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Flower Power

Roses are red
Violets are blue,
Did you also know that flowers are great for the skin too?

If your answer is no, then lets fill you in and some of the main flowers that will have a great impact on your skin.



Flowers in the garden offer an abundance of pleasures from their beautiful colours, their fragrance and of course the joy of looking at them. We cut them from the garden or buy them from the store and add them around our homes, offices, school etc to give colour and offer impact.
We plant them for our pleasure, and generally our gardens are filled with the types of plants and shrubs we love and enjoy whether that be for the any of the above reasons or to reflect the amount of time we have on our hands?
My garden is very much part of my work and office. I have designed it to offer different levels, to be low to medium maintenance, but also to have easy to look after flowers and plants that I can use and incorporate into my work and products. For those that don`t know I formulate and design my own bath and well-being range. Its important for me to use the wonderful benefits that flowers bring and combine that with their visual impact too. Dried or fresh flowers make us feel lovely and loved!
I would like to take you on a mini tour of some of the flowers I feel have great powers in skincare. After that, you can pick and chose the ones you feel will help or benefit you the most, if any? All our skins are different, we are all different. So with that in mind its important to make sure you select what will work best for you.

Lavender

Lavender is a tough plant and is an amazing flowering herb with vibrant colour density. It contains skin lightening agents and can clear the skin. It has great calming properties and has a definitive aroma that is a bit like Marmite..you either love it or hate it. Its probably one of the flowers that we are most familiar with?

Chamomile

Chamomile is a daisy-like flower that blooms in clusters. It has great calming and anti-inflammatory properties and works well at reducing redness on irritated skins. Great for healing and to improve skin elasticity. Offers a mild aroma so not over powering at all.A good one for eczema or dry irritated skin. Would work well after shaving, so a good one for male grooming too.

Calendula

Beautiful dashing vibrant orange and yellow tones, This flower follows the sun and folds away its petals at night. It has an odour some don`t particularly enjoy. It is however great at promoting skin regeneration and helping to minimise scar tissue whilst soothing and protecting the skin. This would be great for acne prone skins where scarring has occurred. I love to infuse my oils with this as a great all over body treat.

Hibiscus

This plant comes in a variety of coloured blooms. Is especially good as an exfoliator, antioxidant and natural hair and scalp conditioner. It is also great at promoting hair growth, helping with hair loss and keeping the hair shiny and full of lustre. Who doesn't want at least one or all of those benefits right?

Sunflower

This is another flower that we all know visually and either love or hate it? It contains high levels of vitamin E, sterols and squalene which all promote healthy skin and hair. Its aroma isn`t strong so not over powering at all. The seeds from sunflowers work great as a skin exfoliator too.

Rose


The rose is possibly the most loving flower. It comes in an abundance of colours and its scent is beautiful, if you like floral aromas? It is often used in cooking or in cooking displays and other presentations.
In skin care it is great at preventing dryness and helps to tone up ageing skins. It also helps to reduce redness that can often be associated with dry skin.

Final thoughts

Hopefully now I have given you a small insight into the wonders of the garden and the true "Flower Powers" that yours may contain. With some simple step by step recipes you can create wonderful products such as infused oils, face masks and eye treatments, that you have created bespoke for your skin. They will be even more special, because you picked them from your own garden with the bonus of the wonderful benefits to the skin that money cant buy when you have grown them yourselves!

Now that Spring is just creeping around the corner, its time to start thinking of your garden as more than JUST a garden for sitting and relaxing in. Its your very own skincare routine right on your doorstep.
All of the images within this blog are taken of my own products that I have designed and formulated using some of the flowers mentioned or on trips to pick my own flowers and plants to use in products.

Until next time
Love & Spring Sparkles
Caroline King
Beauty Geek
www.steppingstonestrainingacademy.co.uk
Visit my online store via the above link to purchase any of my artisan products and crafts. Check out my other blogs to find easy to follow recipes for "Loving the skin You`re In".

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