Ingredients:
1 cup Fresh Rose Petals
1/2 cup Epsom Salt
1/4 tsp ground Cloves
Equipment:
Small and Medium Bowl, 12" square of cheesecloth or large coffee filter, rubber band
Instructions:
Wash rose petals, and gently crush them in a bowl with the cloves. Tie the mixture loosely in a 12" square of cheesecloth, or in a coffee filter,
and secure with a rubber band. Steep sachet for 5 minutes in a bowl of hot water. Meanwhile, fill bath with warm water, and add Epsom Salts.
Pour Rose & Clove "tea" in bath and squeeze sachet gently to extract as much as possible. Soak 10 - 15 minutes. Delightful and so fragrant!
Roses are very soothing to skin and the scent is known to be relaxing and de-stressing. Cloves are known to be highly antiseptic, and in
China are believed to be an aphrodisiac! |