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spritz or rose gel mask. Because of its Carrier oils like sweet almond, avocado,
exceedingly high cost per millilitre, rose jojoba and wheat germ are amongst the
essential oil is very rare and expensive. safest for sensitive and elderly skins.
Essential oil companies sell Rose Absolute
which is extracted from the fresh rose How to use the oils
petals. For those trying Absolutes for the Your basic 3 step process should be:
first time, I strongly recommend that you 1) 6 ml of essential oil + 5ml glycerine (for
dilute them. dry skin types); 5gm aloe vera (for sensitive
skin types) + 2ml pure distilled water
Sandalwood oil (Santalum album) 2) Shake the blend or whisk it thoroughly
and add it to a spritzer bottle. Store in the
fridge for up to 10 days.
3) Close your eyes. Hold the bottle up and
away from your skin and spray your face
gently.
Do not spray peppermint on your face
ever! The best way to use peppermint oil,
especially if you are new to it, is to first
dilute it in distilled water. 1: 5 ratio (one
The same unfortunate story of rose oil is drop peppermint to 5ml distilled water).
repeated with sandalwood. India had vast Add 1 drop of pure lavender essential oil.
reserves of sandalwood trees especially
in Southern India. Sandalwood oil is just Cold compress works wonders
amazing. It keeps you refreshed, it helps
skin against ageing, it is one of the best oils
for calming and relaxing the mind, nerves
and muscles of our body. Traditionally and
till today, a paste of pure sandalwood and
rose water is made on a stone and used on
the skin. This paste helps cool the skin and
take care of scars and heat rashes.
These are some of the products you could
use to blend your essential oils:
Glycerin is great for the skin because it acts Making an aromatic cold compress is
as a humectant, which is a substance that simple. If you choose peppermint — Add
allows the skin to retain moisture. It can 2 drops of peppermint essential oil; if you
increase skin hydration, relieve dryness, opt for any other oil— and 6 -10 drops of
and refresh the skin’s surface. any of the other above mentioned essential
Aloe vera in a pure preferably organic oils to a 100ml ice- water bowl. Make a cold
gel form is the best coolant for inflamed, compress by soaking a small face towel
sunburnt and hot irritated skin. in the ice aromatic water and squeezing
Distilled water is the cleanest safest bet for out the excess water. Use the aromatic
your hydrosols (flower / herb waters) cold compress on your forehead and pulse
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