Essential oils are great for wrinkles, sagging skin, stretch marks, dark spots, acne and also great moisturizer. There are also oils for oily skin. Who knew that applying an essential oil helps with oily skin?! You can also use EO's for diaper rash and chapped skin. My girlfriend has a 10 month old daughter that sucks her thumb and her skin is chapped around her thumb, poor baby. I hope she has tried the recipe I sent over to her.
For Extremely chapped skin
**Mixture of Coconut Oil, Shea Butter, Frankincense and Lavender**
I'll update you when I try these oils on my own skin and get back to you about my friends baby's chapped thumb.
Top Essential Oils for Skincare
1. Carrot Seed Essential Oil has a rejuvenating effect on the skin. It not only works to help smooth skin, but assists with cell regeneration. For this reason, it can help to fade scars and improve the tone of aging skin.
2. Frankincense Essential Oil has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory benefits to the skin, making it ideal for acne-prone skin. It is also a natural toner, decreasing the appearance of pores and evening skin-tone. It is cytophylactic, which means that it helps protect existing cells and encourage new cell growth. For this reason helps reduce wrinkles, tighten skin, and reduce the appearance of scars. It also helps soothe chapped, dry skin.
3. Geranium Essential Oil helps regulate oil production and reduces acne breakouts. It also helps improve skin elasticity and tighten skin, reducing the appearance of wrinkles. It also promotes blood circulation to the areas where it is applied, helps to heal bruises, broken capillaries, burns, cuts, dermatitis, eczema, ringworm and other skin conditions. This one seems to be a great overall skin healer!
4. Lavender Essential Oil I personally have this one and is my go to for almost everything. It is safe for baby and children. It helps regenerate skin cells so it is great for mature skin, sun spots and scarring. It's also great for all skin types. I have used this on cooking burns, scrapes etc. If my 4 year old has a boo-boo she says, "mommy I need some lavender."
5. Lemon Essential Oil is a wonderful natural astringent and antibacterial. It is extremely beneficial to those with oil skin and acne-prone complexions. It also helps tone the skin and reduce the appearance of pores.
6. Myrrh Essential Oil greatly benefits aging skin. It has strong anti-inflammatory properties that help improve skin tone, firmness, and skin elasticity, reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Myrrh can also help heal sun damage, chapped skin, rashes and eczema.
7. Neroli Essential Oil is great for oily, sensitive and mature skin. It helps to smooth fine lines and tone sagging skin. This rejuvenating oil contains a natural chemical called citral, which helps regenerate cells. For this reason, it is said to be very good at preventing and healing stretch marks. Its antiseptic properties also balance oil production and shrink the appearance of pores without drying the skin.
8. Patchouli Essential Oil is great for aging skin. It promotes new cell growth and smooths the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. It is also has properties of an antiseptic, antifungal, and antibacterial, it can also benefit skin conditions such as eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, and acne.
9. Tea Tree Essential Oil is one of the more well-known essential oils for acne-prone skin. Its antibacterial properties help ward off acne-causing bacteria. It also helps regulate oil production, which can decrease the severity and incidence of breakouts.
10. Ylang Ylang Essential Oil has a rich floral fragrance. It helps to control oil production and minimize breakouts. It also helps regenerate skin cells, smooth fine lines and improve skin elasticity. Another oil great for all skin types.
11. Rosehip Essential Oil is full of vitamins, antioxidants and essential fatty acids tht are know to correct dark spots and hydrate dry, itchy skin, all while reducing scars and fine lines. with skin rejuvenating properties like vitamin C and lycopene, rosehip oil is a good solution to repair the skin's surface, restore elasticity and protect against sun and pollution stressors that can lead to wrinkles.
12. Helichrysium Italicum Essential Oil has a wide range of remarkable medicinal properties. However, it is very costly and scarcely available but it is a great essential to have. A few of the properties include, anti-allergenic, anti-inflammatory, helps heal wounds quickly and scars disappear faster, antimicrobial, antiseptic, emollient, it helps promote cell health, stimulates new cell production.
Photosensitivity and Essential Oils
You should avoid sun exposure for 12 to 48 hours, following the application of photosensitive oils.
