Wax and Bubbles

1. For the cleanser you will need:

This recipe is based on the original Galen’s Cold Cream, which is thousands of years old of course. This rich cream sets firm, but liquefies on contact with the natural warmth of the skin. Galen’s Cold Cream is a good cleaning cream for mature, sensitive and dry skins, with the benefit of containing rose essential oil.

• 1/7 oz (6g) of beeswax pellets
• 2 heat-resistant glass bowls
• A pan of hot water
• 4 fl oz. (120 ml) of sweet almond oil
• 2 1/4 fl oz. (60 ml) of rose water
• A hand whisk or electric beater with a low setting
• 10 drops of rose absolute
• A large glass jar

1. Melt the beeswax pellets, in one of the glass bowls, placed inside a pan of hot water over a gentle heat. Stir in the sweet almond oil and warm thoroughly.

2. Heat the rose water in the other bowl, until the contents of both bowls are throughly warmed.

3. Now add the rose water, drop by drop, into the oils, beating steadily all the time while adding. It will be just like making mayonnaise, continuing to stir while adding the water to the oil so it combines and doesn’t seperate.

4. Once all the flower water has been beaten into the oils, remove the pan from the heat, stirring until the mixture has cooled. Then add the rose absolute, mixing it in thoroughly, and pour into the glass jar.

1. For the cleanser you will need:

Here is a recipe for a rich face cream. It is particularly suitable if the face has been exposed to the drying effects of cold, wind, rain, sun or central heating and the skin has become very dry and perhaps a little red or flaky. The recipe contains both essentialand base oils that have a deeply moisturizing effect on the skin.

• 1/9 oz. (4g)
• 2 heat-resistant glass bowls
• A pan of hot water
• 3/4 oz (20g) cocoa butter
• 3 tsp. (15ml) each of sweet almond and jojoba oils
• 2 tsp. (10ml) of rosehip-seed oil
• A hand whisk or electric heather with a low setting
• 2 tsp. (10 ml) of rose water
• 1 tsp. (5 ml) of glycerine
• 8 drops of rose otto and frankincense
• 4 drops each of geranium and carrot seed
• A large glass jar

1. Melt the beeswax in one of the glass bowls, placed inside a pan of hot water over a gently heat. Add the cocoa butter, the sweet almond and jojoba oils, and the rosehip-seed oil, beating the mixture steadily.

2. In the other bowl heat the rose water, and glycerine until the contents of both bowls are the same temperature and throughly warmed through.

3. Now add the rose-water mixture, drop by drop, into the oils, beating steadily all the time, same as above.

4. Remove the pan from the heat and stir until the mixture cools. Mix in throughly the rose otto and frankincense, the geranium and carrot seed. Pour into the glass jar.