What is a hydrosol?
Hydrosols are often called "floral waters." this is because they are produced by means of distilling fresh plant materials like plants, leaves, and so on. When distilling a plant, either through water or steam distillation, manufacturers are normally left with two end-products: the essential oil, which incorporates the plant’s oil-soluble parts, and condensate water, with all the water-soluble elements of the plant in addition to microscopic drops of the essential oil. This condensate water is what is referred to as the plant hydrosol.
As a result of the similar production process, hydrosols and essential oils have very comparable therapeutic properties. However, there is an vital distinction between the two, that's that hydrosols are a good deal much less concentrated. Their scents are much softer and their effects are less intense compared to the ones of essential oils. Since hydrosols contain a considerable amount of water, they are also very gentle and may be applied directly from the bottle to the skin without dilution. They're generally safe to apply on the skin of children or even on pets, thanks to their less intense properties.
How are hydrosols produced?
Most hydrosols are made with the aid of steam distillation. In steam distillation, plant material rich in extracts (leaves, buds, and so forth.) are placed right into a steam distillery. The distilling process is then begun by injecting warm steam into the steam distillery, which makes the plants release their botanical extracts. The rising steam then mixes with those extracts and carries them upwards. When the distillate reaches the cooler roof of the distillery, it quick condenses, and the resulting liquid runs down a long tube right into a separate tank.
This tank is where the essential oil and floral water is then collected. Due to its chemical properties and molecular weight, the oil, which contains the most concentrated oil-soluble extracts, floats to the surface and can be skimmed off to obtain the essential oil, while the remaining water part is also poured into bottles to produce hydrosol.
Why we use Hydrosols?
Most creams have water as part of their recipes. We want to add "skin-benefitting" value to all our products, that is why, we replace any water content in our creams with Hydrosols. Visit our Creams page and see.
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