Perfect Skin Routine

1. 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

2. 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.

3. Facials: once a week

   • Clay, avocado and honey

   • Sulphur and clay

   • Turmeric and honey (turmeric if you are super careful not to touch anything!)

4. Tonic Astringent: homemade rose water

5. Cream (choose one):

   • Apricot oil, coconut oil/cacao butter mix, lanolin, beeswax, rose water, aloe, V-A&E

   • Carrot oil serum

   • Shea butter

6. 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.