Homemade Lavender Skin Freshner, Oil and Soap
by Jill Black

Description: Tips for making lavender skin and body products at home.

Herbal lavender based toiletries and cosmetics that are just as good as bought ones can easily be made at home as treats for the skin. Here are a few ideas using lavender you can make at home.

Lavender Summer Skin Freshner

Ingredients:

10 drops of lavender essential oil
2 cups bottled water

Combine all ingredients and pour in to a pump bottle – spray your face when you need to cool down.

Homemade Lavender Oil

Using scented lavender such as L. Augustifolia, L. Munstead or L. Grosso half fill a bottle or jar with lavender spikes and cover with olive oil and 1 tablespoon of white vinegar. Place on a sunny window sill for a least 14 days and shake the bottle at least once a day. After 14 days check the see if scent is to your liking. If a stronger scent is desired strain off the flower heads and add new ones and repeat the process. Once made remove the flower heads. A couple of new flower heads can be added at this stage for decoration. Use as a scented bath oil, rub on as an insect repellent or use as a salad oil.

Lavender Soap

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.

Jill is the owner of Netwrite-Publish Home and Garden for more ideas log onto http://www.netwrite-publish.com