Hello dear readers. Today I want to talk about the benefits of rose hips for facial skin. We will also talk about how to apply rosehip decoction for the face. Rosehip we know as a general tonic, a means to increase immunity, as a remedy for colds and viral diseases. Rosehip makes the content in it so valuable a large number vitamin C.

In cosmetology, rosehip oil is used more widely than a decoction or infusion of rosehips. On the blog, I already wrote about how to use rosehip oil, everything can be read in the article "".

Rosehip oil I buy at the pharmacy. But the rose hips themselves for masks and tonic can be prepared by yourself. But you can buy it at a pharmacy or in the market, at the layouts where they sell herbs, I usually buy rose hips there. When I visit my mother, I take a wild rose from her, she prepares it for the winter, because, next to her house, there is a planting and wild rose bushes grow there.

What is useful rosehip for facial skin?

On the this moment more and more cosmetic products containing rose hips appear on the shelves of our stores. A lot of rosehip creams and all kinds of care products for the face and hair are sold.

We all want to use more to maintain and preserve our beauty. natural remedies and less chemicals. This helps us natural cosmetic prepared with my own hands for face and hair care, I write a lot about this on the blog. Here you can find a lot of body, face and hair care products.

Autumn, it's time for rose hips, bright red, beautiful, eye-catching fruits and I did not ignore. Autumn is generally a bright time, but not only bright, but also generous with fruits, fruits, vegetables, it's time to harvest, including rose hips. I really like to prepare an infusion from rose hips, and if you also add honey, it turns out delicious.

Why is rosehip so useful for the face?

• Well, firstly, rosehip contains vitamins A, C, E, these vitamins are natural antioxidants that help us in the fight against cell aging, in other words, slow down the aging process of cells, making the skin supple and elastic.
• In addition to vitamins, rose hips also contain trace elements that improve cellular metabolism.
• Rosehip helps to strengthen the protective barrier of the skin of the face.
• Rosehip helps to perfectly retain moisture in the skin cells.
• A decoction and infusion of wild rose perfectly cleanses the skin of the face, and also softens and nourishes the skin of the face.

Rosehips and rosehip oil are mainly used for aging skin, as well as for dry skin of the face, but rosehip decoction can be used in masks for absolutely any skin of the face, everything will depend on the components of the mask.

How to prepare a rosehip decoction for the face?

Usually everything is extremely easy to prepare. For half a liter of water, I take 2-3 tbsp. tablespoons of dry rose hips and boil them over low heat for about 10 minutes. Then set aside, wrap and insist about 4-6 hours.

A decoction of wild rose should be filtered and used to wipe the face. You can pour the broth into ice molds and freeze in the freezer. With regular use of rosehip decoction, the complexion improves, pimples and small rashes on the skin disappear. The skin becomes more well-groomed, smooth and beautiful.

Rosehip oil for the face.

Rosehip oil is used to remove eye makeup. Plus, to nourish the skin of the face. Rosehip oil is used for wrinkles on the face, as the oil smoothes wrinkles. Rosehip oil is also used for dry and aging facial skin.

Rosehip oil cleanses and nourishes the skin of the face. Rosehip oil can be used as a night cream for the face.

Oil can be bought at a pharmacy, it costs a penny, but the effect of the oil is good. It can be added to creams and shampoos, and various face masks can be prepared on its basis.

Rosehip face masks.

From a decoction of rose hips or from infusion, you can prepare face masks. I usually prepare a rosehip infusion. I wash a handful of rose hips, pour a liter of boiling water over it, insist the night, then filter the infusion. Such a rosehip infusion can be drunk by adding honey or sugar to taste, and can also be used for masks.

Rosehip mask for dry and combination skin.

To prepare the mask, you need to take a spoonful of rosehip infusion or decoction mixed with a spoonful of olive oil and one yolk. We apply this mask on the face for 20 minutes. Washes off with water.

Rosehip face mask for oily skin.

