Today we’ll be showing you the health and beauty benefits of lavender from Liz Earle, natures secret beauty weapon! Lavender is a favourite ingredient to use in beauty. Known for its heavenly scent, it also has a long history as a health herb. It thrives in hot dry climates and it’s the essential oils from the flower heads used in beauty. The oil is steamed and takes 60 lavender plants to make one tiny bottle! This is why it is slightly pricey, however you only need to use a few drops at a time.
Sleep Easy
Lavender can help promote relaxation and sleep. Sleeping well an help speed up our skin renewal. Enhaling this or dropping it onto your pillow or tissue can help you drift off to sleep. It can be a great skin soother with antiseptic and antibacterial properties, so is very useful to treat minor grazes, stings and sun burn.
Why not create your own home remedy scrub? Soothing lavender scrub is great for exfoliating your arms and legs and fabulous to use before fake tan.
Remedy scrub: What you’ll need….
Mix 1 cup of granulated sugar, 6 spoonfuls of melted coconut oil or light olive oil, 6 drops of lavender essential oil and a generous amount of dried lavender flowers. Mix altogether into a jar which kept in a cool place will last around a month. This smells gorgeous and acts as a wonderful body scrub which will leave you feeling super soft.
Summer Sunshine
Lavender oil is used as a fantastic aftersun. Mix a few drops into pure aloe vera gel or any after sun. Enrich with a few drops of vitamin E squeezed out of the capsule. This will instantly release sun kissed or burnt skin!
