floral tinctures?

[Guest guest]

My DH is in Hawaii (left me here in Alaska)and is willing to go

flower/herb hunting for me. Does anyone know of anything that he

could collect and dry to tincture or add to CP soap? Someone was

talking about tincturing flowers for fragrances. I would love to

try that with some flowers from there, just not sure what works best.

 

Thanks,

Juliet

[Guest guest]

Hi Juliet,

 

I'm not tincture savvy, but lived on Maui and was in constant awe of

the magnificient flowers there.

 

I went hiking in the jungle with a friend once, and we found these

flowers that are great for your hair. He was a native and told me the

name of the flower in Hawaiian, which I can't recall. I can see them

vividly in my mind -- which does you no good at all! But, maybe

someone else will know what the heck I'm referring to.

 

Anyway, right there on the spot we squeezed them onto our hair and

left it there for the remainder of the day. Don't think my hair has

ever smelled so sweet or felt so soft since.

 

Thanks for the memory,

Michelle

[Guest guest]

Michelle,

Wish I was there doing that with my hubby right NOW!!

Thanks for the mental Picture : )

 

Juliet

 

 

I went hiking in the jungle with a friend once, and we found these

flowers that are great for your hair. He was a native and told me the

name of the flower in Hawaiian, which I can't recall. I can see them

vividly in my mind -- which does you no good at all! But, maybe

someone else will know what the heck I'm referring to.

 

Anyway, right there on the spot we squeezed them onto our hair and

left it there for the remainder of the day. Don't think my hair has

ever smelled so sweet or felt so soft since.

 

Thanks for the memory,

Michelle

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

, " Michelle " <michelle@h...> wrote:

>

> Hi Juliet,

>

> I'm not tincture savvy, but lived on Maui and was in constant awe of

> the magnificient flowers there.

>

> I went hiking in the jungle with a friend once, and we found these

> flowers that are great for your hair. He was a native and told me the

> name of the flower in Hawaiian, which I can't recall. I can see them

> vividly in my mind -- which does you no good at all! But, maybe

> someone else will know what the heck I'm referring to.

>

> Anyway, right there on the spot we squeezed them onto our hair and

> left it there for the remainder of the day. Don't think my hair has

> ever smelled so sweet or felt so soft since.

>

> Thanks for the memory,

> Michelle

 

 

Hi Michelle,

 

I think you are talking about Pikaki flowers? There are some florists

who specialize in getting pikaki blooms out. I know that many love to

use the pikaki flower to condition their hair.

 

I think that Paul Mitchell uses the extract of this flower in one of

their shampoos or conditions (not that I think they would ever use

enough of it to recreate the effect of the real thing... just a

marketing tool).

 

Andrea

[Guest guest]

Yes indeed Andrea. That's it! Pikaki. Yum.

 

Thank you,

Michelle

[Guest guest]

Have a friend that has a flower in her yard that is commonly called " soap

ginger " or something like that...it's name is awapui(awe wa poo ee), or

something like that. Put it on your hair and conditions and smells wonderful!!

This may be the same thing.

Anita

> Anyway, right there on the spot we squeezed them onto our hair and

> left it there for the remainder of the day. Don't think my hair has

> ever smelled so sweet or felt so soft since.

>

> Thanks for the memory,

> Michelle

 

I think you are talking about Pikaki flowers? There are some florists

who specialize in getting pikaki blooms out. I know that many love to

use the pikaki flower to condition their hair.