Lavender Soap
When making natural soap, fresh, organic ingredients are used from Eastern Market in Detroit, MI, where a large variety of fresh organic herbs can be found. One of the favorite and most often used herbs is Lavender.
All natural soaps made by Herbal Songstress are handmade using the finest ingredients. Herbal soaps produce a rich, cleansing lather, and aromatic essence from vegetable based products contributing to the moisturizing properties. Lavender Soap is used for cleansing, tightening, nourishing, and moisturizing skin.
Ingredients for Lavender Soap are: lavender herb, lavender essential oil, cocounut oil, sunflower oil, and palm oil.
Lavender is indigenous to Africa, Mediterranean, Arabian Peninsula, and Russia but is cultivated all over the world. The Latin name Lavandula is derived from the verb lavare, “to wash,” and is also famous for its beautiful scent.
Lavender is an excellent herb that can be added to any First Aid Kit. Lavender can be used for nausea, vomiting, stings, headaches, insomnia, coughs, and colds. The herb can also be used for chest infections, coughs, and colds in the form of home brewed tea.
The herb has natural beauty benefits for skin. Lavender encourages the growth of new skin cells and has a great healing effect on burns, dry skin, psoriasis, eczema, and prevents scarring.
The herb has natural beauty benefits for hair. It replenishes and rejuvenates dry hair. It strengthens the roots of the hair, promoting hair growth and increases hair luster and vibrancy.
The following home instructions are those people who want to make a Lavender Hair Rinse: Use one cup of bruised lavender flowers in 2 cups of boiling water. Cover, and simmer for at least 15 minutes. Strain and pour into a container. Rinse through hair after shampooing and thoroughly rinsing out any traces of soap. Style as usual. This recipe promotes healthy, shiny, and conditioned hair.
