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| How to Dry Rose Petals at Home |
Dried rose petals have many uses.
They are a great addition to bath
balls, soaps or candles.
You can make a distillate from them,
which is a good base for Facebook toners and many cosmetics.
When you add rose petals to the bath,
it will alleviate the inflammation of the skin and make it more
elastic.
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| How to Dry Rose Petals at Home |
If you have roses in the garden or live
close to them, you can pick them up and dry them
In this post I will show you step by
step how to collect rose petals and how to remove them.
I'm collecting rose petals on a sunny
evening. I choose flowers that are slightly open and put them in a
wicker basket or cotton bag.
WARNING! Don’t collect the flakes
into a plastic bag (they will not have the air supply) and don’t
dry the rose petals from the florist (they are often sprayed with
chemistry).
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| How to Dry Rose Petals at Home |
Drying rose petals - method I
It's the easiest way and my favorite.
You will need a cotton bag to make it.
Step I
Add the rose petals to the cotton bag
to fill it in 1/3.
Step II
Hang the bag in the shade, in a dry
place.
Step III
Wait 2-3 weeks patiently and sometimes
we shake the bag.
Step IV
After this time, rose petals should be
dried and not lose color.
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| How to Dry Rose Petals at Home |
Drying rose petals - method II
In this method you will only need a
plate or tray to dry your roses.
Step I
Arrange rose petals on a dry plate, so
that they have some free space between them.
Step II
Put the plate in a shady, dry place.
Step III
After a week, turn the petals to the
other side.
Step IV
After the next week, the petals should
be dried.
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| How to Dry Rose Petals at Home |
Drying rose petals - method III
In this way you can dry rose petals and
whole flowers.
Thanks to this method, the petals don’t
shrink and remain flat.
You will need cardboard and semolina
for its performance.
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| How to Dry Rose Petals at Home |
Step I
On the bottom of the carton pour 1 cm of semolina,
Step II
We arrange roses in a box next to each
other.
Step III
Step IV
We wait 2-3 weeks patiently.
Step V
pour the semolina from the cardboard
and take out the roses. If they are covered with semolina, we can
remove it with a brush.
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| How to Dry Rose Petals at Home |
It is important not to dry rose petals
in a damp place and don't put them on top of each other. They shouldn't be dried in the sun because they can fade.
I store the dried rose petals in a jar,
but you can also keep them in a cotton sack.
Do you like cosmetics with rose petals?
Xoxo,
Dorota
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