Rose - Water for the soul

Rose - Water for the soul

Rose water is an Ayurvedic beauty essential that I simply can’t live without. There is always a bottle (or 2 or 3) in my cabinet and trust me I don’t have a huge range of beauty products. I live by the rule that less is more. I use rose water as a multi-purpose beauty elixir – it’s sheer luxury and super simple to make at home. It was considered the fragrance of royalty and brought to palaces from the Indian city of Kannauj (famous for distilling roses to make perfume)– so let’s immerse in the essence of rose and invoke your inner goddess!

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Let your skin radiate your inner goddess

Let your skin radiate your inner goddess

Ever see people with radiant skin and wonder what their secret is? We all want our skin to be free from acne, blemishes, dryness and oiliness. Sushruta Samhita, a text dating as far back as 5000 years, mentions various herbs, routines and recipes to maintain one’s ‘beauty’. Excellent! So what’s the formula?

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