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Floral Waters |
Do It Yourself Floral Water
Like aftershaves, floral waters and splashes are weak tinctures of herbs,
sometimes with an extra boost of essential or fragrance oils.
Base:
Grain alcohol, witch hazel, glycerin
Add herbs and/or essential oils:
Some suggested herbs -
Floral herbs such as:
Lavender flowers, rose petals;
Citrus herbs such as:
orange or lemon peels
Instructions:
Basically, you're making a weak tincture of herbs that either smell nice
together, or are beneficial to the skin. Choose your herbs, just enough to
loosely fill the bottom 1/2 of a jar, pour grain alcohol and/or witch hazel
to cover the herbs. Cover and place in a dark fairly cool place. Shake the
jar once or twice a day for 2 - 3 weeks. Strain out herbs; if desired add eo
or fo. Add distilled water to fill the remainder of the jar, shake to mix
well, and decant into a dark glass bottle.
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Floral Water Recipes
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Lavender Water
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1 cup lavender flowers, scented rose petals or orange blossom.
1/4 cup ethyl alcohol at room temperature.
Steep for 6 days in a screw-top jar, shakeing vigorously each day.
Strain and Decant into a dark glass bottle.
Rosewater
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Use a one quart canning jar and fill it with rose petals. Add 1/3 cup or
slightly less Everclear and fill the remaining space with distilled water or
tap water. Set it out in the sun and stir a couple of times a day, or more
often if you are like me and can't resist opening it up and checking it. I
have been making mine pretty strong, so it takes a couple of days sitting
out on our south facing deck. You can remove rose petals as they become very
pale or as they sink to the bottom and add more rose petals as space allows
or to strengthen the rosewater as you like it. When it is as I want it I
strain it through a cheesecloth and then I am going to start freezing some
for future use. I am keeping mine pretty strong at this point because I can
dilute it down later, and use less freezer space while storing.
Before using it you can add glycerine or even some other EO's to your taste.
I started with just a teaspoon of glycerine and I am not adding anymore EO's
because I like the sweet smell of just my roses. I found that after a day or
two after it was done and left in the refrigerator the sweetness of the
roses seemed to be stronger in the water. Just my opinion.
One thing that I noticed with my first batch, which was quite strong, is
that it might stain. I sprayed some in my bathroom sink to adjust the nozzle
on my spray bottle. I didn't rinse the rosewater out and it left a stain
that I had to use Ajax on to remove. I have also sprayed it on me and have
gotten some on my clothes. So far I have not noticed that it stained my
clothes but just be careful with it around fine fabrics until you know for
sure.
This is really very simple, and I am told you can use it to mix your lye in
for making soap. Haven't done that yet because I am skeptical that there is
not a whole lot that can get by lye. I know that it would be a wonderful
addition to lotions, creams, etc. Also, if and when I get enough lavender
going I would like to try it with that.
Fragrant Waters
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Materials:
Pretty bottle with top, as desired.
5 drops essential oil (orange, lavender, rose, etc.)
1 cup distilled water
1/8 cup vodka
Mixing jar with lid
Measuring Cup
1. Pour vodka in mixing jar, together with water and oil, swirling gently to
mix ingredients.
2. Screw on lid and let jar stand undisturbed in cool, dark place for one
week.
3. Into clean, pretty bottle, pour fragrant water to within 1 inch of lip,
then replace top.
*Variation:
To make other bath waters, substitute drops of oil in desired fragrance,
using recipe above. *To refresh water, add more drops of oil, as needed.
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