| She might have finished the look with saffron eye shadow and lip balm tinted with ocher and alkanet root. |
| When I first saw the alkanet flowers their startling blue mirrored the intensity of the sky. |
| The green alkanet is in flower along the hedge that catches the morning light and gives shelter from the rain. |
| Other plants are skin irritants, sun or not – alkanet, comfrey, nettles being the most obvious. |
| A fine color is obtained by previously washing the alkanet with water and then thoroughly drying it before suspending it in the fat or oil. |
| Put into a wide-mouthed bottle four ounces of the best olive oil, with one ounce of the small parts of alkanet root. |
