Homemade Lavender Gifts for the Bathroom
by Jill Black

Description: Easy homemade lavender bath products to give as gifts.

Herbal lavender based toiletries and cosmetics, that are just as good as bought ones, can easily be made at home for giving as gifts to family and friends.

Lavender-Scented Soap Balls

Ingredients:

2 bars unscented soap
1/4 cup rosewater
10 drops of Lavender oil

Grate the soap. Heat the rosewater and pour over soap and let stand for 10 minutes. Knead together thoroughly then add 10 drops of lavender oil. Leave the mixture for a couple of days then form into small golf sized balls and leave to dry in the sun. When the balls are fairly hard polish them with your hands, moistened with rosewater. Put aside for six weeks to fully harden.

Lavender Bath Salts

For bath lovers perfumed bath salts make an ideal gift. Pluck petals from lavender flower heads and air dry in a basket out of the direct sunlight. Gently toss daily to ensure there is enough air movement through the basket to dry them properly.

To make the salts:

Mix together equal quantities of Sea salt and Epsom salts.

Then add 20 drops of Lavender Essential oil to each cup of bath salt mix.

To package your bath salts place the lavender flowers and salts in alternate layers in a pretty clear glass jar.

Note: Epsom salts are high in magnesium to relax any tension in the body and sea salt contains minerals from the sea that are beneficial for the skin.

Lavender Foot Rub

This makes a great gift for the athletic friend.

Ingredients:

1/2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
3 tablespoons pure sunflower or avocado oil
30 drops essential oil of lavender

Mix ingredients together in a glass jar and stand in a roasting pan of hot water. Heat the water gently until hot, stirring until the ingredients are blended together.

Allow to cool. Cap the jar and shake well then remove the cap until the mixture is cold. When cold replace the cap. Shake well before using.

Lavender foot rub is useful for preventing blisters and cracked skin.

Luxury Lavender Bath Blend

For the gardener with a ready supply of herbs in the garden this aromatic blend is easy to make for gift giving.

Combine together 1 cup each of the following dried herbs:

Lavender
Sweet Marjoram
Thyme
Rosemary
Peppermint
Lemon Balm
Bay Leaves
Pennyroyal
Wormwood

Put mixture into a large enamel pot with 2 liters of water and boil for 10 minutes. Let cool and strain through muslin.

Add 1/2 a bottle of brandy. You only need to add a little to the bath water for a luxuriously scented bath.

Copyright © Jill Black

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