Beat one protein and add a spoonful of rosehip infusion to it. If the mask is liquid, then add a little rice flour to it. Apply this mask on your face for 20 minutes. This mask removes oily sheen from the skin, tightens pores.

Rosehip face mask for wrinkles.

If you are not allergic to honey, then a rosehip and honey mask will help smooth out small wrinkles on the skin of the face, make the skin supple and elastic. Add one teaspoon of honey to a tablespoon of decoction, mix everything and apply on the face for 20 minutes, rinse with water.

Cleansing mask of rose hips and sour cream for the face.

Rosehip petal toning face lotion.

When the wild rose blooms, you need to collect pink flower petals. Two spoons of petals should be poured into 200 ml. boiling water, leave for an hour, strain and use to wipe the face.

You can pour this infusion into ice molds and freeze and wipe your face with ice cubes. It is useful to prepare and apply such a lotion for fading and dry skin.

Tonic from rose hips, chamomile and calendula.

From rose hips, calendula flowers, chamomile flowers, you can prepare a tonic for the face. You can wipe your face with tonic several times a day.

We mix the crushed rose hips, calendula flowers and chamomile in equal proportions. Pour boiling water at the rate of 1 cup of boiling water per 1 tablespoon of raw materials. We insist in a closed container infusion for 1 hour, filter. Use to wipe the face. Such a tonic cleanses the face, relieves inflammation and removes a small rash. This infusion can be stored for 7 days in the refrigerator in a glass jar with a tight lid.

Also, you will learn a lot of new and useful information about how to use rosehip for the face and how rosehip decoction is useful for the skin, recipes for masks and other cosmetics, you will learn from the video clip.

Looking for cleansers? Wondering how to make rose petal lotion at home? Stay. Today we will share recipes from the chests of our grandmothers, proven by time and generations. You will definitely find something of your own, the main thing is to decide for which skin you need a product and which of the components below you can use.

Experimental lovers can deviate slightly from the recipe below by adding something of their own. Perhaps you will create a unique recipe, it is only important not to forget about the proportions of the main components and not to overdo it with the percentage of alcohol. Such lotions are stored on average three days. So...

Raw material preparation

How to make rose petal lotion at home and what types of roses are suitable for this? Actually, the variety in this matter is not as important as the place of cultivation. In general, it is better to stick to the basics of collecting medicinal plants.

1. It is very undesirable to pluck flowers from bushes growing in the city, near highways and railroad tracks, since the content of lead, sulfur, zinc in raw materials will many times exceed the permissible norms and will serve not for good, but for harm. Ideal places are planting roses, remote from cities and indoor home greenhouses.

2. It is necessary to collect a rose before full blooming, when it is in the stage of half-buds and contains the maximum of useful substances we need. Of course, a loose flower is also suitable, but its quality will no longer be the same. Do not take roses that have begun to crumble to make lotions.

3. The plant must be dry, so if it rains, take your time and let the rose dry. The best time to pick roses is in the morning.

4. You can use both fresh petals and stockpiled for future use (you will read about this in more detail below). It is necessary to dry a rose intended for the preparation of lotions in a cool and obligatory shaded place.

5. It is better to store a dried rose in tightly closed glass jars, dividing each species at least by color.

The basics of the composition of store lotions

The kings of the "magic potion" are, of course, rose and rose hips. Additionally you will need:

• distilled water;
• high-quality vodka (diluted alcohol will do);
• juniper;
• chamomile;
• jasmine;
• mint;
• plantain;
• aloe;
• lemon;
• pink tincture.

By the way, the latter is prepared separately and in advance.

Rose tincture

It will come in handy for most lotions, so make it ahead of time and keep it in the fridge. This is a kind of tincture of the freshest rose petals and vodka.

It is prepared as follows: we fall asleep the flowers in a glass container (up to the top), fill them with vodka, put them in the cold. In a day, the tincture will be ready. It is not necessary to filter it. You can store until the next harvest, pouring the required amount if necessary and closing tightly again.

As a lotion, you can use only pink tincture, without additives, but diluted (a tablespoon in a glass of water will be enough).

