Aromatherapy Body Product Recipes

Essential Oils Make Great Skin Care Cosmetics

Oct 9, 2008

If you don't want the ingredient Parabens in your cosmetics then make your own skin care products using these aromatherapy and essential oils recipes.

Aromatherapy and essential oil products have seen a resurgence because many people don't want the ingredient Parabens in their cosmetics and/or body products.

There is an alternative if you don't want the ingredient Parabens in your cosmetics and body products - you could make your own deodorants, body lotions, hair products, and other cosmetics using aromatherapy and essential oils.

Aromatherapy Is Almost As Old As We Are

Essential oils have been used in cosmetics for as long as cosmetics have been used. There are so many choices and combinations with both the base a vegetable oil and essential oils that you should be able to find a combination that will suit you and your skin type. This is where you need to look up information to match your skin type and try a recipe.

Remember, not all natural plants or plant products are beneficial to health. For example, Deadly Nightshade can be poisonous and Stinging Nettle can sting.

An excellent book source for recipes and information on essential oils and aromatherapy to consider is: The Complete Book of Essential Oils & Aromatherapy by Valerie Ann Worwood, (New World Library San Rafael, California, 1991. Worwood provides a complete list of essential oils that should NOT be used under any circumstances.

Aromatic Oils

Aromatic oils known as essential oils are extracted from nature such as flowers, grasses, fruits, leaves, roots, shrubs and trees.

Essential Oils Have a Multitude of Uses

Essential oils are highly concentrated liquids and can be found in a multitude of remedies both medicinal, cosmetic, food and drink, and household products.

Each single essential oil can be used for many diverse purposes. For example, peppermint oil is used as an anti-inflammatory to treat rheumatism and arthritis. It is also prescribed for relief or discomfort in the digestive system. And peppermint oil extract is used in cooking and after shave lotions.

You can also use a few drops of peppermint essential oil in your bath water for a very refreshing and soothing bath. In fact, Worwood's book provides a recipe for a deodorizer for use all over the body after a bath.

Aromatherapy Recipe for a Body Deodorizer

Dilute these essential oil ingredients in 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Vegetable oils you should use include: Almond, grapeseed, safflower, sunflower.

A few drops go along way! Essential oils are highly concentrated oils and require to be diluted in a vegetable oil base.

Aromatherapy Recipe for a Skin Cleanser

The best thing about making your own body cleansers is you can adjust them to suit your skin type as well as change or adjust them as your skin changes.

Worwood's recipe for a body cleanser is a good oil-based cleansing paste that includes a combination of base oils which can be used for all skin types:

Place all of these ingredients in a blender and mix for two minutes or until a smooth paste is obtained. Store in a jar.

When whipping up a batch of your favorite body products remember to store them in a clean sterilized jar. Use small sterilized jars if you have them.

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