Benefits Of Essential Oils

Body Butter It’s quick and easy to whip up your own full-body moisturizing butter. If the combined scents of vanilla, almond, coconut, and cocoa sound too sweet, replace the cocoa butter with shea butter , and use jasmine or ylang-ylang essential oil . This recipe yields about 3 cups. 1 cup raw cocoa butter ½ cup coconut carrier oil ½ cup sweet almond carrier oil 6 drops vanilla essential oil 1. Place the cocoa butter and the coconut carrier oil in a glass or ceramic bowl. 2. Set the bowl in a pan of water over low heat, and allow the ingredients to melt. 3. Remove the bowl from the heat and let it cool for 30 minutes. 4. Add the sweet almond carrier oil and the vanilla essential oil to the cooled mixture. 5. Chill the mixture in the freezer for 20 minutes. 6. Using an electric mixer or a food processor, whip the combined ingredients until they look like butter. 7. Spoon the body butter into a glass jar, and store it in the refrigerator between uses.

Bath Salts It takes only a few minutes to create your own bath salts, and you can store them in attractive containers for display on your bathroom shelves. 3 cups sea salt 3 teaspoons coconut carrier oil 6 drops cedarwood essential oil 6 drops chamomile essential oil 4 drops clary sage essential oil 4 drops jasmine essential oil 1. Pour the salt into a ceramic or glass bowl. 2. Drizzle the coconut carrier oil over the salt 1 teaspoon at a time, mixing after each drizzle to prevent clumping. 3. Add the cedarwood, chamomile, clary sage, and jasmine essential oils, and mix well. 4. Store the salts in a container with a tight-fitting lid, and add up to 1 cup to a running bath.

Bath Balls Toss two of these in the bathwater to delight your children or give yourself a treat. A basket or bowl of these fragrant little wonders also makes a nice addition to a bathroom shelf or vanity. ½ cup citric acid 1 cup baking soda ¾ cup cornstarch ¼ cup Epsom salt 10 to 15 drops essential oil (good choices: jasmine lavender , patchouli , vanilla , and yang-ylang ) 6 drops food coloring of your choice 2 ounces water 1. Stir together the citric acid, baking soda, and cornstarch, and run them through a sifter or sieve to be sure they’re thoroughly combined. 2. Add the Epsom salt, and mix thoroughly. 3. Add the essential oil and food coloring to the dry ingredients, using your fingers to break up any lumps. 4. Lightly spray the mixture with the water to dampen it. If you use too much water, the mixture will fizz and expand. 5. Form the dampened mixture into round balls about the size of an egg. 6. Place the balls on a baking sheet, and leave them to dry o...

Essential oils can bring About noticeable improvements In the way you look Aromatherapy can support your health and well-being, but it’s most pleasing effects Come to light when you use it for hair, facial, skin, nail, and overall body care. Essential oils don’t just smell good. They can also bring about noticeable Improvements in the way you look. Making your own creams, lotions, balms, and other Personal care items is one sure way to know the products you’re using contain only Natural ingredients, including pure essential oils. If you don’t already have a natural foods store at which you shop, look for one in your Area. You’ll find ingredients like castile soap, rosewater, raw cocoa butter, raw honey, and Vegetable glycerine at your neighborhood co-op grocery story, public market, or natural Foods store (in larger cities, try Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s). It may surprise you to find how easy it is to mix your own beauty products—and once You begin u...