The Benefits of Lavender for your Eyes
Lavender is one of the most popular essentail oils to use when you are sleep deprives or stressed, so why not use it for other aliments as well. Your eyes are the windows to your soul, so you must take care of them in everyway possible. When your body and mind are stressed your eyes show the prove of this. With a simple craft of making an lavender eye pillow you can help relieve your stress and help you eyes in the long run as well. Here’s how it’s done.
• For the pillow: You will need 1/2 yrd. of fabric. Be sure and wash it, dry it and iron it before starting.
• For the filling:
1/2 cup flax seeds
1/2 cup buckwheat
1/2 cup dried lavender
1/2 cup dried chamomile *if you are allergice to any of the above, please consider using a different dried herb*
• To make the pillow: Mark two 4 1/2 by 10-inch recatangles on the side of the favbric. Cut along your marks and create two panels. Place the two panels rigth sides together and stitch a 1/2-inch sesm along the edge. Backstitch over each end. Leave one of the 4-inch sides open, so you can add your filling. Be sure and stitch another stictch reinforcement seam around the edge to guarantee the filling won’t fall out. Turn the panels right side out and spoon in the filling to fill the pillow completely. Fold the opening where the filling was put inside over and stitch by hand the opening sot hat is completely closed. If you want you can reenforce this stitch as well.
You can heat this pillow in the microwave for about 20 seconds and apply it to your eyes. Lie back after a hard day and enjoy the lavender and chamomile benfits it brings.
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