Picture: English Carshalton Lavender Hand Wash
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From the home of English Lavender
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our handwash is luxurious and
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richly fragrant with deep undertones
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and sweet high notes
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Carshalton Lavender - A History
At Naturallythinking we are proud to be associated with the Local Carshalton Lavender project, which is reviving the Lavender fields of Carshalton, Surrey, our home town.
Carshalton, Surrey was once the home of the worlds Lavender production, producing arguably the finest Lavender in the world. The Lavender is commonly known as "Mitcham Lavender", as the distillation plant used to be located on the Mitcham / Carshalton border at Figs Marsh. Indeed the Lavender fields stretched all the way from Wallington in the South to Mitcham in the North. A combination of competition from abroad, combined with demands for war time metal and then the post war London housing boom (the first large scale council estate was built at St Helier, Carshalton largely on the site of the Lavender fields), led to their demise. Towards the end of the 1990's local sustainable charity organisation, Bioregional started the revival project, claiming unused pieces of land and planting them with direct descendants of the original Lavender plants. These plants have been nurtured by community projects and harvested on an annual harvest event involving the whole community, drawing people from across the country.
The Lavender produced is truly amazing, and you soon see why even the French admitted that Carshalton Lavender is the finest in the world. It is beautifully herbaceous giving a true feeling of the plant in all the products it is used. If Lavender has an "absolute" version, this would be it.
Increasingly, once again Carshalton is coming alive with the colour of Lavender and it is great for us to be able to use it and popularise it again. The small scale production and sheer quality of the oil makes it a highly sought after commodity.
For 2009 we now have our own still and distill all of the oil produced on site.
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Carshalton Lavender Moisturising hand wash is created the old fashioned way of soap making using a cold process liquid soap method, just like 100 years ago. This natural process, combined with the Organic Carshalton Lavender which is produced on our fields in Surrey creates a beautifully fragrant hand wash which is moisturising and luxurious with the natural antiseptic and skin loving properties on Organic Lavender.
What does Carshalton Lavender Hand Wash smell like?
Rich in English Carshalton Lavender. The Lavender from our fields here in Carshalton is unique and regarded the best in the World (even by the French!). A wonderful blend of herbaceous low notes and sweet high notes.
Perfect for the Family
Lavender handwash is perfect for use by the whole family. The luxurious handwash is indulgent and a pamper, but is also ideal for keeping your families hands bacteria free and healthy. Many of our customers like to use the handwash as a replacement to Shower Gel, the natural base cleanses fantastically and leaves you rich and fragrant without the use of modern day chemicals which strip and dry the skin.
Directions
Apply to damp hands and massage into the hand, wash with clean warm water. Safe for use all over as a bodywash and works very well on teenage skin, including on the face to help with acne and troublesome skin.
Combining
The perfect partner for Carshalton Lavender handwash is our rich Carshalton Lavender Hand Cream with Organic Jojoba and Coconut.
Ingredients
Glycerin, cocos nucifera, potassium hydroxide, olea europaea, simmondsia chinensis, aqua, Iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, Lavendula Augustifolia, Linalool*
*naturally occurs in essential oil
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