Florals for Fall: Why Dried Flowers Are Beauty’s Prettiest Trend

It’s no secret that keeping flowers around will significantly improve one’s mood, particularly when winter sets in, but for a new crop of oils, salts, and steams, packed with dried flowers, their healing boost is as much about their inherent beauty benefits as their added aesthetic allure. From facial steams to cleansing sticks, the visual appeal of spring and summer blooms can last long into the year, adding a bottled burst of color to the shelf when it’s too icy to go elsewhere. And dried flowers usually rely on heat to unlock their powers, making them a perfect pairing for cold days.

A number of remedies call for boiling and steeping, transforming one’s sink into a pint-size apothecary brimming with herb and wildflower smells. Plant Folk Apothecary’s Flowers in Her Hair Nourishing Floral Rinse—composed of a shine-inducing concoction of sage, jasmine, rosemary, juniper, marshmallow root and leaf, horsetail, and leaves of raspberry and linden—is like a calming cup of tea for your hair. And facial steams do the same for skin—it’s a soothing ritual that’s clearly best combined with freezing temperatures (and the chapped skin that follows). Fig & Yarrow’s Facial Steam comes in a different combination for every season, with the Autumn potion containing gently purifying rose hip, cornflower, rosemary, and cardamom.

 

 

Roses are, of course, the floral most commonly linked with spring, in addition to psychic and emotional well-being, but their beautifying powers—including soothing redness and inflammation, toning, moisturizing, and anti-oxidizing—are manifold and multi-seasonal. Elucx Dead Sea Salt Bath Soak sets off the crystalline salts with bits of dried red rose, making it an attractive shelf addition as well as an effective skin treatment. And there are ways to bring the benefits beyond one’s home: The Su:m 37 Miracle Rose Cleansing Stick is a travel-friendly cleansing option, contained in a solid form that activates with water—keeping season-induced gloom in check even from the confines of a purse.

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