beeswax, shea butter, and homemade rose lotion bars

Rose Lotion Bars

Rose lotion bars are easy to make and are fantastic at healing damaged skin. They also make wonderful gifts! To use, rub a lotion bar over your skin wherever it feels dry. They’re especially helpful for spot treating rough feet, knees, and elbows. To make this recipe, you’ll first need to make rose infused oil….

basket of wild roses and jar of homemade whipped rose body butter

Homemade Rose Body Butter

This luscious whipped body butter is so rich, so moisturizing – it has quickly become a favorite of mine! It’s loaded with wrinkle fighting rosehip seed oil, skin nourishing oils and butter, and naturally tinted pale pink with a smidge of rose clay. Avocado butter is easy to whip at room temperature, so no melting…

rose petals and a tin of rose salve

Rose Petal Salve Recipe

This rose petal salve recipe is made with real rose petals along with rosehip seed oil, which has amazing benefits when applied to mature, sun-damaged, dry, or irritated skin. Today’s project is Rose Petal Salve! I like to enrich this salve with Rosehip Seed Oil which is well known for its anti-aging and skin healing…

Bath bomb with rose petals

Natural Rose Bath Bombs

These pretty heart-shaped bath bombs are naturally colored with rose clay and scented with a relaxing blend of essential oils. You can also optionally include milk powder for extra skin-nourishing benefits, or leave it out if you’d like. To use, run a comfortably warm bath then drop a bath bomb into the water. Watch it…

DIY Rose & Chamomile Gift Set - recipes for bath salts, lip balm and whipped hand cream

Rose & Chamomile Gift Set

This DIY Rose & Chamomile Gift Set would make the perfect handmade gift for the rose-lover in your life! It’s made up of: The steps listed below are given in the most efficient order so that all three projects should only take a couple of hours to make, from start to finish! Step 1: Make an infused oil….

This all natural Aloe Rose Anti-Aging Skin Cream recipe features rose-infused aloe, rosehip seed oil, beeswax and shea butter.

Aloe Rose Anti-Aging Skin Cream

This all natural skin cream recipe features rose-infused aloe, rosehip seed oil, beeswax, and shea butter. Yesterday, I shared how to make an aloe and rose skin soothing gel that’s great for treating sunburn, rashes, bug bites, and more. Today, we’re going to use some of that gel to make this deeply moisturizing face cream,…

aloe rose skin soother ingredients

Aloe Rose Skin Soothing Gel

Aloe vera & fresh rose petals make up this soothing aloe rose gel that’s useful for sunburn, bug bites, rashes, dry skin, and more! This week, I’ll be sharing a few project ideas using fresh roses and aloe. Today’s recipe is for a skin soothing gel, tomorrow we’ll use some of that gel in an…

beeswax pastilles and alkanet powder

Peppermint Rose Lip Balm

Today, we’re going to turn roses into lip balm! To make this, first you’ll need some rose petals. You can either go outside and gather these off of the roses growing around your home, or you can order dried, organic petals online from a place such as Mountain Rose Herbs. If using fresh roses, spread…