Rosewater or more often known as ‘Gulab Jal’ is a by-product of the production of rose oil. It is one of well known ingredients used in perfumes, cosmetics, food and also medication preparations.
Since the ancient times, Rosewater has claimed to be highly prized for its source of perfume, medicinal use and nutritional properties. Its importance and potential in the skincare regimens is unmatched.
Rosewater is known to help the skin maintain its pH level, and when used as a toner and cleanser (1), it helps the skin bound with the goodness of the world.
So What Are The Rose Water Benefits?
- Rosewater is said to stimulate the circulation of tiny blood vessels underneath the skin, thus helping reduce the appearance of thread veins and broken capillaries (2).
- Gulab Jal maintains skin’s pH balance, calms acne, dermatitis and eczema.
- Smoothes, moisturizes, hydrates and revitalizes the skin while healing scars, cuts and wounds.
- Helps calm the skin and spirit thus easing stress and anxiety.
- Rosewater for face helps tone the skin, while offering anti-bacterial properties.
- Its antioxidants properties help strengthen skin cells and regenerate skin tissues (3).
- Its stimulating properties claim to treat hair loss.
- Nourishing and moisturizing properties recover the quality of hair (4).
- Treats mild scalp inflammations, and dandruff caused my fungal infections.
- Helps revitalize the aging skin, thus keeping fine lines and wrinkle at bay (5).
How To Prepare Rose Water at Home:
All you would need is few rose petals, the consumable ones, and not the ones the florists offer. Wash those rose petals and boil them in some clean water. Once the petals turn white and once the water retains the flower color, cool it and refrigerate it.
This homemade rosewater can be used any time to achieve calming and soothing effect.
For the Hair:
- Homemade Rose Water Shampoo: Mix three eggs with quarter cup each of rum and rose water, to make this into a shampoo to wash your hair. Finally rinse it with diluted vinegar.
- Adding rosewater to your last hair rinse will offer soft and shiny hair.
- Nourishing and moisturizing properties recover the quality of hair.
- Treats mild scalp inflammations, and dandruff caused my fungal infections.
- Down to its natural anti-inflammatory and healing properties, rosewater efficiently eliminates mild scalp inflammation.
- A regular rosewater massage promotes blood circulation in the scalp. Improved circulation not only enhances the shine and strength of your tresses but also triggers the hair follicles to produce more robust hair. Rosewater massage is also found to be very helpful in fixing the hair loss issue.
For the Skin:
- Add few drops of rosewater into bathing water to get glowing skin. This treatment also relaxes and soothes body and mind.
- Wash your face with rose water to reduce the skin irritation caused by acne, pimples, redness and breakouts.
- For dry skin, add some glycrine to rose water and apply it to the skin for sometime.
- Face pack of rosewater and sandalwood will help soothe and refresh the skin.
- Chilled rose water will soothe sun burned skin.
- Rosewater maintains skin’s pH balance, calms acne, dermatitis and eczema.
- Smoothes,hydrates, revitalizes and moisturizes the skin while healing scars, cuts and wounds.
- Calms the skin to ease stress and anxiety.
- Helps tone the skin, while offering anti-bacterial properties.
- Helps revitalize aging skin while keeping fine lines and wrinkle at bay.
For the Eyes:
- Mildly soak cotton swabs in rosewater and place it over the eyes to soothe, cool and relax the eyes of fatigue (6).
- Use fresh rose water as eye drops to prevent and cure dark circles and puffiness. This cleanse eyes in a gentle manner and also calms down the heat.
Rosewater Recipe as a Sun Body Spray:
Crush 10 to 15 tulsi leaves and add it to 200ml of rose water. Store this mixture in a spray bottle and in the frigerator. Now after long tired sunny days you can spray this as mist to calm the harsh sun faced skin. This also helps prevent adverse effects of sun burn while healing skin redness.
Rosewater Recipe as a Staining Lip Pack:
In this type of rosewater product, you will have to cut beetroot into tiny pieces, dry it in the sun and powder it. Now mix a teaspoon of rose water to this beetroot powder and make your staining lip pack. Wash it off after 15 minutes to achieve an instant soft pink color stain on the lips as well as natural lips color.
There are a lot of advantages of rosewater. Make to use it regularly and see the difference!
Source: Livestrong, Howstuffworks
