How many times did you have to send a slightly withered bouquet of fragrant and lovely roses to the trash can? Remember how you felt at the same time! In fact, these flowers deserve a more respectful attitude: it’s all about the amazing properties of their petals, which have various uses. Prepare rose petals: what can be done with them, find out in the article!
Give the rose a second chance!
If you think that the only way to preserve the beauty of a plant is to dry it, leaving between the pages of one of the volumes of a love story, then we hasten to dedicate you to the art of giving flowers a second life.
Structure
To determine what can be made from dry rose petals, we will help the reference book on botany. The beneficial properties of this prickly but beautiful plant were known in ancient Rome. Science explains the medicinal effect of roses by the active substances that make up the plant.
So, it is rich in sucrose, glucose, fructose (the percentage of these sugars reaches 18 points), pectic substances and organic acids (about 4%). A high percentage of the substances that make up the rose are phenolic acids and tannins. The flower is distinguished by a high content of B vitamins, PP vitamins and pantothenic acid.
Beneficial features
A rose is that unique flower, the use of which is limited not only to decoration: it is actively used as a medicine, and is also often used in cooking. So, a rose has the following beneficial effects on the human body:
reduction in the strength of cramps, pain;
suspension of the development of inflammatory processes and allergic reactions;
choleretic and vasodilator actions;
normalization of the cardiovascular system;
acts on the nervous system, calming it;
has a disinfecting effect.
Widely used in folk and official medicine, medicines based on rose oil. So, for diseases of the oral cavity, diseases of the gums or teeth, rinsing with tincture on rose petals is recommended. It is worth noting that rose oil is actively used to stop bleeding and even as a laxative.
Based on the healing features that rose petals possess , what can be done with them ? Here are some ideas for using the plant for cosmetic purposes!
The use of rose petals in cosmetology
How many centuries mankind has admired the beauty, nobleness, the fragrance of rosebuds! When used correctly, this flower is capable of supporting human beauty and youth.
Lotions with a touch of nature
What can be made of pink rose petals ? Prepare a tonic ! So, with ½ cup of crushed petals, filled with boiling water, and one tablespoon of glycerin, an effective wash lotion is obtained. Beauticians recommend wiping the face and decollete zone with a ready-made mixture.
To the classic recipe for pink cosmetic tea: pour a few tablespoons of finely chopped rose petals with 200 ml of boiled water. Insist for 20 minutes. The finished tincture can be placed in a spray bottle and freshened up with water or frozen in a mold, thereby preparing cosmetic cubes - they will serve as the prevention of wrinkles.
If you fill in 1 cup of finely chopped petals with 200 ml of vodka, leaving the mixture to infuse, then in 10 days a lotion for cleansing the skin will be ready. Before use, strain the tincture and dilute with 2 teaspoons of chilled boiled water.
Mask recipes
A jar filled with five large rosebuds should be poured with boiling water. Leave to insist for 20-30 minutes. To strain. Dilute rice flour and oatmeal in the finished tincture - add these ingredients until the solution acquires a porridge-like consistency. Apply the finished mask to the skin of the face, neck, décolleté, rinse off after half an hour with running water. After using the mask, moisturize the skin with cream.
Beauticians say that rose petals have a nutritious effect for any type of skin . What can be done with them ? We offer to make a mask of pink flour. To do this, grind the petals in a blender. Dilute 1 tablespoon of flour with ½ teaspoon of low-fat sour cream (cream can be used as an alternative) and mix in 1 teaspoon of chicken protein. After thoroughly mixing all the ingredients, let it brew. Now it remains to apply the mask to previously cleansed skin and leave it for half an hour, after which it is washed off under a stream of water.
The preparation of a mask that promotes the narrowing of skin pores occurs as follows: 1 chicken protein is mixed with 1 tablespoon of honey, 2 tablespoons of flour and a few drops of rose oil. After the first procedure, the duration of which should be 25 minutes, there has been significant progress in reducing the pores of the skin.
Skin-adapted rose
For owners of dry skin, it is recommended to wipe the face with rose water, prepared according to the classic recipe, but diluted with a small amount of milk.
Normalization of oily skin will be helped by cleansing procedures using a product prepared according to the following recipe: 4 cups of petals pour ½ liter of vinegar. The duration of infusion should be 3 weeks, after which the mixture must be filtered and diluted ½ liter of boiled water.
What can be done with dried rose petals: culinary masterpieces
Ah, if the rose were as tasty as fragrant! These are not really blind dreams. In fact, this proud flower is the key to many interesting culinary recipes. What can be done with dried rose petals in the kitchen? Here are a few options.
Pink syrup
Prepare 1 kg of fresh rose petals - for this, carefully select fresh and strong specimens, then rinse them with cold water. Send them to an enameled pan and pour 9 liters of hot water. Bring water with petals to a boil, wait until they lose color. Remove from heat. Add 4 kg of sugar to rose water and send the mixture to the fire again: remove 10-15 minutes after it boils. Usually, it is time to remove the syrup from the stove, the film formed on it signals. Ready syrup pour into pre-sterilized jars.
Tea
Many are interested in the question: is it possible to make tea from rose petals ? Yes, you can! Take the recipe.
The so-called pink Persian tea, which is based on rose petals and black tea leaf, is incredibly simple to prepare. Just pour these two ingredients in a 1: 1 ratio with the desired amount of boiling water and let the drink brew. A drink prepared according to this recipe will be the perfect complement to any tea party and quench any whims of "tea gourmets."
Flower dessert
Here they are wonderful, rose petals. What can be done with them is a topic that does not establish the boundaries of human imagination.
So, if prepared, selected and washed rose petals, cut into slices, and then placed in a container and grind with sugar until a homogeneous mass is reached, then you can get a delicious candied rose that can sweeten any winter evening!
Rose petals: ideas for application in the interior
What can be made from dried rose petals to decorate a house? If you managed to dry whole buds, then they can be planted on a stick, given the original color and placed in a vase - such a floral arrangement will delight the eye with its "longevity".
By the way, interior designers recommend covering dried or fresh rose petals with a layer of wax or varnish: this allows you to use the petals as a romantic element. So, they can be strewn with a bed, a table in the living room or neatly laid towels in the bathroom.
Dried buds placed in a transparent bottle of an original form will become an original addition to the interior.