Lavender and Oats
Bubbling Bath Salts
Bath Salts with Lavender buds, rosehip and hibiscus, iris root, marshmallow root fill the air with scent and the water with skin toning and soothing effects.
Essential oils of lavender, cedar wood, bergamot, and geranium blend beautifully to bring anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antidepressant benefits to every bathing experience. Lavender is one of the most healing of the essential oils; I recommend every home have a small bottle for emergencies. It treats minor burns, scrapes, sunburn, and can be applied neat unlike most essential oils. Lavender essential oil is one of the few things that will stop a chemical burn like lye instantly. And then there’s the heavenly scent…
While I was making the lavender bath salts, floating on a cloud of lavender scented bliss, I was inspired mainly by my prettylavender plants in summer. They fill the yard with a heady sweet herbal scent, they ask for nothing and give so much in return. Lovely. I was content with my lavender daydreams while putting in long exhausting hours of research and development baths.
And then I talked with a lady on the weekend that spent the lavender season in France. Her home sat beside a farmer’s garden filled with lavender! Bliss. She later met the farmer who told her to help herself to the lovely herb as if breathing its aroma all day from the deck wasn’t enough. Wow. Can you imagine? I don’t think the ladies holiday spot was selected for the neighbouring crop but I bet it’s the reason why she returns.Perhaps we can’t vacation in France as often as we’d like, but we can enjoy a gorgeous long soak in a lavender bath on a moments notice.
Enough of all this lavender talk, go on, get in the tub!
Ingredients:
epsom salts, sea salts, milk, castor oil, sodium lauryl sulfoacetate, oats (anti-irritant, skin calming, soothing, anti-itch, anti-inflammatory), arrowroot, powdered lavender, nutmeg, vanilla, cocoa dea, cornstarch,
Essential Oils: Lavender (helps relaxation, disinfectant, soothes dry skin, rashes, stretch marks, sunburn, antiseptic, deodorant, sedative, insecticidal), Virginiana Cedarwood (helps clear skin problems like eczema, rashes and blemishes, normalizes both dry and oily skin), Cedar Leaf, Balsam Fir (for sore muscles and relaxation), Patchouli (rejuvenates skin, relieves inflammation, acne, skin allergies and eczema, may be helpful with mature or aged skin), fragrance, colour
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