What is Lavender?
Lavender is a species of flowering plants it’s a genus of 47 species in the mint family. It is native to the old world and is found in Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, Europe across to northern and eastern Africa. It’s known as the Lavandula and is an herb that has many uses and a wide variety of health benefits when used correctly. The common types of Lavender are the English Lavender, French Lavender, Spanish Lavender, and Lavandin.
All though they are native to the Mediterranean, there are many varieties offering a vast selection of bloom times, colors, flower forms, and sizes. The bloom time of these plants can vary between locations, Where one Lavender blooms at the start of June. Lavender is grown to produce its essential oil, which comes from the distillation of the flower spikes of certain lavender species as mentioned earlier. The oil has some cosmetic uses and is also used for medicinal uses.
What are the benefits of using Lavender?
When used in an oil form lavender oil is believed to have antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties, which can help to heal minor burns and bug bites. Research suggests that is may be useful for treating anxiety, insomnia, depression, and restlessness. Lavender oil can benefit the skin in numerous ways. It can lessen acne, help lighten skin, and reduce wrinkles. It’s very popular for soothing the skin and its stress-reducing benefits.
I personally love using the essential oil in my skincare products, I also love using it in my hand formulated divine sleep oil which helps me relax and fall asleep faster at night. Using this oil in the formulation of skincare products can help benefit you in several ways. The oil must always be diluted with a carrier oil or used in a cosmetic formulation. You should never apply essential oils directly to the skin.
How can you use Lavender essential oil?
As I mentioned lavender essential oil should never be applied directly to the skin on its own. The oil should be diluted. The best way to get the many skin benefits that lavender essential oil has to offer is to formulate a lavender body butter cream. There are many body butter brands that you can find in the store. But many skin care products in today’s market are formulated using toxic ingredients that may be harmful to not only your skin but your entire body.
You can create your own safe and nontoxic body butter cream from the comfort of your own home. They have a variety of DIY tutorial videos that are available on YouTube. All you need is a hard butter such as shea butter or cocoa butter which are two of the most popular moisturizing butters, carrier oils of choice like Jojoba oil which is known to be closes to the human’s skin natural sebum. Last but most certainly not least the Lavender essential oil. You have a few different ones to choose from so its best to do a test of a few to see which one may fit you.
Try our Lavender body butter cream
At Body Butters Creations we provide our clients with all-natural non-toxic skin food. Our handcrafted organic body butter creams will leave your skin feeling amazing, we have Our Shea & Avocado body butter which is infused with distilled water. This version of our body butter cream is designed for customers who would prefer a lighter cream. We also provide the same version of Our Shea & Avocado body butter cream for extremely dry skin with a blend of African wild honey we even offer an All-Natural Toxic free baby butter for babies and kids.
All body butter creams are available in either Lavender or French lavender scent in our shop. So, if you are looking for an amazing lavender body butter cream Body Butters Creations has you covered literally! Our body butter creams will provide you with great skin protection and have many skin and health benefits. Created to lock in moisture for hours, shop our divine collection of skincare products that we have to offer.
