Sometimes life has a way of hitting the reset button.
The other day I was in my car and attempting to do three things at once, including drive (not a good idea, by the way). My cell phone charger plugs into my cigarette lighter. Being rather OCD, seeing the little lighter rolling around on my console was driving me crazy, and I didn’t need to have my charger plugged in at the moment. So I decided to stick the lighter back in its place. A few moments later, I heard it pop out. Now the blonde in me kicked in. I reached over to pull it out, and examine why it would have popped out like that. As I did (keep in mind, I’m still driving, but thankfully pulling into a parking space at this moment), I dropped the scalding hot lighter onto my lap. I was wearing shorts. Short shorts. The hot metal instantly scorched my tender skin. I throw the car into park and attempt to retrieve the burning lighter, while being careful not to burn my car seats (yes I was stupid enough to be concerned about my car seats at this point). By the time I opened the car door and threw the little bugger out onto the ground to cool off, my skin was already blistered. As I drove home in pain, wondering how I was going to explain this one to my husband, all I could think of was lavender essential oil.
The essential oil of lavender is one of the only essential oils that can safely be applied to the skin without diluting it in a carrier oil. Applying antiseptic lavender oil will take the sting out of the burn, and heal it quickly. It’s calming aromatherapy properties will help to ease the emotional upset of a painful burn.
I’ve been applying lavender to one side of the burn twice a day (it burned both my thighs). Since I often use myself as a guinea pig, I wanted to see the difference between using the lavender oil versus not using it. The side I’m applying it to (which has the more severe burn) is healing rapidly, with no signs of potential scarring. The other side is healing, but at a slower rate.
My point in relaying this story (other to publicly admit I do really stupid things sometimes) is to illustrate how important plants and botanicals are to the health of our bodies. Sure, it’s easy to go out there and buy cheap, chemically-laden cosmetics. Or products with unproven artificial ingredients which your body may or may not react positively to. But here at Honeybee it’s our core belief to stay as close to nature as possible. We use REAL plants to make our Herbal Aftershave and Facial Toner. Sure extracts would be easier, but there’s some kind of magic in the holistic properties of the entire plant. We as a species survived for a long time before the invention of chemicals. There’s a reason for that. Petroleum-based antiseptic ointment, or the sweet smell of a pure plant oil? You already know my choice.