Lavender essential oil efficacy, effects and usage

Everyone loves beauty. Many women always use various cosmetics to improve their skin. Lavender is a plant that symbolizes romance. It has a faint fragrance, and lavender essential oil also has a good beauty effect. It is especially loved by many women who love beauty. However, we must master its efficacy and how to use it to avoid great irritation to the skin. Let's learn about the efficacy, function and usage of lavender essential oil.

Lavender essential oil efficacy, effects and usage

It can clear away heat and detoxify, cleanse the skin, control oil, remove freckles and whiten the skin, remove wrinkles and rejuvenate the skin, remove eye bags and dark circles, and also promote the regeneration and recovery of damaged tissues and other skin care functions. It can purify and soothe the soul, relieve feelings of anger and exhaustion, and enable people to face life calmly. It has a calming effect on the heart, can reduce high blood pressure, soothe palpitations, and is very helpful for insomnia. It is one of the best pain-relieving essential oils. It can effectively improve muscle spasms and also has a good effect on relieving sprains, muscle overuse and rheumatic pain.

Correct use

1. Inhalation method.

Add no more than 3 drops of lavender essential oil into a bathtub filled with hot water. Stir thoroughly and then soak in the bath, breathing alternately through your mouth and nose for 5-10 minutes. If you don’t have a bathtub, you can add some lavender essential oil to the water when washing your face. It can help relieve stress, beautify your skin and calm your mind.

2. Steam fumigation

Pour clean water into the water container of the aromatherapy burner, add 5-6 drops of lavender essential oil, light a candle and place it in the aromatherapy burner. Wait for the heat to slowly release the essential oil in the water. By mixing different essential oils and dropping them into the aromatherapy burner, different effects can be achieved, which helps to create different atmospheres.

3. Massage

Health massage usually starts from the back. Place your hands on both sides of the spine above the buttocks, palms down, and move along the sides of the vertebrae to the shoulders. When you reach the neck, point your hands outward, massaging both sides of the ribs while massaging the shoulders, then return to the starting point. The massage must be done in one go and never stop in the middle. Dilute 2-3 kinds of single essential oils, a total of 3 drops, in 3-4 ml of plant massage oil and massage the face, head, neck, shoulders or body. Massage can enhance blood circulation and eliminate toxins from the body. Different essential oils have their own therapeutic effects. It is recommended to go to a professional beauty salon and use them under the guidance of professionals.

4. Cold and hot compress

Add 3-6 drops of essential oil to cold (hot) water, stir evenly, soak a towel in it, wring it out, apply it on your face, and gently press the towel covering your face with both hands to allow the moisture with the essential oil to penetrate into the skin as much as possible. Repeat the above steps 5-10 times. When massaging body parts, the ratio of water to essential oil is about 200ML of cold or hot water to 5 drops of essential oil, and only 1 drop is needed for the face. Cold compresses can soothe, calm, comfort, and relieve pain, while hot compresses can help increase circulation, remove toxins, or increase skin permeability.

The above is an introduction to the efficacy, effects and usage of lavender essential oil. After understanding it, we know that the methods of using lavender essential oil to improve different effects are also different. In addition, if we want to make our skin better in daily life, we must be careful not to stay up late often, and pay attention to eating more fruits and vegetables.