Perfect Skin Routine
Cleanse face and neck with Miracle Grains, rinse with warm water
This included: oats, clay, ground almonds, lavender, rose
An easy microdermabrasion replacement is baking powder with coconut oil, rinse with warm water
Herbal facial steam: Bring herbs to boil in large pot, cover pot and head with towel, steam 8-10 min, then rinse with COLD water.
Chamomile, rose, calendula, comfrey, lavender
Queen of Hungary’s tonic water, full of gypsy lore :) This is an herbal distilling of lemon balm, chamomile, comfrey, rose, calendula, lemon peel, sage, rosemary, vinegar and rose water. Recipe below.
Facials: once a week
Clay, avocado and honey
Sulphur and clay
Turmeric and honey (turmeric if you are super careful not to touch anything!)
Tonic Astringent: homemade rose water
Cream (choose one):
Apricot oil, coconut oil/cacao butter mix, lanolin, beeswax, rose water, aloe, V-A&E
Shea butter
Some favorite supplements (but always do your own research!)
Kelp
Milk thistle
Turmeric
Neem
Burdock
Cascara Sagrada
Queen of Hungary’s Tonic Water
A wonderful astringent lotion, thought to be the first herbal product to ever be produced and marketed. Legend has it the early gypsies formulated it and claimed it to be a cure-all for everything. True or not, it makes an excellent astringent for the face and a hair rinse for dark hair.
It combines gentle common herbs in a masterful way, is easy and inexpensive to make, and serves many purposes.
The Gypsies claimed it was good as a hair rinse, mouth wash, headache remedy, aftershave, foot bath and who knows what else! I have seen this exact same formula bottled in exotic little bottles and sold in expensive department stores for a fancy price. You can make it for the cost of a few herbs and a bottle of vinegar.
Recipe:
6 Parts Lemon Balm (also known as Melissa)
4 Parts Chamomile
3 Parts Comfrey
4 Parts Roses
3 Parts Calendula
1 Part Lemon Peel
1 Part Sage
1 Part Rosemary
Vinegar to cover (apple cider or wine vinegar)
Rosewater and/or Witch Hazel extract (proportions follow)
To Make:
Place all the herbs in a wide mouth jar and cover with vinegar. Be sure there is about one to two inches of vinegar above the herb mixture. Cover tightly and let sit in a warm spot for two to three weeks.
Strain. Set the liquid aside.
To each cup of herbal vinegar add 1/2 cup rosewater and/or witch hazel. It is also wonderful if you add aloe vera gel (use the store bought, not fresh squeezed aloe) to the mixture. I usually add about 1/ 2 cup aloe to 1 cup of vinegar/rosewater mixture.
A drop or two of essential oil such as lavender or rose can be added.
Rebottle. This product does not need to be refrigerated and will preserve itself forever.
