Lavender Body Butter Recipe

Ingredients 1/4 cup (1.5oz) Cocoa Butter 1 cup (6oz) Shea Butter 2 tablespoons Kukui or Sweet Almond oil 1 tablespoon Jojoba oil 1 tablespoon Rosehip or Sea Buckthorn oil 1/4 teaspoon Vitamin E (or 1 capsule) 1 teaspoon Corn Starch (reduces the “greasy” feeling) Lavender Flower Blend Lavender Spice Blend 20 drops Lavender essential oil 20 drops Lavender essential oil 5 drops...

Brown Sugar Body Scrub Recipe

Ingredients 1/2 cup (110g) Brown Sugar or Turbinado Sugar 2 tablespoons (30ml) Sweet Almond or other carrier oilof your choice Optional: 1 tablespoon (15ml) Vegetable Glycerin 10 drops Vanilla Absolute essential oil 4 drops Sandalwood essential oil 1 drop Ylang Ylang essential oil Directions Using a metal spoon, stir together sugar, oil and glycerin (if using) in a glass or ceramic bowl (or even the...

Treating emotional conditions

N.B. This list has been compiled from several sources. For mental and emotional states, the appropriate oils can all be used in baths, inhalation, massage and room fragrance. A drop on a handkerchief or tissue can be sniffed in emergencies. MENTAL/EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS     RECOMMENDED OILS Absent-mindedness Cedarwood Ageing, feeling of tiredness Tangerine Anger Chamomile, Mint, Ylang Ylang Anxiety Cedarwood,...

How to Make Body Scrubs

Consider learning how to make body scrubs if you want to indulge in body scrubs, but don’t want to pay the high prices to make your skin soft and smooth. Homemade natural body scrub is just as effective as the expensive ones you find in the salon, and better yet, homemade scrubs can be tailored to meet your skin’s specific needs. Don’t fret if you don’t know how to make body scrubs. Making...

Tangerine/Mandarin essential oil (Citrus reticulata)

Character Refined, soft, cheerful, uplifting, sweet Tangerine or mandarin oil is expressed from the zest of the citrus fruit, that originated in China and is now cultivated in other warm climate, including the USA and Sicily. Tangerine and Mandarin trees come from the same botanical source. Tangerine oil is a yellow-gold colour, with a light blue fluorescence in the best quality oils (quality depends on the time of...