Lavender Fine 100% Pure Essential Oil 10 ml (ChildSafe) (Organic Available)
FLORAL. MIDDLE NOTE. CALMING.
Child Safe When Diluted.
Every home should have a bottle of Lavender essential oil as it is undoubtedly the most versatile and useful of all the essential oils. It relaxes, soothes and restores balance to mind and body. It stimulates the immune system and contributes to the healing process.
GENERAL PROPERTIES:
• analgesic
• anti-anxiety
• antibacterial
• antifungal
• anti-inflammatory
• antiseptic
• balancing
• calming
• decongestant
THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS:
• promotes calm and relaxation
• helps relieve nervous tension and worry
• prized for its ability to help smooth fine lines, wrinkles, and scars
• soothes skin after sun exposure or minor burns
• has a more intense, refined aroma, making it ideal for aromatic blending
Floral and herbaceous, lavender is loved for its whole body calming and balancing benefits. This sweet essential oil is commonly used alone or blended with others to increase their effectiveness.
Botanical Name: Lavandula angustifolia
Family Name: Labiatae
Country of Origin: France
Part of Plant Used: Flower
Method of Extraction: Steam distillation
Scent: Refined, complex, herbaceous-floral scent than other lavenders
Source: Distilled from the violet-blue flowers of the low-growing, woody shrub.
Description of Plant: It is a fragrant hardy shrub with narrow leaves and grey-blue flowers.
Where Cultivated: It is indigenous to the mountain areas of the Mediterranean, however is now grown all over the world.
MIDDLE NOTE: Sits at the heart of an aroma; sets the theme and emerges once top notes have dissipated.
DESCRIPTION:
Lavender is a plant from which the flowers, leaves and stems are steam distilled to make lavender essential oil. This multi purpose oil’s active constituents include the ethers on linalyl and geranyl, geraniol, linalol, cineol and coumarin. Some of countries that produce lavender essential oil are Bulgaria, England, France and the Mediterranean.
Lavender is a plant from which the flowers, leaves and stems are steam distilled. This multi-purpose oil’s active constituents include the ethers on linalyl and geranyl, geraniol, linalol, cineol and coumarin.
The analgesic, antiseptic and antibiotic properties of lavender essential oil make it great for treating colds, flu and coughs and the best way to use it for these conditions is inhalation through steam. Steam is a great anti-viral treatment on its own, but when combined with lavender essential oil you get soothing and decongesting elements, along with the destruction of bacteria, which may be responsible for further infections.
Lavender essential oil is a wonderful sedative which helps aid in sleep. When massaged into the temples, lavender essential oil may help to relieve headaches. For muscular pain, this oil is excellent, especially blended with Rosemary essential oil or Marjoram essential oil, as the properties of Lavender essential oil improve when mixed with another essential oil (it also improves the properties of the essential oil its mixed with!).
During labour, lavender essential oil will both reduce pain and strengthen contractions (best massaged into the lower back), helping to speed labour. For skin conditions and general care, lavender is an excellent essential oil. For treating acne, it is one of the most useful essential oils, as it inhibits the growth of bacteria which cause the infection, while working to heal the damage that has already been done. Some essential oils work well to help stimulate the growth of healthy cells (Lavender, Neroli and Tea tree), so using any of these essential oils in a regular skincare regime is conducive to great skin!
As an insect repellent, lavender essential oil will help protect clothes, sheets and towels (soak a cotton ball and place in your linen cupboard), as well as your skin when applied in a spray or body lotion. If you should forget to use an insect repellent before you go outside and happen to get bitten, Lavender essential oil will help take the sting out of the bite, help to stop it from becoming infected, and work to help it heal faster. Lavender essential oil is one of the few essential oils that may be used on the skin neat and no home should be without a bottle!
Lavender is cleansing and refreshing and soothing and anti-inflammatory effect on skin, body and mind.
Lavender Fine is steam distilled from a high-altitude plant variety with a short growing season. These specialized conditions produce a more refined, complex scent than most lavenders, while retaining the traditional dry herbaceous-floral scent. Like other types of lavender, lavender fine promotes calm, relaxation, and relieves nervous tension. It is prized for its ability to help reduce the appearance of skin imperfections such as fine lines and dark spots, or to soothe skin after excess sun exposure.
It blends well with black pepper, bergamot, cedarwood virginian, clove bud, clary sage, geranium egyptian, helichrysum italicum, lemon, neroli, patchouli, rose absolute, rosemary, sandalwood australian, vetiver, and Marjoram.
DIRECTIONS:
Diffuse 30-60 minutes before bedtime to promote calm and relaxation. For topical use, dilute to 2-5% with the carrier oil of your choice and apply to the skin. Lavender blends well with many other essential oils, including Bergamot, Neroli, Patchouli, Rose Absolute, and Sandalwood. It is a wonderful addition to products such as lotions and bath bombs.
Aromatic - Diffuse using 3-4 drops per 100 ml of water or use in a personal inhaler.
Topical - Dilute 2-5% in a carrier.
Add 4-12 drops to a bowl of steaming water/facial steamer and inhale deeply for 5-10 minutes.
Start with lowest number of drops; increase as desired.
CAUTIONS:
Keep out of reach of children. For external use only. If swallowed, seek urgent care/call poison control. Do not use undiluted. Avoid eyes and mucous membranes; if contact occurs, rinse with vegetable oil. Do not use if pregnant/breastfeeding or with low blood pressure. If allergic reaction occurs, stop use and call a health care practitioner. For prolonged use, consult a health care practitioner.
SPECIFIC CAUTIONS:
Avoid in the first trimester of pregnancy.
IMPORTANT: All True Aroma Living (TAL) products are for external use only unless otherwise indicated. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, and it should not be used by anyone who is pregnant or under the care of a medical practitioner. Please refer to our policies for further details, and our disclaimer below.