Living Libations organic, steam-distilled Lavender essential oil is extracted from the petals of flowers grown in France. The soothing, calming effects of Lavender oil have been used by doctors and apothecaries for centuries to steady rattled nerves and quiet the mind. One of the most versatile essential oils, Lavender is also a wonderful cure for everything from tension headaches to respiratory infections.

Botanical Name: Lavendula angustifolia

Extraction Method: Steam Distillation

Part of Plant Distilled: Flower

Country of Origin: France

Cultivation Method: Organic

Scent Description: Fresh, mildly sweet, with a hint of heaven

In Living Libations: Sea Buckthorn Best Skin Ever, Lavish Abundance, Lavender Poetic Pits, Sweet Sleep Serum, Bed Time Story Blend, DewDab, RoseGlow Serum and Creme, RoseGlow Poetic Pits

Blends Well With: Rose Otto, Neroli, Frankincense, Spikenard, Black Spruce, Grapefruit, Seabuckthorn, Ylang, Clary Sage, Sage, Bergamot, Peppermint, Lemon and Mastic

Uses: Lavender oil can be used as a calming bath oil, a topical treatment for cuts and burns, a cure for head lice, or added to a vaporizer to improve respiration. Muscle pain and headaches can also be relieved with a few drops of lavender oil.

Just as the spikes of the Lavandula officinalis gratefullyunravel themselves to provide lavender's natural essence, you will feel the tension trapped in your body melting away with your first inhalation of this staple essential oil. Lavender is one of our most popular essential oils because it works. Our pure, organic lavender oil is steam distilled to draw out its natural, calming essence and heavenly scent. Drop a few beads in your bath to melt the day away, or dab some oil on your neck and wrists to ward off mosquitoes. Rub a generous amount of our lavender oil over sore muscles or sunburned skin, or apply to the chest to open the airways and enhance breath flow.

The use of lavender as a massage oil dates back to Ancient Egypt. Kings were buried with jars filled with lavender, while queens doused themselves in the perfume of the spiky plant. The Ancient Greeks anointed their feet and breasts with lavender oil, so the intoxicating scent would heal body, mind and heart. Lords and ladies of the Medieval English court cured the migraines of nobility with a drop of lavender in their tea, and the French have been fighting infections with lavender oil since the 16th century.

Doctors in Germany have incorporated lavender into anti-anxiety medications (1), but you do not need a prescription. A few drops of lavender oil in a steaming hot bath will whisk you away to Cloud Nine faster than you can say "Ahhhhh."

"There's a few things I've learned in life: always throw salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for good luck, and fall in love whenever you can." -Practical Magic

"…over 1,200 components have been identified in Lavender essential oil. It is intuitively understandable that these layers upon layers of physiological activity of all the components in lavender generate an overall quality, which is distinctly that of Lavender… and Lavender's unrivaled ability to heal burns." -The Healing Intelligence of Essential Oils, Kurt Schnaubelt

Traditional, mental, physical, emotional benefits:

Mental benefits: decreased anxiety, increased relaxation

Physical benefits: migraine and headache cure, antiseptic, minor burn remedy, muscle and joint pain relief, insect repellant

Emotional benefits: increased sense of well-being, happiness and peacefulness