This month our Royal Velvet Members are receiving our brand new Travel Rest Mist, our luxurious Shea Butter Dead Sea Salt Scrub, and a handcrafted bar of soap.

TRAVEL REST MIST We have taken our most popular Floral Water Sleep Aid and added back some lavender essential oil for the perfect sleep aid to take with you while traveling. It's like getting a double dose! From the distillation process, lavender floral water (hydrosol) is produced. Ours is pure, unadulterated, organic hydrosol. Our custom distilled floral water is known as a sleep aid for infants, toddlers, seniors, or in fact anyone unable to sleep. A few quick squirts and you can forget jet lag. A few quick squirts and time zone changes are a thing of the past (or future!)! A few quick squirts and that first night in a new place will seem like home! We packaged it in a 2 oz size spray bottle that will easily fit into your 1 qt size zip lock bag needed for airport security checkpoints. Just in case you might be traveling to the Dead Sea this summer, check out our special article on the Dead Sea.

SHEA BUTTER SALT SCRUB Scrub yourself in the shower with our exfoliating and skin softening shea butter and Dead Sea salts. Or, scoop a bit into your bath for a salty, healing, itch relieving aromatherapy bath soak. This product exfoliates and moisturizes! There are several benefits to using a salt scrub on your skin. A salt scrub can be made from any type of bath salt, but it is especially effective when Dead Sea bath salts are used. Rubbing your skin with a good salt scrub allows the texture of the scrub paste to exfoliate and polish the skin, leaving clean and refreshed. It will rub away any dead skin cells and allow your skin to breathe easier. Using our Shea Butter Salt Scrub will help numerous skin ailments, including psoriasis and eczema. Salt which is gathered from the Dead Sea contains over 80 minerals which are essential for your skin's health. These minerals include magnesium, potassium, bromine, calcium chloride and sodium. All these minerals are present in Dead Sea salt at concentration levels ten times higher than any other ocean or sea on the planet! See feature article for more information on the Dead Sea.

HANDCRAFTED LAVENDER SOAP Hard milled from pure vegetable oils and scented with pure essential oils (not fragrance oils) that lasts throughout the life of the bar. We cure the soap for a minimum of 3 months before packaging. You will receive one from this collection: Classic Lavender, Lavender w/French Green Clay, Lavender Rosemary, Lavender Rose Geranium, and Lavender Citrus.

Here's an easy cocktail that is sure to be the buzz of your holiday entertaining. The Bee's Knees gets its sweetness from a quick to prepare honey syrup. We add a floral twist by adding lavender. The result is unexpected: a balance of sharp, fragrant, sweet, and strong.

¼ cup hot water 6 Tbsp. gin 2 Tbsp. lemon juice ¼ cup honey 1 tsp. dried lavender buds Mix hot water and dried buds in bowl. Let steep 5 minutes. Whisk in honey. Strain into another bowl. Add 3 Tbsp. of the honey syrup, gin, and lemon juice; strain into cocktail shaker with ice. Shaker well and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses

FRESH FRUIT AND LAVENDER PARFAITS

Using seasonal fresh fruit of your choice, this dessert will be the pièce de résistance at your next summer gathering! Other fruit options: raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, etc.

4 servings 1 cup whipping cream, chilled (NOT Cool Whip!) 1 cup crumbled crisp macaroons or crumbled amaretto cookies 2 cups blueberries or peaches, cut up into chunks or nectarines, sliced 1 tsp. dried lavender blossoms, for garnish lavender sugar (use 3 Tbsp.) * 1 cup granulated sugar 2 tbsp. dried lavender blossoms

Parfaits: About an hour before preparing the dessert, chill a metal or glass bowl (3 or 4 cup capacity) and the beaters of an electric mixer in the freezer. Tip: You can also freeze the parfait or wine glasses. Pour the cold heavy cream into the chilled bowl and stir in the lavender sugar. Whip at high speed until the cream has doubled in volume and will hold a soft peak. This will take a few minutes. In four parfait or wine glasses, alternate layers of the cookies, the fruit and the whipped cream. Repeat with one more layer. Garnish each serving with sprinkle of the lavender buds. Serve immediately. Lavender Sugar*: Grind on PULSE 1 cup granulated sugar and 2 Tablespoons dried lavender buds together in a blender until the sugar takes on a purple hue and the lavender buds are no longer visible. *Please note that this will make more lavender sugar than you will need for the recipe. Store and use the extra lavender sugar for sweetening lemonade or tea, or used in baked goods, etc.

Those of you who might have visited us this year would have seen a kind of suspicious looking plant. Commonly called 'curry plant' because of its pungent curry-like aroma, its shape is bushy, similar to a lavender plant. It has beautiful, soft grey leaves. It grows bright yellow clustered flowers. It can be grown in containers with other plants such as thyme and oregano. This plant is native to Turkey and grows on the sunny slopes there.

Helichrysum oil (also called Everlasting or Immortelle in product ingredients) is reputed to be good for bruises and varicose veins. There is very little oil commercially available which tends to make it a bit pricey. We do distill it here in very small, limited quantities for use in various products.

Helichrysum oil has been studied in Europe for regeneration of nerves, and improving skin conditions and circulation. It is considered one of the most important essential oils in aromatherapy because of its healing properties. It is suitable for wound healing and for scars, resulting either from accidents or cosmetic surgery. Helichrysum oil can also be very effective for joint pain associated with rheumatoid arthritis for some individuals, with significant anti- inflammatory action. Helichrysum oil applied to a sprained or torn area may prevent severe swelling and bruising

Apply Helichrysum italicum oil, blended with carrier oil, topically to affected joints, bruised or traumatized areas, or scars. For calming or uplifting effect, apply to outside of ears, temples, forehead, or back of the neck. Helichrysum oil has been used to treat 'ringing in the ears' using one drop on a piece of cotton placed in each ear - use consistently upon sleeping for a week or more.

