Hello lovely hair growers,

So, seeing as spring is here and i have a garden full of lovely lavender and a budding aloe plant, i wanted to know what all of your favorite recipes were that involve both or either one of these ingredients. Hair recipes that is.

I absolutely LOVE the smell of lavender and i've heard nothing but good things about aloe. Any help would be appreciated as i am STUMPED!!

:D hope you're all having a lovely day. Keep on growing!!:cheese:

Hello lovely hair growers,

So, seeing as spring is here and i have a garden full of lovely lavender and a budding aloe plant, i wanted to know what all of your favorite recipes were that involve both or either one of these ingredients. Hair recipes that is.

I absolutely LOVE the smell of lavender and i've heard nothing but good things about aloe. Any help would be appreciated as i am STUMPED!!

:D hope you're all having a lovely day. Keep on growing!!:cheese:

I love lavender, you are such a lucky girl having a full garden of the wonderful stuff!
Lets see, what all can you do with it?
*Sachets of course
*Wrap several sprigs in cheese in cheese cloth or old panty hose and toss in your bath water.
*Make your own bath salts.Put in an air tight container along with epson salts & a bit of baking soda. Store in a dark, cool place & shaking occasionally. Once the epson salt & baking soda take on the smell of the lavender, toss the lavender. You can add colloidal oatmeal to this mix too.
*I will boil a pot of water & lavender-Makes the house smell great, and when it cools, I use it as a final rinse on my hair.

I am sure there is more, but that is all I can think of at the moment.

OOOH!!! Thank you for the recipes!! I have to try the bath salt one!!! Sounds GOOOOD!!

You could try infusing the lavender with aloe and add some distilled water to mist your hair with.

Edit: I thought you meant lavender EO, not sure how you'd do it with it fresh.

I have snipped my mom's lavender plant and boiled it in some water.Cooled and added a drop or two of jojoba oil and I also used a few drops of natural aloe juice.Being since its so sticky and sometimes pulpy-I don't use the natural aloe anymore.

This was one of my first mister bottle recipes,a few years back.I've also tried it with a few spriges of rosemary.I love to raid my mom's herb garden LOL

I think rosemary can darken hair...

yes, i heard rosemary CAN darken hair. that sounds like a good mister bottle recipe. Exactly what has it been doing for your hair?

i just like the smell of lavender, but does anyone know what "medicinal" properties it has. Well, what it does for the hair?

I stuff sprigs of lavender in my OCM bottle (EVOO) where it slowly releases it's aroma and goodness into the oil, when I clean my face.

I also found Aloe gel made a lovely face cleansing (possibly moisturising for oily skins) OCM mix for me. The first time I tried it I put the AVG straight into the bottle (with difficulty!) and shaking it up, using it as a facial cleanser gave me a lovely silky mix that spread well and left my skin comfortable.

THe second time I tried it, the oil and the aloe made a lumpy mix - don't really know why. It still gave the same silky cleansing though, so I'll maybe try that again.

I place large bits of lavender under carpets and rugs to help keep away bugs, insects and freshen the material.

I second making sachets with lavender in gauze/muslin or similar. Tie with a pretty ribbon, and place in drawers and cupboards throughout!!

Do you have any culinary lavender? If so, make infusions/add to dishes.

If in a foul mood, walk out into garden and pluck some lavender. Roll it between fingers to release fragrance and sniff deeply... ;)

Thank you Celebrian, i always enjoy your posts :) (and i also love your avatar!!).

I have one small question what is OCM? Still can't figure it out in my brain. LOL. I didn't know lavender kept bugs away. Does it also work on spiders? I have a terrible fear of them!!

I've been feeling a little down lately, maybe i'll go outside and just enjoy the sunshine and smell the lavender in the air.

Thank you for the suggestions :).

yes, i heard rosemary CAN darken hair. that sounds like a good mister bottle recipe. Exactly what has it been doing for your hair?

i just like the smell of lavender, but does anyone know what "medicinal" properties it has. Well, what it does for the hair?


It was nice.Made my curls stand out,but the "jelly"natural aloe kept getting cloped up in my bottle sprayer.If that made any sense whatsoever LOL