Juniper tonic lotion with rose

You will need: a dozen juniper berries, lemon juice (a teaspoon), a third of a glass of crushed rosehip or rose petals, a tablespoon of vodka, a glass of boiling water.

Cooking. We start with juniper. We throw the berries into pre-filtered boiling water, let it boil for a minute, remove from the stove, add the prepared rose petals, cover with a tight-fitting lid and wrap. After cooling, strain, add lemon. The lotion is ready. Pour it into a dark ceramic (or glass) dish, close tightly, put in the refrigerator.

The product is suitable for any type of skin. You can use it daily, both in the morning and in the evening. Alcohol, which is part of this lotion, disinfects the skin and additionally plays the role of a natural preservative, increasing the shelf life up to a week. Then the lotion is prepared again.

From rose hips and roses

You will need: fresh rosehip and rose petals (red, pink, cream), vodka.

Preparing the lotion is as simple as possible and lasts longer than other similar home-made products. We fill a half-liter jar with rose and rosehip petals, fill it with vodka and close it with a plastic lid. We leave to infuse for a day. It is not necessary to put it in the refrigerator. After a day, filter, dilute with water in half. The lotion is ready.

It rejuvenates and tones the skin, making it more elastic. Contraindicated in those who have vessels too close (the so-called "mesh" with pale or very light skin).

Lotion pink with honey. You will need: 20 grams of honey (ideally - forbs, better than the first collection), a third of a glass of rose water, lemon (20 drops).

Cooking. Mix the ingredients, shake thoroughly. Everything. The lotion is ready to use. Suitable for absolutely any skin. Contraindications - allergy to honey.

Lotion for problem skin

You will need: table vinegar, water, rose petals (four full glasses), table vinegar (glass).

Cooking. We cork the vessel, put it in the underground for three weeks. All this time, shake the infusion daily (once a day is enough).

After three weeks, we filter the resulting infusion and add the same amount of water to it.

It not only cleanses the skin, but also evens out the color, narrowing the pores. We store it in the refrigerator.

With cucumber and glycerin

You will need: a glass of rosehip or rose petals, a glass of water, vodka (20 gr.), Glycerin (10 gr.), Cucumbers.

Cooking. Pour the petals with boiling water and wait until it cools down. In the meantime, grate the cucumber on a grater and squeeze the juice (a quarter of a glass is enough). We mix the cooled rose water with cucumber juice, add cucumbers, glycerin, vodka. Close and shake thoroughly. Ready.

This lotion is suitable for any skin, lightened it a little, evens out the tone. It is stored in the cold for a maximum of three days.

With rose and almond

You will need: 30 gr. almond oil, harvesting petals, 10 gr. tinctures.

Cooking. Pour rose petals with oil and put in a water bath. Heat the mixture until the rose loses its color. Cool, strain, add tincture.

Tonic perfectly removes decorative cosmetics.

Vitaminized, with jasmine

You will need: harvesting petals, the same amount of jasmine, a glass of water, 30 gr. tinctures, vitamin B (liquid, 1 ampoule).

Cooking. Mix jasmine with rose, pour boiling water over it, cover and leave for 3 hours. We filter the mixture, add the tincture and pour the entire ampoule of vitamin B into it.

Soothing Lotion with sage, mint and aloe

You will need: a mixture of parsley leaves, mint, sage, plantain, chamomile flowers, aloe juice (5 grams each), tincture.

The preparation is not too different from the options suggested above, however, it deserves special attention, since this recipe is really universal. How to make a rose petal lotion at home that will suit any skin and at the same time also become a tonic? Pour boiling water over everything except aloe, cover and leave for an hour. Filter, add a tablespoon of tincture and aloe juice. Lotion-tonic is ready.

Most women prefer roses to other colors. Their beauty and aroma captivate and delight. The petals of the queen of flowers can also transform your appearance. Even in ancient Rome they noticed beneficial features roses. Women actively used it for daily skin care. The oil of this wonderful flower is now often added to various cosmetics. Rose petal lotion has excellent properties. It is very easy to prepare at home.

