Lavender, Lavender Everywhere!
The last few years has seen a surge in popularity of lavender essential oils for skin care routines, but there are many other ways you can bring the magic of lavender into your life! Love Lavender? We have great news, you can use it most everywhere!
Most of us are familiar with Lavender oil and that is because it is probably the most popular essential oils in the world. With a plethora of innovative ways to use this oil to boost your health and wellness, let’s look at these great tips for using lavender:
Use Lavender to Make an All-purpose Cleaner
Avoid nasty, harsh cleaning chemicals by using Lavender to make an all-purpose cleaner for counters, floors, stove tops, etc. Ingredients are simple! Just take a large spray bottle, add a cup of white vinegar, about a tablespoon baking soda, a cup or so of water, and then add lavender essential oil drops (as many as required to for scent desired). Mix gently and once done, you have a beautiful scented general-purpose cleaner for your home. Also, because lavender is anti-bacterial you will have added health benefits – two for one!
Use Lavender to Make all-Natural Laundry Detergent
Using lavender essential oil along with distilled white vinegar is safe, easy, and effective way to make natural laundry detergent. Lavender’s anti-bacterial properties ensure your laundry is disinfected naturally. A rule of thumb is one teaspoon of lavender essential oil for every 16 ounces of distilled white vinegar which should last eight to ten cycles, using approximately ¼ cup per laundry load.
Use Lavender to Scent your Closets and Drawers
Putting a sachet with lavender flowers adds this wonderful fragrance to any number of areas/spaces in your home. Another option to add lavender essential oil to a piece of cloth, then put that in a bag (fabric as well) and place that in drawers, in your closet or other areas that get that musty smell such as storage areas, and broom closets. Or try a lavender sachet in your suitcases when traveling.
Use Lavender for Great Sleep
The fragrance of lavender essential oil is a very effective way to induce a deep, rejuvenating sleep. Clinical testing has proven how this essential oil not only gently induces sleep but also effective for incidences of insomnia.
To get a great sleep try using a lavender sachet in your bed or using our Lavender Mist on your pillow and or comforter.
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