Start you home spa day with the creation of some aromatic floral water

If you love a home spa day, one of the best recipes to start out with is floral water. While it is perfectly acceptable to buy aromatic floral waters (sometimes referred to as herbal waters or hydrosois), it’s much more fun to make it yourself and it’s also one of the easiest home spa recipes you can try.

Floral waters are distilled waters that are made up of all natural, organic ingredients and lightly scented with some delicious aromas from mother-nature. Floral waters are enchanting additions to any herbal products you decide to make, especially moisturizing creams. And that’s really what home spa is all about- making all natural skin care products to spoil yourself.

The really great thing about aromatic floral waters, is that they are much less concentrated than essential oils, so they are able to be used undiluted while at the same time offering much the same benefits as essential oils.

Further more, there’s no need for sophisticated equipment, or a herbal encyclopedia to make herbal waters like sweet smelling rose water.

Some Favorite Types of Floral Waters

You can use just about any aromatic herbs to create organic floral waters. Although common favorites are rose, lavender, sage, marjoram, lemon balm, any type of mint, and lovage. If you’re going to use your floral water as a skin toner, rose and lavender are best for dry skin, while lemon balm and mint is fine for normal skin. If you have oily skin then try sage, rosemary or lovage.

Have a Home Spa Day and Try Making some Aromatic Floral Water Today

What you need: 1.A large pot2.A clean brick or a flat rock3.A bunch of fresh aromatic herbs or flowers (approximately ½ gallon or 2 pounds)4.A glass bowl that will fit inside the pot with about 1 inch clearance (enough to get your fingers between the bowl and pot)5.Water6.Stainless-steel bowl large enough to sit on top of the large pot7.1 large chunk of ice

Now Make the Herbal Water

1.Place the large pot on a stove2.Place the brick or rock in the center of the pot3.Place the herbs or flowers around the brick or rock4.Fill the pot with water to the top of the brick or rock 5.Place the bowl on top of the brick or rock (this is where the distilled water will be collected)6.Set the stainless steel bowl on top of the pot and add a large chunk of ice in the bowl (smaller ice cubes are OK but will probably melt much faster)7.Turn the stove on low and gently simmer for 3 hours. You need to make sure that there is always ice on the top. When you do finally remove the top, you will be very satisfied with the incredible aromas that will fill your house. Trust me on this, it truly is one of life’s greatest pleasures to finally get that intoxicating aroma that floral water creates.

Now your home spa day is so much closer. The floral water will have been collected in the glass bowl and is now ready for you to bottle and use with future home spa recipes.