I'm a big fan of anything that can help me feel cooler in the stuffy heat often felt throughout a British summer. Don't get me wrong, I love being in the sun when it's the weekend or I'm away on holiday, but when I have to go about the normalities of adult life, I dream of those cool and golden autumn days where the air feels crisp and my body isn't perpetually sweltering. Summer is overrated - I said what I said. The Body Shop's Peppermint Cooling and Reviving Foot Spray often comes to my rescue. It's enriched with English peppermint essential oil to deliver a cooling effect with a minty-fresh fragrance. I carry it in my bag and liberally spray on my lower legs and feet to feel cooler and fresher throughout the day. The cooling effect isn't quite as long as I'd like it to be but it does provide flashes of much-needed relief on humid, stuffy days. It's one of those products I buy every year. And finally, a note about spray bottles: For products with a high concentration of essential oils (such as the mosquito spray), I like to use the beautiful blue glass spray bottles. However, small plastic bottles make more sense when traveling and in the bathroom. The simple balance tip To apply you shake the can, then hold it at least 15cm from your face or body and spray liberally keeping your eyes and mouth closed.

You’ll need a spray bottle that can hold at least 150 ml or 5-6 oz. Alternatively, add the mixture to a measuring cup and then fill three 2 oz spray bottles. Using a funnel, add the following ingredients straight to the bottle: Ready to get more balance into your life? Sign up for my newsletter and gain access to my soon-to-be growing VIP area! It couldn’t be simpler really, you just hold the bottle around 30m away from your face or body and spray. Hydrolats are a by-product when producing essential oils, sometimes also referred to as hydrosols or plant water. They contain the water-soluble components of the plant and traces of the essential substances. However, a hydrolat is significantly milder than the essential oil and it does mix with water as opposed to the oil. By purchasing peppermint water or lavender water, you can make a refreshing body spray in a matter of minutes. With another heatwave coming our way and no garden to soak up the sun in, I’ve been looking for ways to keep as cool as possible. While I’d have love to invest in a pool or an enormous fan, sometimes you just need something you can pop in your bag and take along wherever you go.

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A little research in the morning showed that I wasn’t the first one with that idea. My enthusiasm did not allow for any delay, so my experiments commenced even before all of our luggage had made it out of the car… Refreshing body spray with essential oils You can use the product as regularly as possible and since the cooling effect doesn’t last a very long time, you might have to apply quite frequently. However, it is so easy to store in your bag and whip it out whenever the occasion calls for it, what more could you ask for on humid summer days? Maybe you just want to increase the effect of the fan. Or you have no access to a pool without jumping through hoops. Maybe you just need a solution for school and office. Or you simply want to fall asleep more comfortably in your hot attic bedroom. For reasons of hygiene and safety, personal grooming products, cosmetics or items of intimate clothing cannot be returned. It's one I'll definitely be popping in my bag again for long hot car journeys, and beach trips this summer and beyond.

I must admit I'm a bit cynical about cooling sprays. Why bother spending money on something you could make yourself with a spray bottle filled with water? I was willing to be proved wrong and decided to try this Evian Brumisateur Facial Spray.The cooling effect of the body spray is particularly pleasant when you keep the bottle in the fridge. While you’re out and about in particularly hot weather, consider the following solution: Place a small spray bottle into a thermos cup together with a reusable ice cube. Tada – AC in a bottle…🙂 If your tea drawer is overflowing, strong tea can be used to make a body spray, too. Put one tea bag of peppermint or lavender tea in 75 ml (2.5 oz) of boiling water and seep while allowing to cool to room temperature. Remove the tea bag and add the tea to a 150 ml (5 oz) spray bottle. Finally, top up with witch hazel.

In any case, this cooling body spray will make summer much more enjoyable. Enjoy the refreshing effect of soothing witch hazel and cooling aloe vera. Use the side effect of more focus with peppermint or a more evenly keeled mood with lavender.

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Unwanted Food or Drink Products - Once supply conditions are broken, there are a number of factors outside of our control that can affect the quality of a product. Therefore perishable goods such as food and drink cannot be returned. With only two ingredients you can create a slightly less soothing but equally refreshing body spray: The big downside of this variation is the dark color of concentrated peppermint tea so it could leave stains on light-colored clothing. In addition, this spray has a short shelf life because tea is usually getting murky after 2 days. The clear advantage is that you can use mint from the garden or the tea you might have on hand. However, because of its short shelf life, my recommendation is to use one of the three recipes with long-lasting ingredients.

But I still had one problem. While the cooling effect of peppermint oil might be very welcome during the day, its invigorating properties are everything but helpful when you’re trying to go to sleep. This is where the essential oil family’s all-purpose weapon steps up: lavender.Not only does it promote skin healing, it has a very calming effect on the human mind, too. The perfect solution for a refreshing body spray at night. Refreshing body spray for day and nightIf you don’t have the energy to chase ingredients and mix something, just get the hydrolat. Peppermint water as well as lavender water may also be used in their pure form and are a great, no-stress solution straight from the fridge. Important notes: Pregnant women should only use essential oils in consultation with their midwife or OB/GYN. In breastfeeding mothers, peppermint oil can reduce milk production, which is why it should be avoided unless you are weaning anyway. Mint produces a relatively spicey essential oil. The advantage of this formula is the combination of two skin-caring and cooling agents with essential oils. Unfortunately, it doesn’t produce a fine mist because of the aloe vera gel. It’s more of a squirty splatter…😉 But I love the soothing feel of this during the day so even though it needs a little hands-on distribution, it’s still my favorite of the three. #2 Refreshing body spray with hydrolats The three main ingredients are peppermint oil, aloe vera gel, and witch hazel, which you may be familiar with as an ingredient of my DIY mosquito spray. It’s no secret that peppermint has a refreshing effect. Even aloe vera gel has gained quite some popularity for naturally soothing relief after a sunburn. But the equally soothing, cooling and even skin nurturing properties of witch hazel aren’t quite as well known yet.