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Self-care: hot towel scrub with lavender
The hot towel scrub is a simple ritual from macrobiotic tradition. Rubbing your skin with a hot, damp cloth gets circulation moving and leaves skin soft and glowing, and lavender adds a spa-like calm.
Try it tonight before bed:
- Fill a sink with hot (not scalding) water and add a handful of dried lavender buds.
- Dip a cotton washcloth and wring it out.
- Scrub one area at a time, from your hands up your arms, then shoulders, back, legs and feet, re-dipping as it cools.
Prefer lavender essential oil? Mix 2 drops into a teaspoon of olive or jojoba oil and smooth it on afterward. Check with your doctor or practitioner first, especially if you're pregnant.
- self-care
- essential oils
- macrobiotics
- natural beauty
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