Moisturizing facial cream with Rose Oil

Rose oil is perfect for all skin types and especially for the mature ones and is well know for its natural anti-aging and moisturizing attributes. If you have oily skin and you find this recipe a bit heavy for you complexion, you can alternatively use it as night cream!

The preparation takes some days, but it is worth it! You will love this cream and its wonderful smell!

What you need:

• 4 spoonfuls Almond Oil
• 1 spoonful Beewax
• 2-4 spoonfuls Rose Water
• 1/4 teaspoon Borax
• 3 Lecithin capsules
• 3 Vitamin E capsules
• fresh Rose Petals
• 6-7 drops Rose essential oil (it is expensive and although worth it, you could use alternatively 3 drops of Geranium and 4 drops of Rosewood essential oil.)

Preparation:

First of all, as always you must sterilize all your equipment in boiled water!

1. You put the Almond Oil with the Rose Petals into a ben-mari heater in slow fire. Alternatively, put some water into a frying pan and put your other pot inside. The water should not boil! You leave the oil and petals like this for at least an hour.
2. After you take it away from the fire, you should leave the mixture in cool environment, for 4-5 days and then you strain the petals and keep the oil separately.
   
3. You put the Beewax into a pyrex pot and the Rose Water into another. You use the frying pan with water and put those pots inside, in slow fire.
4. You add the Borax into the Rose Water and you stir with a teaspoon, till it is dissolved.
5. When the Beewax has melted, you add the Almond Oil, the content of Lecithin capsules and you stir the mixture.
6. You take the pots out of the fire and you the Vitamin E capsules into the Oil mix and you blend well the mix.
7. Now it's the time to mix the Water with the Oil. The two mixtures should have the same temperature (around 37oC). You pour slowly the Rose Water into the Oil and you stir continuously. You can use a small hand mixer for that. You don't stop stirring, till all the ingredients are unified, the cream has cooled and has taken a nice white color.
8. Now you can add the essential oils and you stir well again! The cream is ready and it has a wonderful smell! You can put it in a beautiful jar and don't forget the label with the date of preparation on it. You can keep it up to 3 months in a cool place, but if a cool place is not available, use the refrigerator, although this is not good for the essential oils.

Good Luck and give me your comments! :)