Your Health and Beauty

Our skin deserves the best possible treatment and aromatherapy is the pathway. Taking care of your skin for optimal skin health is actually incredibly easy when we decide to keep it simple and not buy into all the items we are told we need to be youthful. Our earth has provided everything you need to stay beautiful. It doesn’t take long to see the benefits that essential oils have to protect our skin. An added benefit is that now we introduce what are known as carrier oils. Carrier or base oils are pure vegetable oils which contain their own benefits such as vitamins and minerals. Carrier oils are our base for health and beauty treatments or other treatments that require covering a large surface area on the body.

Please note: While pure carrier oils are usually the best choice for blending, essential oils are also blended with many other carriers or bases such as unscented lotions, gel, and emulsions.

For adults, a good dilution rate for carrier oil recipes is about 10-15 drops per 1oz. of carrier oil. For children and frail people, reduce drops to half per 1oz. of carrier oil.

Carrier Oils

Sweet Almond is light in texture, high in vitamins, and rich in nutrients. It is good for all skin types and is excellent for your face oils and for a massage base. Almond oil helps relieve itching, dryness, and inflammation. It helps soften wrinkles around the eyes. It can be used 100% in dilution as a carrier.

Grapeseed oil is very light in texture and is quickly absorbed. It is high in vitamins and minerals. It is good for all skin types and effective for acne or oily skin. Good for massage use. It can be used 100% in dilution as a carrier.

Jojoba oil is excellent for all skin types. A wonderful emollient, it makes skin soft and smooth and is good for aging skin. Jojoba is most commonly used in a blend with carrier oil. A 10-20% dilution rate is suitable. Jojoba is high in protein and minerals. This natural fluid wax is extremely nourishing for your skin and hair. A good base choice for skin conditions such as psoriasis and eczema

Rosehip oil is extremely beneficial in tissue regeneration from conditions such as burns, facial wrinkles, and scar treatment. Used to reduce wrinkles and signs of pre-mature aging, it also helps to counter the drying effects of the sun. Rosehip oil can be used to help heal scars by reducing redness and the formation of keloid scar tissue.

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