The Trick for Long-Lasting Hydrangeas

Hands down my favorite flowers are hydrangeas, and whenever I see them at the Farmers Market or the grocery store, I always bring home a bouquet of hydrangeas. However, not too long ago when I would bring them home, within a day, they would be droopy and begin to wilt. Eventually, I stopped buying them all together; it just hurt too much to see them fade so fast. I received some helpful tips from including, dunk the heads in ice water or use hot water in the vase. I tried both suggestions, but nothing helped.

Finally, I discovered the trick to long-last lasting hydrangeas! When reading one of my favorite floral design books, The Flower Recipe Book. I found the secret.

After cutting your hydrangea stem with clean scissors at a 45-degree angle, place the stem in a cup of boiling water for 30-45 seconds. Next place the hydrangeas stem in-room temperature water. The hot water allows the hydrangeas to soak up more water.

The hot water trick keeps the hydrangeas looking fresh for days. I change the water every three-four days in my vases and re-cut the stems and do the hot water trick again. Typically my hydrangeas last over seven days.

I love hydrangeas and its so good to have them in my house again and have them last more than a day!

PLANT-POWERED BEAUTY: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO USING NATURAL INGREDIENTS

I’m always on the hunt for finding better, way natural ways to care for my skin and improve the clarity, texture, and glow of my skin. I’m so excited about the new book Plant-Powered Beauty; the book focuses on sharing easy-to-follow beauty recipes for the face, skin, and hair. The concept is simple, inspire readers to take a natural approach to beauty vs. using products that are potentially harmful to our bodies.

WHY I LOVE THIS BOOK & YOU WILL TOO

I love the approach of Plant-Powered Beauty, breaking down step-by-step on how to use the book, along with decoding how our skin works, what type of skin you have and how to naturally care for it. I also love the beauty ingredient chart explaining the vitamin content, the benefits, and therapeutic attributes. From body butter, clay and scrubs this book has it all. I was a little nervous that some of the natrual ingredients needed for the recipes would be hard to find, but many can be found at your local natrual foods store. I love how it shares that most of the equipment needed to create your beauty products can be found in your kitchen.

RECIPES I PLAN ON TRYING

There are so many recipes in the book I’m excited to make and gift! For myself, I plan on making the Cellulite-Buster Body Scrub to help improve the way it looks and improve skin tone and circulation. I mean, who wouldn’t want to help banish it! I also plan on making Cuticle Oil and give my cuticles daily moisturizing. The Lotion Bars are 232, also look incredible and perfect for colder days, I think they would also make fantastic gifts! Take a peak inside the book.