10 Ways to use Lavender Essential Oil
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) is the perfect everyday essential oil. It’s gentle enough to be used on children, contains healing and soothing properties, and the smell is gender neutral. Lavender is known or it’s relaxing and calming, sedative-like effects.
I’ve linked to other recipes from previous posts that use Lavender essential oil because, again, I use this oil every day and for about a dozen different things.
1. Sleep Aid and Stress Reducer. Lavender promotes a restful night’s sleep and may help with insomnia and stress. [1]
Add 3-5 drops in a full bath to help children relax and wind down. It also soothes dry skin. Kids are, after all, always getting scratches and rashes, lavender will soothe their skin gently and effectively.
Diffuse 3 Drops Lavender plus 7 parts Stress Away blend during yoga practice or at nighttime. This blend of Lavender and Stress Away blend (Copaiba, Lime, Cedarwood, Vanilla*, Ocotea, Lavender) always gives me a gentle clarity and peace of mind during yoga practice.
I feel more centered and patient the remainder of the day.
{Let me be honest however, my yoga ‘practice’ is Sundays and maybe one evening per week when the kids are sleeping!}
2. Lavender is a great middle or base note for perfume making. I personally enjoy experimenting with Lavender essential oil, it pairs well with many different scents. Sometimes a drop or two is all you need when mixing scents.
- Lavender + Lemon or Lavender and a Purity blend for a light and uplifting scent
- Lavender + Ylang Yang and/or Rose or Lavender + Orange for sensuality
- Lavender + Cedarwood for grounding and peace
Add to 1 oz. carrier oil such as coconut or sweet almond: 5 drops lavender and 5 drops Clary Sage essential oil in a rollerball for an on-the-go deodorant.
Glass Aromatherapy Roller Balls for on-the-go application
3. After shave spot treatment. Dab on shaving nicks or minor cuts. You can apply Lavender essential oil ‘neat’ or directly on skin or minor cuts. No carrier oil necessary. Lavender is a very gentle oil.
4. Baby Bum Moisturizer and Bath Soak.
- Add to coconut oil for a baby bum moisturizer. In a serum dropper: Mix 2 oz. coconut oil plus 2-3 drops lavender for children 6 months plus.
- Or add a few drops to the bath along with Oatmeal. Pulverize organic oatmeal in a mixer for about 5 minutes into a very fine powder. Add 1/4 cup oatmeal to bath and 5 drops of the carrier oil/lavender mix above to sooth irritated baby bottoms. Do not use on broken skin.
5. Lavender is ideal for daily skincare. Click here for a Clarifying Hemp Oil serum recipe. I use this morning and night. I have noticed a reduction in ruddiness, acne, and dark spots. I often don’t wear make up anymore on weekends. How great is that?
- Acne prone skin: Per 2 oz. of Cold Pressed Hemp seed oil: Use a ratio of 5 drops Lavender, 5 drops Frankincense and 5 drops Tea Tree oil to help clarify and heal acne prone skin. 100% Pure Tea Tree oil has been proven as effective as salicylic acid in treating acne. To order Tea Tree oil via Young Living click here.
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‘try mixing tea tree oil with raw, organic honey. Honey also contains antibacterial properties and promotes skin healing.’ [2]
- Dry or mature skin: Per 2 oz. of Cold Pressed Hemp seed oil: Use a ratio of 5 drops Lavender, 5 drops Rosemary, and 5 drops Carrot Seed oil.
I typically alter between these two serums.
For a seriously amazing blemish spot treatment: Mix 1 TBSP Bentonite Clay and 1 TBSP Organic Apple Cider Vinegar. Let dry 15 minutes, rinse. Dab on 1 drop Frankincense, Tea Tree, or Lavender essential oil ‘neat.’ Diffuse some Lavender, read a good book, and then get a peaceful night’s rest!
6. Reduce under-eye puffiness. Mix Lavender with Copaiba, Frankincense, Rosemary, or Geranium essential oil to help reduce under eye puffiness. Use as you would any eye serum or cream and avoid direct eye contact. Always do a spot tests first. If irritation develops do not rinse with water, apply carrier oil to dilute.
I use coconut oil as an eye makeup remover, it’s a gentle carrier oil for an eye serum.
7. Belly bloat reducer. Add to 2 oz. carrier oil such as coconut or sweet almond: 5 drops lavender and 10-12 drops Clary Sage or Cobaipa essential oil in a rollerball for bloat reduction PMS or period bloating or mood relief.
8. Body Wash and Hand Soap.
- Add Lavender essential oil with water and Castile soap for a homemade body wash.
- Add 3 drops Lavender, 2 Tsp. Dr. Bronner’s Fair Trade & Organic Castile Liquid Soap – (Lavender, 32 oz)
and fill rest with water in a foaming dispenser for hand soap.
9. Dab directly on bug bites and bee stings to soothe itching or burning. Safe for children. You should generally dilute with a carrier oil for use on children.
I tend to have allergic reactions to mosquito bites and Lavender oil quickly reduced itchiness and bump size (better than hydrocortizone cream in my opinion). I used to get bumps that would last for days, but they are gone the following day after using Lavender oil.
10. Ouch a minor burn! If not serious and NO broken skin: Dab diluted peppermint oil on immediately (1 drop peppermint per 1 TBSP water), continue to dab on peppermint water until stinging subsides.
Add Lavender to a healing carrier oil such as Rose hip oil or Grapeseed oil for the next week and apply often.
Were you counting? That was 10 Uses for Lavender Essential Oil…
Below are 3 more ways to use this versatile and gentle oil.
- Add 1 drop Lavender to your mascara tube to keep it fresh and your lashes moisturized. You can also add 1 drop Cedarwood to aid in fullness and lash retention.
- Per WebMD: ‘Canker sores. Some research shows that applying two drops of lavender oil to the affected area three times daily can improve canker sore healing and reduce canker sore swelling and pain.’ [1]
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‘Hair loss in a condition called alopecia areata. There is some evidence that applying lavender oil in combination with oils from thyme, rosemary, and cedarwood might improve hair growth by as much as 44% after 7 months of treatment.’ [1]
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Sources:
- ‘Lavender.’ Accessed October 16, 2015. www.WebMD.com
- ‘How to use Tea Tree Oil for Acne.’ Accessed October 17, 2015. http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Tea-Tree-Oil-for-Acne
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chapstick! GREAT IDEA!! Woudln’t have ever thought of that. My 3 year old wont’ quit licking his lips and has a red ring all around his mouth. Definitely trying this. And Elizabeth – I’m loving the whipped coconut oil as a lotion! Isn’t quite as whipped as yours was, but still working wonderfully as a moisturizer. We’ll see what happens this summer though!
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Mine does too! Always a red ring! I add lavender oil to my son’s chapstick, it’s safer for toddlers and older kids, most kids tolerate the smell just fine, and its a relaxing scent.
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