Mountain Rose Face Cream Recipe
Homemade skin creams are gentle for sensitive skin and allow you to control what you are putting on your skin. Rose essential oils or rose hydrosols add a lovely fragrance to your face creams. You can make day and night mountain rose creams for your face and choose the ingredients based on your skin type. Add soothing ingredients for irritated skin or choose a richer formulation for dry skin. You can even make your own eye creams. Keep in mind that homemade face creams have a short shelf life and may need to be stored in the refrigerator.
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Mountain Rose Night Cream
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Combine 6 teaspoons of macadamia nut oil with 2 teaspoons of hydrous lanolin and 2 teaspoons of grated or granulated beeswax. Melt in a double boiler. Heat 4 teaspoons each of rose hydrosol and aloe vera gel in a separate pan. Stir 1/8 teaspoon of powdered borax into this. (Note: with borax powder be sure to not exceed amount listed, as concentration max is usually about 5% by volume.) Whisk the hydrosol mixture into the wax and oil mixture, stirring until cool. Once the cream has cooled, add 8 drops of rose essential oil and one drop of benzoin oil to preserve. Store in a clean, lidded container.
Soothing Rose and Calendula Cream
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Calendula has many natural healing properties and is ideal for irritated skin. This can be used on the face, hands or body. Melt 4 ounces of shea butter in a double boiler. Add 2 tablespoons of calendula petals and allow to warm in the double boiler for 30 to 40 minutes. Strain through a fine mesh colander. Add 800 IU of Vitamin E, 3 drops of rose otto essential oil, 30 drops of lavender oil, and 10 drops of benzoin oil as a preservative. Pour into a clean, wide-mouthed jar and allow to cool.
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Rose Eye Cream
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Combine 3 teaspoons each jojoba oil and apricot kernel oil with 1 teaspoon of beeswax in a double boiler. While that is warming, warm 5 teaspoons of rose water in a separate pan. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon of borax powder. Combine the rose water mixture with the oil and wax mixture, stirring rapidly. Add 5 drops of carrot seed essential oil to this and store in a small jar. Apply around the eye area morning and night before moisturizing. Allow to sit for 10 minutes and wipe away excess.
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