Lavender Butter as a Homemade Skin Care Remedy
Lavender is one of the herbal plants that have properties that can work on the skin as an anti inflammatory, as an antiseptic and to have a calming effect on the body and skin. One of the ways to treat the skin with lavender is to make lavender butter, this is a cream that has all natural ingredients for treating the skin whether it is for sunburn, psoriasis or as a special treatment.
The ingredients needed for making lavender butter are:
- About one cup of shea butter (solid)
- 2/3 cup of aloe
- 2/3 cup of cocoa butter
- 10 drops of lavender oil
Optional ingredients that can be added are:
- Mint
- Almond oil
- Jojoba seed oil
- Vitamin E oil
When adding other essentials to the lavender butter when an oil, approximately 5 drops should be added, and this can be any herbal or oil that is healthy for the skin and when added with the properties of lavender the skin will begin to show signs of health in a short amount of time with regular use.