Lotions are cosmetic products used to cleanse, soften and refresh the skin. As a rule, they have a lighter structure than creams, so they are more easily absorbed by cells. Lotions are used throughout the year to keep the skin healthy. In the summer they help to get rid of age spots due to excessive ultraviolet radiation. In winter they protect from the cold.

Apply lotion after washing before tonic treatment. For dry skin, a low-alcohol or acidic or water-based product is recommended.

The benefits of rose petals

This beautiful flower is rich in flavonoids, antioxidants, tannins, essential oils, vitamins A, C, D, E, B3. This complex helps to revive tired skin, gives it a radiant shade. The rose is known for its antiseptic, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. In addition, it perfectly rejuvenates and moisturizes the skin, and its pleasant aroma will give you freshness and good mood.

Rose has many more advantages:

• tones the skin, makes it silky,
• deeply cleans,
• moisturizes and softens,
• smoothes
• makes her shine
• protects from the sun, treats burns,
• restores damaged skin,
• relieves acne
• soothes irritations, relieves redness.

Rose Petal Lotion Recipes

Tea roses or wild rose flowers are perfect for making lotion. Do not use purchased flowers treated with chemicals. Dry the petals during the flowering season to enjoy them all year round.

For normal skin

Fill a 250 g jar with rose petals, pour 100 g of 9% vinegar. Leave for 1 week in the refrigerator, shaking occasionally. After the specified time, strain the contents and add 100 g of boiled or distilled water.

For oily

Take a 250 g jar, fill it with rose petals and fill it with vodka. Add a teaspoon of lemon juice. Place the jar in the refrigerator, shake occasionally. Strain after a week. Such a lotion will cleanse the skin, reduce the activity of the sebaceous glands, narrow the pores and even out the complexion.

For dry

Mix rose petals with jasmine flowers in a ratio of 2:1, pour them into a 250 g jar, pour 50 g of vodka, fill the rest with hot boiled or distilled water. You can add a tablespoon of peach or almond oil. Leave for a week in the refrigerator.

Lotion for acne and pimples

Mix pink petals with chamomile flowers in equal proportions. Fill with vodka, leave for a week.

Rejuvenating lotion

Prepare a lotion that suits your skin type. Add 1 teaspoon of honey to it. Additionally, you can add vitamins A and E in oil. Such a lotion will saturate your cells with useful substances, effectively smooth out wrinkles, tighten the skin, make it supple and elastic.

Store homemade cosmetics in the refrigerator for no more than a week. Lubricate the face with lotion after washing 1-2 times a day for oily skin and every other day for dry skin, and very soon you will see the result.

Prepare a little more lotion than you need for the face, and use the rest once a week for the body. Thanks to its light structure, it is easy to apply over large areas. You can also add leftovers to the bath. Such a procedure will not only improve the skin, but also relieve fatigue, cheer you up, and your body will be fragrant.

Do not be too lazy to use one of these recipes once a week, you will not regret it. The wonderful rose petal lotion is sure to become your favorite skin care product. Thanks to him, you will feel like a beautiful queen, blooming and smelling like a rose.

It is used as an ornamental, medicinal and essential oil plant. Its medicinal properties are described in the works of Hippocrates, Dioscorides and Avicenna. In Russia, the population harvested fruits and flowers of wild rose already in the 16th-17th centuries. Rosehip makes a whole storehouse of useful substances such a valuable drug: vitamins A, B, B2, K, P, minerals, organic acids, flavonoids, tannins. As for the content of vitamin C in it, it is difficult to find a plant that can compare with the wild rose. Cosmetics this delicately scented flower tones, fortifies and tightens the skin, while cleansing and refreshing it.

Rosehip infusion

Great content the most useful substances makes rose hips a valuable plant, tea from the fruits of which is not only pleasant to the taste, but can also be used in cosmetics. Vitamin C, for example, is essential for wound healing. An infusion of the fruit is thus useful for poorly healing wounds, acne, and irritated skin. They can wash their faces in the mornings and evenings, wipe the skin of the face during the day. Rosehip tea perfectly fortifies the skin, makes it supple, elastic, and contributes to the disappearance of fine wrinkles. It works especially well on oily and sensitive skin, eliminates inflammation, peeling and irritation.