These include:
Angelica, Bergamot, Grapefruit, Lime, Ginger, Tangerine, Lemon, and some other citrus oils.
These oil compounds known to be photoxic - making the skin more susceptible to damage by light exposure. Exposing your skin to UV rays or sunlight after applying a photosensitizing oil could result in pigmentation, blisters, rash or even serious burns.
Carrier Oils for Skin Application
Borage Seed Oil - Borage seed oil is often taken internally to support skin health, but external application also has therapeutic benefits. It has high levels of gamma linolenic acid which make it very suitable for damaged and dry skin, stretch marks, eczema, or psoriasis. It is also useful for relieving female productive complaints, such as PMS, endometriosis, and menopausal symptoms. Borage seed oil may promote a youthful glow to the skin, and its scent is uplifting.
Caprylic Capric Triglycerides - Caprylic capric triglycerides are a specialized esterification of coconut oil with a very light, silky, and non-greasy feel. Several key benefits include, nourishing the skin, helping to extend the shelf life of products due to its antioxidant properties, and provides noticeable silkiness to the skin. Caprylic capric triglycerides encourage rejuvenation of the skin and form a protective barrier for the skin. In addition, it is non-allergenic making it an excellent choice for sensitive and oily skin.
Coconut Oil - Virtually odorless, coconut oil is a very popular carrier oil because its scent doesn't compete with the essential oils that are added to it. It softens the skin and helps reduce dry, inflamed, and itchy skin. However, some people have reported that it clogs their pores and creates additional breakouts when used on the face.
Grapeseed Oil - Grapeseed oil is suitable for all skin types and non-allergenic. It is a very gentle moisturizer and leaves the skin feeling smooth. It is odorless, tasteless, and easily absorbed. Grapeseed oil contains the potent antioxidant flavonoid oligomeric procyanidin (OPC), which helps protect against cellular and tissue damage. Grapeseed oil also contains high levels of vitamin E and helps promote healthy circulation, aids the healing of wounds, speeds up cell regeneration, reduces the appearance of blemishes and scars, and encourages a youthful flow of the skin. It also has anti-inflammatory properties making it a great choice to add to a soothing aromatherapy blend.
Jojoba Oil - Jojoba is a liquid ester similar to the one in our skin and not an oil. It rapidly penetrates the skin, is non-allergenic, and is beneficial to all skin types. It doesn't go rancid and has a very long shelf-life. It balances the skins pH, helps unclog pores, hydrates the skin, and may prevent stretch marks. Jojoba is popular for acne blends because it helps unclog pores and helps control the buildup of excess sebum. It contains a waxy substance that mimics collagen and is antibacterial to prevent or treat skin infections. It is also popular for the hair, where it increases its luster, reduces the appearance of gray hair, encourages healthy hair growth, and decreases scalp dryness.
Dilution Ratios
0.3% 1 drop EO per 2 tsp Carrier Oil
1.5% 2 drops EO per teaspoon
3.0% 4 drops EO per teaspoon
5.0% 7 drops EO per teaspoon
Maximum Strength Dilution Ratios
20% 30 drops EO per teaspoon
33% 48 drops EO per teaspoon
50% 73 drops EO per teaspoon
*Not all oils have the same consistency and it also depends on the dropper used. But this gives a good reference on where to start with your dilutions. It is best to start out small and always check for skin sensitivity, therefore try the 0.3% dilution ratio first.
As for a dilution ratio for babies or treating young children always use the least dilution percentage (0.3%) babies and children skin is very sensitive. ALWAYS check to see if the essential oil is safe to use on them. Lavender is an all around safe EO for children and great for treating diaper rash.
Personally, I will be trying Ylang Ylang and Frankincense with Jojoba Carrier Oil on my skin. I'll keep you posted! Hopefully, my youthful fine lines,wrinkles and acne will disappear before my eyes! I'm looking forward to it!
References: Surviving When Modern Medicine Fails A definitive guide to essential oils that could save your life during a crisis 2nd Edition Dr. Scott A. Johnson
www.bodyunburdened.com
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