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Rose water

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Here, http://www.histoirederose.com/boutique/ ... hp?cPath=1
is a place where you can buy the most wonderful homemade ROSE WATER.
This http://www.histoirederose.com/ explains about the place where the family grows roses and makes the rose water.
It's in french though...
It's a family business and the rose petals are distilled in an old "alambic" using woodfire only. You can smell the woodiness still in this rose water. Also it is not filltered like other commercial kinds and therefore traces of the essential rose oil remain.
My parents live about 40 km from this place and I stock up every summer on rose water and corn blossom water, which I use to remove eye makeup. Corn water is soothing for the eyes.
I'm just letting everybody here know about this because I like to support these kinds of family businesses...
Last summer when I went they said they were having difficulty because of European norms and their rose water not being "clean" enough...(read not sterile like everything else and not made in large uniform quantities)
What is interesting is that each bottle will be slightly different because of the kind of rose and the time it was picked

Check it out! I'm sure those out their using rose water for their face will really like this one.
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Post by CurlyGirl »

Ooh, lovely, thanks Corinne! I agree, it is wise to support these family businesses. I feel the same way about where I buy my fruit (much rather from a local independent grocer than a monolithic supermarket...)

*smelling roses* Isn't life wonderful?
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Rosewater- Too much additives?

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Hello all.

Do you think this Rosewater has to many additives?

Water (Aqua),
Rose (Rosa Centifolia) Absolute
Polysorbate-20,
Phenoxyethanol,
Alcohol Denat

Cheers everyone. Hope your day goes swimmingly.
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Thats ok
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Thankyou.
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Post by Yardy »

Hello D....
If you want to have rosewater with NO additives you can use the hydrolat of roses. It's the byproduct from making essentiel oil of roses.
It's only destilled water and rose.
I guess you should be able to get it at a healthstore. That is the case here in Denmark... :)
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Yardy wrote:Hello D....
If you want to have rosewater with NO additives you can use the hydrolat of roses. It's the byproduct from making essentiel oil of roses.
It's only destilled water and rose.
I guess you should be able to get it at a healthstore. That is the case here in Denmark... :)
thanks yardy, i will have a hunt
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Post by Corinne »

In another thread I posted that you can get Rose water naturally distelled in an old wood burning "alambic".
It is made in France by a familly business.
Their website:
www.histoirederoses.com or .fr (not sure)

happy hunting!
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Do i have to use Rosewater?

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...or can i just use mineral water in a spray can?

I've been using Rosewater twice a day for 2 years now and due to monetary matters would like to cut down on usage.

If i have to use Rosewater, can i use it once a day and use mineral water in a spray can as well?

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Re: Do i have to use Rosewater?

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No, you dont have to, at all.
dionysus wrote:...or can i just use mineral water in a spray can?
Yes, if its low in minerals...
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Why does it have to be low in minerals :)
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Post by RRM »

The higher the mineral content, the more water it will distract from your skin.
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face cleaning

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What is your general washing routine? Do you warm up the low mineral water in order to open up the pores?
Also, what mild cleanser would you recomend a part from rosewater? I didn't seem to react well to rosewater...

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Post by RRM »

I use warm water because it cleanses better.
Instead of rosewater you can use cucumber juice / oil.
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mineral oil

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I use mineral oil to remove a sunblock I use that is very waxy/hard to take off. I don't know if this is harmful or not---

I use it only occasionally, and it is the only thing that works.

Even mild soap just seems to smear the sunblock's base around.
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