Collection and preparation. Fully ripe rose hips are harvested in autumn. Drying must be very fast. Artificial drying with heating up to 40°С is possible. When harvesting, do not remove the sepals, because without them the fruit quickly deteriorates. Dried rose hips can be stored for up to two years, but you need to keep them in well-closing containers so that the active ingredients are preserved.

Rosehip infusion : 2 tbsp. spoons with the top of rose hips are poured with 1 glass of water, heated to a boil and boiled for 10 minutes, or poured with boiling water and let it brew for 15 minutes. If in other teas the content of vitamins usually decreases quickly, then rosehip tea retains vitamins in full composition for several hours. Therefore, it can be recommended for thermoses.

Rosehip essential oil

Rosehip essential oil contains esters of lauric, myristic, palmitic and stearic acids. In aromatherapy, rosehip essential oil is used as an antiseptic, wound healing, astringent, tonic and cleanser. It helps with dry skin, eczema, burns. Rosehip oil rejuvenates, regenerates, smoothes, improves skin elasticity and firmness, normalizes the sebaceous glands, helps in the fight against scars and stretch marks, gives the skin an even and beautiful colour. The oil eliminates irritation, inflammation and peeling, as well as the visible vascular pattern,. When evaporated in an aroma lamp, it has a balancing effect that enhances internal concentration.

Rosehip petals

Wild rose petals, both fresh and dried, have also found their way into. They can successfully replace cosmetic recipes cultivated rose petals. But where else can you find flowers of a garden rose, and here it is, rose hips - it grows in every front garden. Rosehip petals contain anthocyanins, tannins, carbohydrates, proteins and fatty oils.

"Pink" rosehip petal lotion

Freshly picked rosehip petals should be infused with vodka or an alcohol solution in a ratio of 1: 1 for a month in a dark, cool place. This lotion perfectly rejuvenates the skin, disinfects and gives it elasticity and shine. It is better to store the lotion in the refrigerator and use it within a year.

Homemade rose oil

Pour a glass of dry rosehip petals into an enamel bowl and pour over a glass vegetable oil, you can add a couple of tablespoons of dried fruits. Put the mixture in a water bath on a slow fire for 2 hours. Strain the resulting oil. Use for cleansing, nourishing, toning and elasticity of dry and normal skin.

Pink water

Used to refresh the face by Persian and Arab women as early as the 9th-10th centuries and is very popular to this day. At home, its analogue is easy to prepare from wild rose petals. Place 2 handfuls of fresh rosehip petals (half with mint leaves) in a jar. Pour 2 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar and pour 1 liter of warm, but not hot water with 1 tbsp diluted in it. a spoonful of vinegar. Shake after 2 hours, strain and store in the refrigerator.

Facial toner (refreshes and soothes irritated skin)

You will need:

* 1 teaspoon of honey;
* 2-3 drops of lemon juice (for oily and combination skin)
* fresh petals of 2-3 rosehip flowers.

Pour 1/4 cup boiling water over the petals. Let it brew for 20 minutes. Add honey and oily skin lemon juice. Apply to cleansed face with a cotton swab. Wash off after 10-15 minutes.

Rosehip petal masks

*For oily/combination skin: To prepare the mask, you will need 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vodka or natural vinegar, petals of 2-3 rosehip flowers, 2 tbsp. tablespoons oatmeal or starch, ½ tbsp. mineral water. Pour the petals with vodka and mineral water, let it brew for 20-30 minutes until they turn white. Strain the infusion, add the rest of the ingredients and stir. Apply a thin layer to the skin. Wash off with warm water after 20 minutes.

* For dry/sensitive skin: Grind the petals of 4-5 rosehip flowers in a coffee grinder or grind in a mortar until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Add 1 teaspoon of cream, 1 egg yolk, mix everything thoroughly and let it brew for 5 minutes. Apply the resulting mixture on pre-cleansed skin and leave for 20-30 minutes, then rinse with cool water.

