I really hope y'all haven't been scouring Tulsa for cucumber extract.
It was one ingredient from a make-it-yourself facial spritz in my Fashion Flash column this Sunday. A reader went looking for it and, perhaps not surprisingly to those of you who spend more than two minutes in your kitchen, couldn't find it. Sorry, I only buy Diet Coke and cat food at the grocery store, so I just assumed cucumber came before orange and vanilla in the extract department.
Anyhoo, so my two food experts within hollerin' distance -- food writer Natalie Mikles and assistant Scene editor Ashley Parrish -- suggested that, in lieu of cucumber extract, just puree some cucumbers, set them over a sieve, and let them drain. Voila, Mary, you've got extract -- a bit chunky, perhaps, but whatever.
Here's the recipe, a soothing cleansing mist for face and body, which you can make yourself at home.
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon hydrogen peroxide (2.5 percent active, or less)
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 teaspoon cucumber extract (whiz it up in a blender; watch out for chunks, though, as it won't spritz from a bottle so smoothly)
1 cup of water
Directions:
1. Combine all ingredients together in a small spray bottle, and shake for 10 seconds.
2. Spray onto face and body periodically during hot weather.
Note: Vanilla extract is NOT an appropriate substitute.
Peace, love and extractions ... xoxo
