August 19th, 2008 -- Posted in aromatherapy recipe, essential oil recipe |
The woes of the teenage daughter continue, and now she wants a face scrub. Not having the money to go and buy her a top of the range model I made her one from the things i already had in the kitchen.
- 2 tablespoon ground almonds
- 1 teaspoon raw egg white
- 3 drops lemon oil
- 1 drop tea tree oil
Mix everything together in a teacup and apply to a wet face with wet hands. Gently scrub the skin and then rinse with water.
I make two toners for my teeangers, both are based on witch hazel. I add a few drops of lemon oil for the girls and a few drops of cedar oil for the boys.
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August 17th, 2008 -- Posted in aromatherapy oil, essential oil |
Oh woe is me! That was my teenage daughter yesterday morning as a spot broke out on her face, just before the “big date”. Luckily I have a couple of essential oil recipes up my sleeve for just such an occasion.
Usually we just use Tea Tree Oil, dabbed directly on the offending pimple. This is particularly good for septic looking pustules. It usually clears them within a day or so, and an improvement is seen far more quickly. This time, however I decided to try a recipe I found using some new oils I have just got.
Essential oil Acne Recipe
1 drop each of Lemon oil, Lavender oil and Rosemary oil in six drops of evening primrose oil.
It worked like a charm. The spot, which I admit was not very big to begin with, had gone thirty six hours later. I’ve made a bigger batch in a dropper bottle for her now because the mix will improve if left, and become more potent.
Lemon and Lavender are well known antispetic oils, and she much preferred the smell to the medicinal smell of the Tea Tree oil. ( I’ll admit I snuck a few drops of Tea tree into her special bottle.) Evening primrose oil is the ideal carrier for this because of its skin healing properties.
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