{"id":11881,"date":"2015-12-01T01:10:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T06:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=12471"},"modified":"2015-11-06T12:04:13","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T17:04:13","slug":"aromatic-life-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2015\/12\/01\/aromatic-life-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Aromatic Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s All About the Lavender<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Here are some beauty recipes whose main ingredient is lavender.<\/p>\n

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Lavender and Rosemary Soap<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lavender (Lavandula augustifolia) and rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) each\u00a0have a mild yet stimulating effect on skin. Both are antiseptic,\u00a0anti-inflammatory, and beneficial for treating wounds, blemishes, boils,\u00a0dermatitis, fever blisters, and more.
\nBegin this soap by making and infusion of fresh lavender flowers and rosemary\u00a0leaves. To make an infusion, pour one cup of steaming hot water over three\u00a0tablespoons of dried or fresh lavender flowers and rosemary leaves\u00a0(proportioned as you like) and steep for ten minutes.<\/p>\n

3 cups glycerin soap base
\n1\/4 cup lavender flowers\/rosemary leaves infusion
\n1 1\/2 tsp. lavender oil
\n1\/2 tsp rosemary oil
\n1 tsp pulverized dried rosemary (optional)<\/p>\n

Combine melted base and herbal materials. Stir until blended, then pour into\u00a0molds and cool.<\/p>\n

This soap is very pleasing–so try not to give it all away! Store some in a linen closet for yourself and your family.<\/p>\n

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Lavender Mineral Bath<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1\/2 cup solar dried sea salts
\n1\/4 cup epsom salts
\n1\/4 cup dead sea mineral salts
\n40 drops lavender EO<\/p>\n

Mix all ingredients well (adding EO last) store in a glass jar or tin
\nand use 1\/4 cup per bath!<\/p>\n

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Deodorant Recipe<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4 ounces 100 proof grain alchohol
\n28 ounces purified water
\n1 cup of dried lavender flowers
\n1\/4 tsp. dried thyme leaf
\n1\/4 cup witch hazel leaf
\n2 teaspoon Lavendar essential oil
\nIn a large jar, combine herbs. Mix alcohol and water and pour into\u00a0jar with herbs to fill. Screw cap tightly on jar. Let steep, shaking\u00a0occasionally for a full moon cycle. Strain liquid through muslin\u00a0cloth. Return liquid to clean jar, add essential oils, Screw cap\u00a0tightly on jar, shake vigorously. Let set and shake thrice more over\u00a0the course of a day. Shake well before decanting into spray bottles.<\/p>\n

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Lavender Bath\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nLavender essential oil is reassuring, soporific, and is often the\u00a0first choice of aromatherapists for treating emotional or mental\u00a0stress. It also reduces muscular pain, whether from illness or\u00a0physical exertion, and soothes the skin. I can’t think of a more\u00a0perfect herb for a relaxing bath.<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

4 cups epsom salts
\n2 cups Sea salt
\n1 cup non fat powdered milk
\n2 cups oatmeal ground to a very fine powder in a food processor or
\ncoffee
\ngrinder-use the old fashioned kind
\n40 drops of lavender essential oil<\/p>\n

Mix together all the dry ingredients in a large bowl, sieve if you\u00a0wish,then add the lavender 10 drops at a time, thoroughly mix it\u00a0through. Do this 4 times, so that the lavender essential oil is\u00a0distributed.<\/p>\n

I then put the mix in glass jars and put a pretty sticker on the jar\u00a0with all the ingredients and the date when I made it.<\/p>\n

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Lavender Dusting Powder<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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1\/3 c white kaolin powder
\n1\/3 c arrowroot powder
\n1\/3 c cornstarch
\n4 drops each lavender, clary sage and mandarin EO
\nCombine ingredients in blender. Add oils and blend. Put in shaker orjar with powder puff.<\/p>\n

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Solid Lavender Perfume<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4 ounces beeswax
\n1\/2 cup sweet almond oil
\n1 tablespoon Lavender essential oil<\/p>\n

Melt beeswax into the oil using a double boiler. Remove from heat.\u00a0Stir in essential oils and keep stirring for about a minute. Pour\u00a0into containers and let cool completely until solid.<\/p>\n

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It’s All About the Lavender   Here are some beauty recipes whose main ingredient is lavender.   Lavender and Rosemary Soap   Lavender (Lavandula augustifolia) and rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) each\u00a0have a mild yet stimulating effect on skin. Both are antiseptic,\u00a0anti-inflammatory, and beneficial for treating wounds, blemishes, boils,\u00a0dermatitis, fever blisters, and more. Begin this soap by making and infusion of fresh lavender flowers and rosemary\u00a0leaves. To make an infusion, pour one cup of steaming hot water over three\u00a0tablespoons of dried or fresh lavender flowers and rosemary leaves\u00a0(proportioned as you like) and steep for ten minutes. 3 cups glycerin soap base 1\/4 cup lavender flowers\/rosemary leaves infusion 1 1\/2 tsp. lavender oil 1\/2 tsp rosemary oil 1 tsp pulverized dried rosemary (optional) Combine melted base and herbal materials. Stir until blended, then pour into\u00a0molds and cool. This soap is very pleasing–so try not to give it all away! Store some in a linen closet for yourself and your family.     Lavender Mineral Bath 1\/2 cup solar dried sea salts 1\/4 cup epsom salts 1\/4 cup dead sea mineral salts 40 drops lavender EO Mix all ingredients well (adding EO last) store in a glass jar or tin and use 1\/4 cup per bath!     Deodorant Recipe 4 ounces 100 proof grain alchohol 28 ounces purified water 1 cup of dried lavender flowers 1\/4 tsp. dried thyme leaf 1\/4 cup witch hazel leaf 2 teaspoon Lavendar essential oil In a large jar, combine herbs. Mix alcohol and water and pour into\u00a0jar with herbs to fill. Screw cap tightly on jar. Let steep, shaking\u00a0occasionally for a full moon cycle. Strain liquid through muslin\u00a0cloth. Return liquid to clean jar, add essential oils, Screw cap\u00a0tightly on jar, shake vigorously. Let set and shake thrice more over\u00a0the course of a day. Shake well before decanting into spray bottles.     Lavender Bath\u00a0 Lavender essential oil is reassuring, soporific, and is often the\u00a0first choice of aromatherapists for treating emotional or mental\u00a0stress. It also reduces muscular pain, whether from illness or\u00a0physical exertion, and soothes the skin. I can’t think of a more\u00a0perfect herb for a relaxing bath. Ingredients: 4 cups epsom salts 2 cups Sea salt 1 cup non fat powdered milk 2 cups oatmeal ground to a very fine powder in a food processor or coffee grinder-use the old fashioned kind 40 drops of lavender essential oil Mix together all the dry ingredients in a large bowl, sieve if you\u00a0wish,then add the lavender 10 drops at a time, thoroughly mix it\u00a0through. Do this 4 times, so that the lavender essential oil is\u00a0distributed. I then put the mix in glass jars and put a pretty sticker on the jar\u00a0with all the ingredients and the date when I made it.     Lavender Dusting Powder   1\/3 c white kaolin powder 1\/3 c arrowroot powder 1\/3 c cornstarch 4 drops each lavender, clary sage and mandarin EO Combine ingredients in blender. Add oils and blend. Put in shaker orjar with powder puff.     Solid Lavender Perfume 4 ounces beeswax 1\/2 cup sweet almond oil 1 tablespoon Lavender essential oil Melt beeswax into the oil using a double boiler. Remove from heat.\u00a0Stir in essential oils and keep stirring for about a minute. Pour\u00a0into containers and let cool completely until solid.      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}