HERB - witch hazel

[Sheron Buchele/Curtis Rowland]

I make a witch hazel tincture with bark and vodka.  it is a wonderful dark
pink liquid.  Astringent and cooling.  Very strong.

Leonora

At 11:02 PM 5/8/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Greetings Katerina,
>
>I have used witch hazel as a base for a sage concoction for men.  I
>believe that I just washed and dried the sage and put it in the bottle
>with the witch hazel to steep for a few days replacing it and going a
>couple of days again until I got a scent that I liked.  Remember that
>witch hazel is an astringent and if you get a little sunburn skip putting
>it on the sunburned area as sunburn dehydrates the skin anyway. 
>
>Grania
>
>On Mon, 08 May 2000 17:49:13 EDT "Denise Pulgino Stout"
><bisbetica at hotmail.com> writes:
>> Greetings all,
>> 
>> I am new at playing with my herbs and had an idea (watch out!).  I 
>> love to 
>> bring witch hazel to Pennsic and events for clean ups and cooling 
>> off.  I 
>> keep it in the cooler, a great midday refresher.  I also use lots of 
>> scented 
>> oils at these hot weather events as a deoderant/perfume of sorts. 
>> (slightly 
>> oily skin is better than sticky, sweaty in my book, and you smell 
>> better!)
>> 
>> Anyway, I thought I might like to scent the witch hazel as well.  Is 
>> it as 
>> simple as dropping the herbs into the witch hazel and letting it 
>> "steep" or 
>> is the process more than that?
>> 
>> Any suggestions as to herbs?  I know rosemary is great for cleansing 
>> and 
>> smells nice and clean.....
>> 
>> Humbly,
>> D. M. Pulgino Stout
>> a.k.a Signora Katerina la Bisbetica
>> Shopping, shopping, shopping!
>> 
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