Safety Note: Know your oils and your distiller before applying essential oils. Unlike Lavender Oil, many are extremely toxic and unsafe for 'neat' application. Consult a certified aromatherapist before using essential oils for any therapy.

WE HAVE NOT BOTTLED OUR HELICHRYSUM FOR RESALE AS OF THIS TIME. WATCH FOR OUR INTRODUCTORY ANNOUNCEMENT!

This month we proudly feature our Lavender Linen Water as our chosen product of the month. If you don't have fields of lavender to freshen the air while your clothes are drying on the clothesline (just a metaphor!), you can still enjoy lavender-scented linens. Just pour a little into your iron and freshen pillowcases, shirts or anything that needs to be pressed. Can also be sprayed directly onto linens for a light fragrance.

Regularly priced at $20.00, for the month of July you can purchase our 16 oz. Organic Lavender Linen Water at our summer special price of $15.00 (internet special only). At checkout, please use discount code SUMMER2007 (case sensitive). The price will be changed at the final checkout screen. Offer valid through August 5, 2007. Not valid at the Escondido or Carlsbad shops.

Deep in the Jordan Valley is the Dead Sea, one of the most spectacular natural and spiritual landscapes in the whole world. It is the lowest body of water on earth, the lowest point on earth, and the world's richest source of natural salts, hiding wonderful treasures that accumulated throughout thousands of years. The Dead Sea is 42 miles long and 11 miles wide at its widest point. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River.

The Dead Sea is normally as calm as a millpond, with barely a ripple disturbing its surface, but it can become turbulent. During most days, however, the water shimmers under a beating sun. Where rocks meet its lapping edges, they become snow-like, covered with a thick, gleaming white deposit that gives the area a strange and surreal sense.

As its name evokes, the Dead Sea is devoid of life due to an extremely high content of salts and minerals which gives its waters the renowned curative powers, therapeutic qualities, and its buoyancy, recognized since the days of Herod the Great, more than 2000 years ago.

And because the salt content (@31.5%) is four times that of most world's oceans, you can float in the Dead Sea without even trying, which makes swimming here a truly unique experience not to be missed: here is the only place in the world where you can recline on the water to read a newspaper.

There is no outlet for the lake, and evaporation leads to the high content of salt, as it is about 6 times more salty than the ocean water. Scientifically speaking, its water contains more than 35 different types of minerals that are essential for the health and care of the body skin including Magnesium, Calcium, Potassium, Bromine, Sulfur, and Iodine. They are well known for relieving pains and sufferings caused by arthritis, rheumatism, psoriasis, eczema, headache and foot-ache, while nourishing and softening the skin. They also provide the raw materials for the renowned Jordanian Dead Sea bath salts and cosmetic products marketed worldwide.

The Dead Sea has been legendary for thousands of years and has biblical and historical significance. Aristotle wrote about the remarkable waters. During the Egyptian conquest it is said that Queen Cleopatra obtained exclusive rights to build cosmetic and pharmaceutical factories in the area. Later, the Nabateans discovered the value of bitumen extracted from the Dead Sea needed by the Egyptians for embalming their mummies. The sites of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah are believed to lie beneath the lake.

Prominent personages linked with the Dead Sea and its surroundings are Herod the Great, Jesus of Nazareth, and John the Baptist. Also in Roman times some Essenes had settled on the Dead Sea's western shore; and it is therefore a hugely popular though not uncontested hypothesis today, that the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered during the 20th century in the nearby caves had been their own library. In 1947 a couple of young shepherds climbed into a cave on the shores of the sea to find a runaway goat. Inside they found sealed tubes with what became known as The Dead Sea Scrolls. These scrolls contained psalms and testaments that were not present in the Bible and witch some believed to be written by Biblical kings and prophets. To this day some people dispute the authenticity of the Scrolls.

Bedouin tribes have continuously lived in this area, and more recently explorers and scientists arrived to analyze the minerals and conduct research into the unique climate. Tourism in the region has been developed since the 1960s. One of the most spectacular natural and spiritual landscapes in the world, the Jordanian east coast of the Dead Sea has evolved into a major hub of both religious and health & wellness tourism in the region. A series of good roads, excellent hotels with spa and fitness facilities, as well as archaeological and spiritual discoveries make this region as enticing to today's international visitors as it was to kings, emperors, traders, prophets and pilgrims in antiquity. The water level of the Dead Sea is dropping by about 1 foot per year. Scientists predict that the sea may be dried up by the year 2050.

Egg white
Icing sugar
Lavender essential oil

These sweet lavender lozenges were once most fashionable among ladies as a breath freshener after indulging in a little wine. A few drops of essential oil of lavender were added to well sieved icing sugar and mixed thoroughly. It was then bound with sufficient lightly beaten egg white to form a stiff paste, and small portions shaped into lozenge shaped pastilles. These were then set aside to dry and harden in a warm place.

Picnic Aid
Lavender water can be safely sprayed around food to help keep flies away.

The Lavender Fields® products are now in a new store opening on State Street in Carlsbad!!
2659 STATE ST.
CARLSBAD, CA
760 720 4500
Monday thru Saturday 11- 6
Sunday 12-4

OPENING ON AUGUST 1!!

Nina and Laurel have the most beautiful new and gently used furniture and accessories blended with original art work and of course the finest lavender products in town, all under one roof. The location is easy to find, the big yellow building next door to the Metro train station in Carlsbad on State St. Let's all support this new biz. Just stop in , say Hi, and hunt for that one piece you simply cannot live without!