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Purple Haze.(Jeannie Ralston)(Interview)(Brief article)
Byline: --HANNAH MORRILL
Former allure contributor Jeannie Ralston, author of The Unlikely Lavender Queen: A Memoir of Unexpected Blossoming (Broadway Books), left Manhattan for Texas to start a lavender farm and a line of beauty products. We asked her about the appeal of the famously soporific herb.
Are you incredibly calm now? When I was bottling lavender oil, I made sure I didn't have anything else going on in the afternoon. It's just so powerfully relaxing, I'd have to take a nap.
What was it like to go from writing about beauty to ...
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