Bath and Beauty

Lavender Water and Lavender Crafts

By editor ⋅ July 18, 2008 ⋅ Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Lavender water can be used as a light cologne, a facial spritz, and addition to your bath water, or as a linen spray. You might call it old-fashioned, because it’s been valued for centuries for its pleasant scent, which is said to have a romantic, yet calming effect. Check out How to Make Lavender Water for eight different recipes for lavender water and suggestions for its use
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For those lucky enough to have lots of lavender blooming right now, why not use some to make a Lavender Fan, or Lavender Wands and Bottles. All make wonderful gifts from your garden, and are great ways to use herbs to scent your own home.

Also see How to Grow Lavender on my Creative-Home site for lavender cultivation tips and simple lavender recipes and crafts.
Here’s a simple recipe for homemade hand sanitizer, scented with lavender fragrance oil (if you substitute lavender essential oil, reduce the number of drops, adding just enough to get the scent you want) :

Lavender Hand Sanitizer
1/4 cup aloe Vera gel
1/4 cup vodka
10 drops fragrance oil
Mix all ingredients and store in a pump bottle. Dispense as needed.

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