Made using a recipe adapted from Every Woman’s Encyclopedia published 1910, this balm rouge adds a flush of rosy color to the cheeks and lips. I loved the idea of a sexy little jar that sits on a table of dresser in a person’s boudoir; a beautiful ritual object! the lids of these glass jars are cast in white bronze and emblazoned with a burst of stars.

glass and bronze jar is reusable after rouge is finished!

This recipe includes Almond oil, Beeswax, Alkanet Root, Rose Petals, and Carmine, a Cochineal derived pigment. Cochineal is a scale insect that lives on prickly pear cactus, and has been used for centuries for its brilliant red color, from the British Redcoats of the 18th century, to contemporary food + cosmetic dyes. Anything labeled “cochineal, carmine, carminic acid, carmine extract, Natural Red 4, Crimson Lake” is made of these delightful little insects.

No synthetic dyes or fragrance!

Adapted Edwardian Blush Recipe 1910

Ingredients: Organic Almond Oil, Beeswax, Organic Alkanet, Organic Rose Petals, Castor oil, Carmine, Vitamin E, Castor oil, Jojoba Oil, Vanilla Planifolia Oil, Rose Damascena Oil