Do you love nature and the roses are life for you? Your bouquet is starting to lose the freshness and you find the petals are still fresh. This fact makes you feel low deep inside? Do you trust homemade beautification products? You are clearly having trust issues with the market artificial products and need to work something out yourself?
Well, we have a solution to all above all the questions. Speaking broadly, all you need to do is to mix the Epsom salt and soothing powdered milk with baking soda and your favourite rose petals.
Ingredients required
To start with the preparation of your home made solution for rose petal bath salts, you will require following ingredients.
- A cup of dried rose petals
- Rosewater or rose essential oil
- A cup of Epsom salts
- A quarter of baking soda
- 2/3 cup of the powdered milk.
- A glass container
- 2 bowls
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Once you have collected all these in your pack, it is the time to work on grounds preparing one of the best possible peaceful bath solutions in your life, ever!
Preparation
The preparation of the rose petal salt should be done with great caution. If prepared as per the guidelines, in a correct manner, the results shall be promising.
First of all, separate the petals of the flower. 4-5 roses shall do the job really very fine. Once you do this, next job is to make a use of the rose water or rose essential oil. Spirit the roses using the rose water or simply add a few drops of rose oil.
This will elevate the smell of the rose petals and they start to show miraculous scenting floral strength. Alternatively what you can do is to let the petals dry overnight.
Once settled with this, you need to prepare a paste of baking soda, Epsom salts and powdered milk. Take the Epsom salt, baking soda and powdered milk in a bowl. Remove all the lumps as much as possible. Epson salt actually soothes sore muscles while the combination of soda and milk soften the skin. Once you mix all of these, now crumble all the rose petals and collect them in a bowl.
Mix the mixture and the crumbled rose pieces together. After settling everything, take the glass container and it is the time to start layering the rose petal and salt. Do it till the container is full.
Leave this jar closed for a day or two. This is for the reason that better is mingling between the bath salts, the better scent fragrance it will get.
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Characteristics of the ingredient
The properties of the constituents are different and they have varying effects on human mind and psychology. The important properties of the ingredients are:
Why Epsom salt?
The Epsom salt is the major component. The properties it has and their effects make it a unique. They help in:
- Reducing stress
- Softening the skin
- Serving Magnesium
- Reduction of inflammation
Why baking soda?
The baking soda is commonly found goodie in your kitchen. The benefits it offers are:
- Soften skin
- Detox human body
- Minimize the caffeine
Why powdered milk?
The milk has definite effects on the human skin. It is used because of following reasons:
- Soften the skin
- Serves the minerals
- Brings shine
Why Rose petals?
The rose petals are the basic most ingredients. The benefits it offers are:
- Good fragrance
- Fresh aura
Application
After every sowing, we do get a chance to ripe. Following the principal, it is the time to apply the mixture you prepared for your benefits. Take a big spoon of the mixture and add the same to your next hot soak. This will give you a lot of benefits of which few are mentioned below:
Stress relief
The properties of the components of the mixture have a great stress reliving property and thus relieve the stress.
Soothing effect
The soothing effect caused by the homemade rose petal salt helps one gather a soothing effect after a tiring day!
Fragrance
Of all the perks offered by rose petal salt bath, a good long lasting fragrance is definitely the best.
Balances the mood
This acts as mood balancing tool. This is easy to be prepared and can be applied easily.
Precautions
When it comes to your skin, you should not compromise with the preventive measures. The following precautions that shall be taken care of are:
Use fresh petals
The rose petals used should be fresh and not stale. They are the basic component and no risk shall be taken with their quality.
No extra inputs
The ingredients should be mixed in given amount to get the maximum out of it.
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