* For dull, aging, porous skin: Grind the petals of 4-5 rosehip flowers in a coffee grinder or grind in a mortar until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Add a few tablespoons of mineral water until you get a thick slurry. Stirring constantly, heat the mixture in a water bath for 5-10 minutes, cool slightly and apply to previously cleansed face and neck. After 20-25 minutes, remove the mask with a cotton swab, and rinse your face with mineral water or cooled tea.

* Rejuvenating mask for all skin types: Lightly rub the petals of 2-3 rosehip flowers, add 1 teaspoon of honey and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sour cream. Apply the resulting mixture to the previously cleansed skin of the face and neck for 20-30 minutes, then rinse with cool water.

Good day!

At the very beginning of summer, wild roses and wild roses bloom. Their delicate fragrant flowers are very short-lived. But it is a very valuable cosmetic raw material. And I will teach you how to make rose petal and lily lotion for face skin care at home. This lotion can be used on all skin types

Rose petals can simply be collected, put in a small container, pour boiling water and leave to cool. With a cooled infusion, wash or wipe your face. But the infusion spoils very quickly, so you can pour it into ice molds, freeze it and wipe your face with ice cubes as needed.

This infusion can also be poured into a spray bottle, add 1 cup to it and use it in the heat to irrigate the skin of the face in order to refresh. Store in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.

You can make a more complex lotion. For its preparation, you will need petals of white roses and lilies. You can use rosehip petals.

It is better to take white or light flowers, then the lotion will turn out lighter. I do not recommend using purchased roses, because on an industrial scale, roses are very heavily treated against diseases and pests. It is better to take flowers from park or garden roses, petals from climbing and floribunda roses will do. If you have your own roses, this is the best material.

Roses are a very valuable raw material for cosmetic products. Essential oil is obtained from roses, and fragrant water, which is obtained as a secondary product in the production of oil, is also actively used in cosmetology for facial skin care.

Rose essential oil is called the queen of oils. In one of the articles of the rubric, I will tell you about the properties of rose essential oil.

Preparation of lotion from rose petals and lilies

Fill a small glass jar of about 200 ml with white or cream rose petals and fill with high-quality vodka. It will take about 100g of vodka. You can mix rose petals in half with petals of white fragrant lilies. If you grow lilies, then Candidum and Oriental lilies are best suited.

With lilies, the lotion will turn out to be more effective, since the white lily is ideal remedy skin care. You need to insist at room temperature for 1-2 weeks.

Strain the infusion and dilute in a 1:1 ratio with freshly squeezed cucumber juice. To make juice, grate 2-3 cucumbers (overripe) and squeeze through gauze.

Mix the tincture and leave for a few days to settle. After a few days, sediment may settle at the bottom. Carefully drain the liquid from the sediment.

This tincture is good to use for wiping oily and porous skin. You can store for several months, preferably in a dark glass bottle.

An undiluted tincture can be used as a concentrate, poured off a little and diluted with water as needed.

For dry and normal skin this lotion must be diluted with boiled or mineral water 2 times. Store the diluted tincture in the refrigerator for no more than a month.

Before diluting with water, the tincture can be further enriched with essential oils by adding 2-3 drops of one of the essential oils of your choice - rose, neroli, . For skin with acne, mint will be useful. Tightens skin and patchouli. But even without essential oils, this lotion is very good.

How to properly use facial cleanser.

Moisten a cotton pad with water, wring out, and then moisten with lotion and wipe the skin. The lotion cleanses and nourishes the skin well, smoothes fine wrinkles, refreshes.

If the skin is dry, on a cotton pad moistened with lotion, drop a little cosmetic oil, such as grape seeds, and wipe your face.

Make yourself such a lotion from rose petals, do not be lazy. After all, homemade cosmetics are much more effective than purchased ones, and simple recipes preparations make it very accessible. You can also make excellent rose petals.