Chronicles of Light

Inner Peace, Outer Beauty

Water of Pine

Actions:  Stimulates, Soothes, Purifies, Protects

Indications:  All skin types, recomended for aging skin, daily use.

Ingredients:  A big handful of pine needles, 1 1/4 cups (300 ml) pure spring water.

Preparation:  Add pine neddles to the cold water and alow to infuse for several hours.  Then bring to a boil, imidiately lower the fire, and simmer for five minutes.  Filter the solids through gauze and filter the solids.  Cool before use; refrigerate.  Store in a galss bottle for no more than 3 days.

Directions for use:  Apply to a freshly-cleansed face with cotton or gauze.  Do not rinse.

Pine, in Japan, is all that is fresh, new, and auspicious.  Purity, long life, and good luck.  The tree of the New Year, when all is renewed and begins again.

When the gardener attends to the old pine tree in the garede, he not only prunes it with artistry, creating ever more graceful twists and elegant curves, he lovingly trims the needles, bunch by bunch, longer here shorter there, thining and shaping until each tiny detail of the tree