotten river.
The moment I arrived in New Mexico, with its red volcanic rock faces and lush green river banks, I knew I was home. There are as many varieties of Rose as there are shades of green, and every kind holds some profound therapeutic value. The Wild Rose is my most important plant ally, and one that I am continually amazed by. Tough, resilient and wild hearted, she springs back even after being beaten down by rocks, floods, droughts and deep cold. In the Southwest, Roses are close companions of rivers. Rambling the River: My Love Affair with the Wild Rose » The Medicine Woman's Roots.
I’ve been insanely busy the last few weeks, but today Rhiannon and I took a long walk downriver today in search of blooming Wild Roses. Although the floods smashed and buried a good number of the largest hedges I was still able to get a decent first harvest, though I’ll certainly be out looking for more in the near future. Regardless of anything else going on, I make time each May to spend time with the Roses. The Wild Rose is my most important plant ally, and one that I am continually amazed by. If there is a single plant who has provided me with the most healing, it is this one. My relationship with this thorny beauty deepens each year, and every season the briar teaches me more about boundaries, vulnerability and self-expression.
Tough, resilient and wild hearted, she springs back even after being beaten down by rocks, floods, droughts and deep cold. In the Southwest, Roses are close companions of rivers. It’s also a circulatory, blood and heart tonic. Roses petals alternative uses tinctures. The Rose – Whisper of the Divine « Whispering Earth. How did the rose ever open its heart And give to the world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of light against its being, Otherwise we all remain too frightened.Hafiz Rose Bathed in Light The subtleties of Rose as a medicine are one of the divine mysteries of herbalism. I’ve been noticing for a while that nary a patient escapes one of our clinics without a glug of Rose tincture added to their formula. My aromatherapy friends also seem to be in a Rose induced reverie at present and it appears to be a common acknowledgement for just about everyone that, ‘they need some Rose.’ When a herbalist told me recently that she’d ripped up her herb garden (oh the horror!)
And now grows only roses, I knew there must be something in the air. Most modern herbalists think of Rose in terms of a cooling astringent and use it appropriately, to dry congestion, tone tissues and calm inflammation. Sarah Furey makes a beautiful Rose flower remedy as well as using the tincture. Time for Tea Like this: