Make Your Own Aromatherapy Face Oils
- Adapted from untrainedhousewife.com
Oil on your face? Well, yes. Cold-pressed vegetable oils are nourishing to the skin, natural and free of all the preservatives and synthetic fragrances you find in typical commercial face creams. Vegetable, nut and seed oils also absorb well into the skin, unlike mineral oils that can clog the pores. By adding essential oils to light base oils, you can make your own facial oil for any skin type
Good carrier oils for a face oil include ~
Apricot kernel and peach kernel oil: light, odorless and easily absorbed
Jojoba oil: a balancing oil that is especially good for combination or oily skin, but can also be used on dehydrated and dry skin
Rosehip oil: great for aging skin, believed to have rejuvenating properties
sweet almond oil: suitable for most skin types and easily absorbed
Calendula oil: anti-inflammatory and healing, great for sensitive skin
for dry skin, avocado oil is especially rich and nourishing
Great essential oils for a face oil include ~
Rose (Rosa centifolia or damascena): an excellent choice for dry, sensitive or aging skin, for thread veins and for couperosa
Frankincense (Boswellia carterii): one of the best choices for anti-wrinkle oils and creams.
Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens): especially good for combination skin as it balances sebum production
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia/officinalis/vera): good for most skin types; it helps the growth of healthy new skin cells and balances sebum production
Neroli (Citrus aurantium): a rejuvenating oil, great for dry, aging or sensitive skin
Palmarosa (Cympobogon martinii): good for most skin types, including combination skin; it balances sebum production but is also hydrating
Chamomile (Roman or German varieties: Anthemis nobilis or Matricaria chamomilla ) is great for sensitive skin
Available at http://www.naturessunshine.com/us/products/single-oils/cat-3-28.aspx
When blending face oils, make a more diluted blend than when making body oils. 1% dilution is usually enough: the skin on the face is more delicate than on the body. When making your own body oils, you can choose essential oils for their therapeutic properties or simply for their scent. Blending, is an art: it takes time, and some trial and error, to create a good blend.
The suggested ratio for your face is a 1% blend which is equal to 20 drops of essential oil(s) and 100 ml base oil(s
Use your homemade face oil instead of a face cream (especially at night). You can even use face oils on oily skin types – choose light and balancing base oils, such as jojoba or peach/apricot kernel, and add essential oils that balance sebum production, such as Lavender, Geranium or Palmarosa. If the idea of using oil on an oily skin puts you off, use your homemade face oil as an occasional treatment for oily skin.
- Adapted from untrainedhousewife.com
Oil on your face? Well, yes. Cold-pressed vegetable oils are nourishing to the skin, natural and free of all the preservatives and synthetic fragrances you find in typical commercial face creams. Vegetable, nut and seed oils also absorb well into the skin, unlike mineral oils that can clog the pores. By adding essential oils to light base oils, you can make your own facial oil for any skin type
Good carrier oils for a face oil include ~
Apricot kernel and peach kernel oil: light, odorless and easily absorbed
Jojoba oil: a balancing oil that is especially good for combination or oily skin, but can also be used on dehydrated and dry skin
Rosehip oil: great for aging skin, believed to have rejuvenating properties
sweet almond oil: suitable for most skin types and easily absorbed
Calendula oil: anti-inflammatory and healing, great for sensitive skin
for dry skin, avocado oil is especially rich and nourishing
Great essential oils for a face oil include ~
Rose (Rosa centifolia or damascena): an excellent choice for dry, sensitive or aging skin, for thread veins and for couperosa
Frankincense (Boswellia carterii): one of the best choices for anti-wrinkle oils and creams.
Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens): especially good for combination skin as it balances sebum production
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia/officinalis/vera): good for most skin types; it helps the growth of healthy new skin cells and balances sebum production
Neroli (Citrus aurantium): a rejuvenating oil, great for dry, aging or sensitive skin
Palmarosa (Cympobogon martinii): good for most skin types, including combination skin; it balances sebum production but is also hydrating
Chamomile (Roman or German varieties: Anthemis nobilis or Matricaria chamomilla ) is great for sensitive skin
Available at http://www.naturessunshine.com/us/products/single-oils/cat-3-28.aspx
When blending face oils, make a more diluted blend than when making body oils. 1% dilution is usually enough: the skin on the face is more delicate than on the body. When making your own body oils, you can choose essential oils for their therapeutic properties or simply for their scent. Blending, is an art: it takes time, and some trial and error, to create a good blend.
The suggested ratio for your face is a 1% blend which is equal to 20 drops of essential oil(s) and 100 ml base oil(s
Use your homemade face oil instead of a face cream (especially at night). You can even use face oils on oily skin types – choose light and balancing base oils, such as jojoba or peach/apricot kernel, and add essential oils that balance sebum production, such as Lavender, Geranium or Palmarosa. If the idea of using oil on an oily skin puts you off, use your homemade face oil as an occasional treatment for oily skin.
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