Prepared with UFL flower delivery. Rose petals have long been used in skincare, cooking and decor: they smell lovely, add colour and gently tone the skin. Below are tried-and-tested recipes for a toner, face masks, tea and jam — plus the key safety rule that is often forgotten. Everything else about types, colours and care is in our complete guide to roses.
Fresh flowers for your home or as a gift: garden roses and roses in a box.
For food and skincare use only petals from roses grown without pesticides: damask, tea rose, Rosa rugosa or roses from your own garden. Florist roses look great in a bouquet but are not suitable for recipes. Before using a mask or toner for the first time, do a patch test on the inside of your elbow: roses can cause allergies.
More methods in how to preserve rose petals.
Pour 250 ml of hot (not boiling) water over a handful of fresh petals or 2 tablespoons of dried ones. Cover, steep for 30 minutes and strain. Use morning and evening. Keep in the fridge for up to 3 days, or freeze into ice cubes and use within a month.
Crush 5–7 fresh petals and mix with 1 teaspoon of runny honey and 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Apply to clean skin for 15–20 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
Steep 5 rose heads in a cup of hot water for 20 minutes and strain. Stir in ground oats or rice flour to make a paste. Apply for 20 minutes, rinse and follow with moisturiser.
Grind dried petals in a coffee grinder. Mix 1 teaspoon of the powder with 1 tablespoon of plain yoghurt or cream. Leave on for 15–20 minutes.
A handful of fresh petals in a warm bath, or a tablespoon of dried petals mixed with sea salt, is an easy way to relax. Put them in a cotton bag so they do not clog the drain.
Steep 1 tablespoon of dried petals (or a handful of fresh ones) in 250 ml of water at 80–90 °C for 5–7 minutes. You can also add petals to green or black tea. The drink has a soft floral aroma and a pretty pink colour.
Mix a cup of sugar with a handful of dried petals and leave in a jar for a week for fragrant baking sugar. To decorate a cake, brush fresh petals with beaten egg white, dip in caster sugar and let them dry at room temperature.
A handful of petals floating in a glass bowl, a path to the bed, a festive table or a shower of petals for newlyweds — petals create a romantic mood in a minute. Any roses will do for decoration, including those from a bouquet. You can order rose petals with delivery in Kyiv from UFL: white, red or pink, in a basket.
For toners, jam or tea use only petals from roses grown without chemical treatments — from your own garden or sold as food-grade. Shop and bouquet roses are usually treated with pesticides and preservatives for longer life, so they are not suitable for food or skincare; keep them for decor. Before use, rinse the petals in cool water and remove the white base, which tastes bitter.
For decoration, sachets or potpourri — yes. For food and skincare — no: bouquet flowers are treated against pests and to last longer.
Up to 3 days in the fridge, or about a month as ice cubes.
Damask (Kazanlak) rose, tea rose and Rosa rugosa. Strongly scented garden varieties work too, as long as they have not been sprayed.
To keep petals fresh for a few days or dry them for potpourri, see how to keep rose petals fresh and dry them.
Author: Maria Svitlovir
Graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Biology and Medicine (2001). BSc in Biology, MSc in Horticulture. Writes about plants, works at a garden centre selecting and repotting plants, and contributes to plant reference guides.
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