See how to make rose water at home and find out what it can do for your skin, hair, cooking, and aromatherapy. The easy rose water recipe shows how to make rose water using a simple infusion method. It also has tips on how to keep rose water fresh and free labels you can print out.
DIY rose water
Rose water is used in a lot of beauty recipes, so it’s about time I showed you how to make your own rose water at home. This easy-to-make rose water recipe is great for aromatherapy and bath and body products. You only need 3 simple ingredients.
You’ll learn how to make rose water at home, as well as what rose water is good for and how to use it. We also talk about why keeping your rose water fresh is important and how to get a pretty pink color.
Describe rose water.
Rose water is a liquid that smells like roses and is made from rose petals. The bioactive compounds in the rose are in the floral water, which can be clear or pink. There are different ways to make rose water. Most of the time, these are the ways to make rose water:
• Distillation (distil method): Steam is used to boil fresh rose petals to make true rose water or rose hydrosol. The vapor makes the plant parts in the flower petals come out. The stem is then cooled until it turns into water, which now has these parts.
• Infusion (simmer method): You can make rose tea by letting rose petals steep in water. This gives the water a rose flavor. In this post, I’m going to show you how to do this.
• Extraction: For this method, rose petals and water (or water and alcohol) are put in an airtight container and put away for a while. The water acts as a solvent to pull the rose compounds out of the plant material.
• Diluting: You can also make rose water by using a solubilize to mix rose essential oil with water. Rose water with essential oil isn’t really rose water in the traditional sense.
What makes rose water different from rose hydrosol?
Rose water and rose hydrosol are two terms that are often used the same way. I always do that. But there is a difference in how they are taken out of the ground.
Hydrosols are the concentrated water from plants, and they can only be made by distillation. Hydrosols are usually leftovers from distilling essential oils, and they have traces of the essential oil in them.
But the term “rose water” doesn’t just mean steam-distilled rose water. It also includes rose-infused floral waters and rose-diluted floral waters.
Rose hydrosol is always clear, but rose-infused water or rose tea can be pink or reddish depending on the color of the petals. Rose hydrosol has a stronger rose smell than a rose infusion, which smells more like a rose garden.
Rose water benefits
I could talk about how much I love rose hydrosol all day, but you might be more interested in what science has to say about rose water’s benefits. The benefits of rose water have been studied in a number of studies, so we don’t have to rely on anecdotes alone.
Rose water has a lot of benefits for skin care and overall health:
• Soothes the skin: Research shows that rose hydrosol’s antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties can calm skin inflammation caused by microbes and stop it from getting worse. The flower water can help relieve itching, swelling, and redness. It may also help rosacea and eczema.
• Rose water makes skin and hair care products like hydrating facial mist more moisturizing.
• Rose water is an antioxidant because it has tocopherol, which is a form of vitamin E that is known for its antioxidant effects. Antioxidants fight oxidative stress, slow skin ageing, and make the skin look and feel younger.
• Astringent: As a natural astringent, rose water can make enlarged pores look better and tighten the skin to make it look younger.
• Stress-reducing: Another study showed that the smell of natural roses makes people feel much less stressed. Researchers have also found that the smell can make people feel less anxious and worried.
• Improves mood: The smell of roses calms me down, but it also makes me feel happy and balanced.
How does rose water do all of those things? Well, it all comes down to how rose water is made chemically. Rose hydrosol is mostly made up of phenyl ethyl alcohol, citronellal, and geraniol. The molecules in these compounds have an effect on the body, which is what it means to be bioactive. They are also the ones who make roses smell the way they do.