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Beauty Blog: Help your skin look and feel great with rosewater

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Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Emily Cleary
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Illinois chapter.

Women not only long to look beautiful, but they also seek to preserve their beauty for as long as they can. They often consult the advice of beauty blogs, forums and magazines to search for a “miracle product” to aid in fixing skin problems and to maintain youthful complexions. Well, look no further; rose water is here to help women achieve moist, supple and clear skin.


 
Rose water, a by-product of rose oil, contains numerous healing properties that benefit our skin.  With vitamins A and C and numerous antioxidants, this natural beauty product will make the skin glow and appear healthier over time. For customers who invest in natural skin care, rosewater is the perfect remedy for many beauty concerns, including acne and dry skin.
 
 This product can be used as a natural toner because it absorbs excess oil and tightens your pores. In addition, rose water can be used as an astringent, which reduces redness and inflammation of skin. Dabbing rose water can also diminish the appearance of acne scars and soothe swollen, inflamed pimples.
 
In addition to treating acne, rosewater moisturizes skin because it contains hints of rose oil and maintains the pH balance in our skin. Rose water has anti-aging properties as well because it makes skin smoother and firmer. Finally, cool rose water will reduce puffiness, disinfect skin and hold your makeup for hours.


 
Other miscellaneous uses for rose water include (but aren’t limited to):

  1. Regular use of rose water can promote hair growth. Put a few drops of the product in your hair every night and expect to see change in the thickness of your hair.
  2. Spraying rose water on skin once every hour decreases the likelihood of getting sunburns.
  3. Rose water can soothe insect bites as well because it prevents blistering.
  4. Mixing rose water with glycerin seals moisture in skin when used at night.
  5. Rose water is believed to improve a person’s mood and promote optimism and loving feelings.
  6. Rubbing rose water on temple and eyelids helps a person’s eyes feel less fatigued.

 
Rose water is versatile and can do many many things for your skin. You can pick up a bottle of it at a whole foods store or online. Rose water will help you feel refreshed and revitalized, so get your bottle of rosewater today and get ready to see a tremendous improvement in your skin.
 
Sources:
 
http://blog.caswellmassey.com/?p=247
http://rehanastormme.hubpages.com/hub/Cooling-and-Cleansing-The-Benefits-of-Rose-Water
http://www.livestrong.com/article/77726-rose-water-moisturizer-benefits/
http://www.livestrong.com/article/148076-what-are-the-benefits-of-rosewater-for-the-skin/
http://www.livestrong.com/article/152582-what-are-the-benefits-of-rosewater-on-the-skin/
http://www.beautyhigh.com/body/skin-care/17278/why-rosewater-is-amazing-your-skin-tips-from-an-expert#152113

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Emily Cleary is a 22-year-old news-editorial journalism major hoping to work in the fashion industry, whether that be in editorial, marketing, PR or event planning is TBD. With internships at Teen Vogue and StyleChicago.com, it's clear that she is a fashion fanatic. When she's not studying (she's the former VP of her sorority, Delta Delta Delta), writing for various publications or attending meetings for clubs like Business Careers in Entertainment Club, Society of Professional Journalists, The Business of Fashion Club, or for her role as the Assistant Editor of the Arts & Entertainment section of her school's magazine, she's doing something else; you will never find her sitting still. She loves: running (you know those crazy cross-country runners...), attending concerts and music festivals, shopping (of course), hanging out with friends, visiting her family at home, traveling (she studied abroad in London when she was able to travel all over Europe), taking pictures, tweeting, reading stacks and stacks of magazines and newspapers while drinking a Starbuck's caramel light frappacino, blogs and the occasional blogging, eating anything chocolate and conjuring up her next big project. Living just 20 minutes outside of Chicago, she's excited to live there after graduation, but would love to spend some time in New York, LA, London or Paris (she speaks French)!