Monday, 25 March 2013

Lavender Essential Oil - Recipe Ideas for Handmade Cosmetic Crafter

When it comes to the production of handmade cosmetics is not an ingredient crafter should be without is lavender oil. Lavender Oil (Lavandula angustifolia) have antibacterial proprieties, protects both dry and oily skin and has the ability to relieve such conditions as muscle pain, insomnia, headaches, burns, insect bites, eczema, psoriasis and acne thus the most versatile essential oils. It is also one of the few essential oils that can be used as a means or top note in perfume because of its fresh, floral scent and competitive price.
Here are a few recipe ideas for using lavender in Handmade Cosmetics: Sea of Spa

Salves, ointments and balms: lavender mixed with nee seed oil or Corey root powder produces an ointment itching from insect bites, bruises, burns and even soothes diaper rash caused. Cinnamon and clove for a pain relieving ointment Muscle Rub. Use lavender himself as a gardener's salve to help chapped hands or help as a temple balm to sleep and to suppress headaches. Sea of Spa

Hair Care Products: Blend lavender with apple cider vinegar and nettle herbal rinse for normal to dry hair. You can also try combing rosemary, peppermint and lavender essential oils with jojoba and oat extract, which produce a very effective scalp oil treatment. Dead Sea Products
Bath and Body Care Products: combat in lavender toner, face and body creams, acne or dry skin conditions. Combines lavender oil with dried lavender flowers, dead sea salt, epsom salt, and powdered milk make for a nice bath salt recipe. Blend with rose geranium, lavender, sandalwood and vanilla for a sweet and sexy, feminine perfume oil jojoba. Dead Sea Products

Soaps: Try melt tea tree and lavender essential oils to opaque and pour soap base along with pumice (sprinkled on the bottom of your soap mold) for a deodorant soap and scrub.
A word of caution, the. Due to their volatility, research an essential oil, and always do a skin patch test before use

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