Rerega Skin Treatment

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Rerega as it is commonly known all around Fiji is synonymously used as a premarital skin treatment for the blemish free bride.


In the days of old and even today (for traditionalists), a young maiden would be kept indoors and away from her beau whilst undergoing 'cleansing' and 'beautification' treatments with rerega playing a major role depending on the recipes which have been passed down from generation to generation, where there will be distinctive variations from one House to another House from the different parts of Fiji, with the added foreign influences through marriage or exposure. 


Basic Rerega Paste

Ingredients:

Rerega powder or pounded rerega root (Easily purchased at the Suva Market close to the very back near the taxi stand)

Fijian oil of your choice (100% pure)

Method:

(i) Add ingredients together in a bowl and apply to skin in a circular motion.

(ii) Use oil if treatment is for the long haul to remove and to reapply
(so you may continue with your in house activities) or remove using
plain yoghurt to reduce or completely remove 'the yellow stain.'

(iii) Wash off with hot water in the shower using half of a lemon as 'the loofah' on all areas where you applied the paste.


Tags: Cakaudrove-West, Fijian, Wailevu-East&West, familyrecipe, purification, traditional

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Permalink Reply by Kaline on March 3, 2010 at 2:18am
Rerega Citrus Paste

Ingredients:

Rerega powder or pounded rerega root
Dehydrated (Sundried) orange peel or moli karo peel or moli teiti peel (Grounded)
Fresh lemon juice
Grated lemon zest
Pulp of a 1/3 balawa
Choice of Fijian oil (100% pure)

Method:

(i) Combine all ingredients in a food processor
(ii) Empty all ingredients in to your beauty bowl
(iii) Apply to skin. Leave on using rerega nut recipe guide
(iv) Wash off following the basic rerega paste recipe
Permalink Reply by Kaline on March 3, 2010 at 2:20am
Rerega Milk-based Paste

Ingredients:

Rerega powder or pounded root
Red cow milk powder
Coconut milk
Raw coconut flakes
Lemon juice (one lemon)
Lemon zest

Method:

(i) Add ingredients together and apply in a circular motion
(ii) Follow duration from previous recipes
(iii) Follow removal method from committed recipes
Permalink Reply by Kaline on March 3, 2010 at 2:40am
Rerega nut paste

Ingredients:

Rerega powder or pounded root
Sikeci (Macademia nut) pulverised (Available in its hardshell at the Suva market)
Fijian oil of choice (Has to be 100% pure to be drizzled into the processor until paste is formed)
*Lemon zest (Use the grater; The green or the yellow skin ONLY)
*Lemon juice (Fresh from one lemon)

*Replacement of the traditional method where those whose roles are to traditionally prepare treatments for the Raluves of any House would have had to chew it, as was done for us by our Aunts of Wailevu East & West, Cakaudrove-West (rerega) and Aunts of Tonga chose to electively, as a form of pampering using sikeci and other ingredients without rerega throughout their various traditional treatments (where the chew and spit method was used).

Method:

(i) Combine all ingredients in the food processor
(ii) Empty contents in to your beauty bowl
(iii) Apply to face and/or body in a circular motion
(iv) You may keep it on for a minimum of 15 mins (for best results) to an hour
(v) Remove treatment using the same methods as previously committed in the basic rerega paste recipe

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