Lavender Festival Blog

Lavender essential oil is one of the favorite scents in the universe, and sea salt is naturally exfoliating.  Combine the two with unscented body oil to make your own aromatherapy!

To make your own, first equip yourself with some decent containers. Canning jars, old jelly jars, even plastic containers with lids will do. I chose these 12 oz. glass jars with plain lids from The Container Store.  Next, gather the following ingredients to make 36 oz. of lavender sea salt scrub: 18 oz. coarse sea salt, 18 oz. fine sea salt*, 4 fluid oz. grapeseed oil*, ½ fluid oz. lavender essential oil, dried lavender buds (optional) *You can skip the fine sea salt and go with just the coarse sea salt, but the mixture of the two is really nice. Also, look for other natural unscented body oils like almond, avocado, or even vegetable glycerin. I found all of my ingredients (except the lavender buds which came from my garden) at Whole Foods.

Mix these ingredients together to make 36 oz. of lavender sea salt scrub and spoon your scrub into your clean glass jar.

This bath is by far the most luxurious one I’ve ever taken.  Not only is it extremely relaxing because of the lavender, but my skin feels so soft.  I didn’t even put any moisturizer on afterwards…amazing.  Take this bath and you will truly feel like you have a spa in your home.

Milk baths have been around for ages, but I had never tried it before.  Since I don’t drink regular milk, I decided to use organic coconut milk instead.  It worked wonders!  Lavender just seemed like a natural addition to the bath and I’m so glad I added it.

This bath is so easy to create.  First just draw a hot bath like you normally would.  After you have enough water in the tub, pour in either a whole can of coconut milk or about two cups if you’re pouring it out of a carton.  Also, I used whole fat coconut milk because it’s almost like cream.  I don’t think low fat would produce the same results for soft skin.  Then if you have actual lavender sprinkle a little bit in the tub or a couple drops of lavender essential oil will do as well.  The combination of the scent of the coconut mixed with lavender is incredible.

To get extra relaxed I also used my Soothing Facial Mask while taking the bath.  I will definitely be doing this on a weekly basis, I can’t believe how refreshed I feel!  Enjoy!

xoxo…Kate

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