Can you save your skin and sanity with herbs? It’s possible. Salves, bath salts and body polish have been known to soothe skin irritations and remove dead skin cell buildup.
All of these beauties began in dirt. It’s highly possible that you can grow your own herbs, make essential oils and have great skin and sanity at your door step.
Take a look at what you could be growing.
Whether it’s your windowsill, your front yard or back yard, these herbs can offer great skin care to your face and body.
Lavender, the most popular and well known of herbs will calm burned skin and offer a good nights rest as well. Lavender is an antiseptic and anti-inflammatory herb. It calms skin challenges such as dermatitis and dryness.
Whether you add it to bath salt for a soak in the tub or use it as a facial toner, you’re sure to enjoy the beauty of its aroma. It doesn’t stop there with its benefits, lavender can be served as a great cup of tea for calming and relaxing your nerves.
Sage is an antioxidant making it the perfect go to herb for anti aging products. It’s rich in vitamin A and calcium. These two beauties make it perfect for cell regeneration.
Sage can be used to help regulate oil production in our skin. It’s also one of the main go to herbs for hair growth formula’s.
Aloe vera – Who doesn’t have aloe vera in their home? Vitamins, mineral and super hydrating is what you’ll find in aloe vera.
You can apply it directly to your skin or blend it with other ingredients to create serums and moisturizers.
Calendula is extremely high in carotenoids and flavonoids. This helps keep your chapped lips smooth.
Calendula has also been shown to plump up your skin through hydration and circulation. Best of all, it’s one of those herbs that helps prevent inflammation.
A Recipe to Save Your Skin
To relieve stress and offer calm to your skin and body try this.
Lavender Bath Salts
1 cup Epsom salt
1 cup pink Himalayan salt or sea salt (fine grain)
3 tablespoons sweet almond oil or olive oil
20 drops of lavender essential oil
1/4 cup dried lavender buds
Add salts to a bowl. Mix them together. Add the almond oil and essential oil and mix thoroughly. Stir in the lavender buds. Store in a tightly sealed jar.
Place your desired amount of salts in a muslin bag or handkerchief. Create a bowl if using handkerchief by tying in a knot and allowing it to dissolve in the tub. The reason for the bag or hanky is to catch the lavender buds so they don’t go down the drain. Okay …
If you’re looking for herbs to save your skin and sanity, these are a great place to start.
That’s it for this week. As always …
Dedicated To Your Beauty,
Juliette Samuel,
Esthetician/Author/Publisher,
Nyraju Skin Care
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