Recipe: Alba (White) Rose Otto Cold Cream

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Chris (list mom)

 

Organic Alba Rose Hydrosol

**Special Pricing 2 Weeks ONLY!*

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This chilled cold cream makes a wonderfully simple, self pampering,

daily ritual that, nurtures the goddess within. It is especially nice to

use on sultry summer evenings.

 

*Ingredients:*

50 grams green tea seed oil

50 grams alba rose hydrosol

12.5 grams beeswax (if allergic, substitute candelilla wax)

1 teaspoon + 1/4 teaspoon local honey (warm if crystallized)

1 teaspoon + 1/4 teaspoon borax (optional to make the product white)

1 to 2 drops pure rose otto essential oil (optional: for a stronger rose

scent)

 

*Directions:*

 

1. Combine oil and beeswax in the top portion of a small double

boiler pot. Heat over boiling water until the beeswax has fully

melted. While the wax is melting, dissolve your borax in the rose

hydrosol and then heat liquid gently. Do not boil!

 

2. Place the melted oil/wax mixture into a food processor. With

processor running, slowly drizzle the honey into the oil/wax

mixture, until well blended. Continue running the processor and

slowly add the warmed rose hydrosol into the oil/wax/honey mixture

in very small amounts until all the rose hydrosol is fully

incorporated and you have an emulsion. If desired, during mixing

time, add a drop or 2 of Rose Otto for a stronger rose scent.

 

3. Allow your cream to sit and " settle " for a minimum of five

minutes. Hydrosol which has not incorporated into the cream will

sink to the bottom and the emulsified cream layer will rise to the

top. Drain off this lower layer of hydrosol and discard it or use

it immediately, for example, to splash on your face.

 

4. Gently spoon one teaspoon of " cold cream " into each cavity of a

standard ice cube tray. Spread a piece of plastic wrap loosely

over the tray for easy removal of the cubes all at once and to

limit exposure to your fingers. Freeze until solid.

 

5. Remove frozen cubes from the tray with clean hands or plastic wrap

and place them into an airtight freezer storage container, or

Ziploc baggie. NOTE: It is VERY important that you keep your cold

cream frozen and/or refrigerated at all times as there are no

preservatives in this recipe.

 

6. Preparation for use: Place a frozen cold cream cube into your

cream pot – which can be any reusable, non porous container with a

lid, from a ceramic jar to an empty, clean cosmetic jar. Thaw it

in the refrigerator overnight, stir with a toothpick if necessary

when thawed; use the daily portion size of chilled cream that same

day. To reduce risk of spoilage and/or contamination, use your

thawed portion of cream within 48 hours!

 

7. To Use: Massage a small amount into your skin and tissue off or

rinse off with warm water.