Does your skin need some attention ?

Are you lacking in time out ?

A great quick and easy scrub that can be applied before having a shower ~

1 cup of brown sugar

1/2 cup of coconut oil

3 drops each of geranium and lemon essential oils

Mix all ingredients together, stand in the shower recess and rub the scrub mixture all over your body when you have done this stand a side turn on the water and rinse off.

Organic coconut oil can be applied as a body moisturiser after your shower with your favourite essential oils added for a luxurious oil treatment.

Coconut oil is my favourite oil’s to use on it’s own.

Why?    It absorbs very easily and doesn’t leave a greasy feeling like other vegetable or carrier oils.

How does it absorb so easily?      

It has a small molecular structure and therefore is more easily absorbed into the skin .

Why should you use coconut oil?   

Coconut oil has many benefits for ues on the skin for example it is anti-inflammatory, has a cooling affect, vulnerary and nourishing.

It is also recommended for it’s nutritional benefits as well.

What does coconut oil do for the skin?  

It is very nourishing leaving your skin feeling soft and silky, I recommend it for dry, cracked or sensitve skin condition’s.

Coconut oil can be used for wound healing, acne, insect bites, stretch marks, eczema, cooling for menopausal hot flushes and it also aids in protecting the skin from the sun. I recommend it for sunburn as it has a cooling effect on the skin.

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Coconut and Lemon Hand Scrub ~

1 tablespoon of dried shredded coconut

10ml organic coconut oil

Juice of ¼ lemon

1 teaspoon of raw sugar

Combine all ingredients together~ then rub all over your hands ~ rinse with warm water ~ pat dry ` apply and blend of coconut oil, 2 drops each of calendula, rose and mandarin essential oils.

Your hands with be nourished and silky soft to touch ~

I have to write about my Aromatique Essentials first live webinar, it was fabulous! I had a great time, and from the comments received so did our participants.

Aromatherapy is such an amazing tool,we are blessed to have it available, to use for healing on all levels ‘Body, Mind and Soul’

What did we cover?

The properties and uses of basil and bergamot essential oils with lots of recipes and recommendations on how they can be used topically and via areal

sprays and inhalations.

We are going to up load a snippet for you all to see on Monday!

It doesn’t matter if you can not attend the live webinars as they will be available to download at you convenience and you will always have them to refer to, for as long as you like!

I welcome feed back and any questions you have in regards to the webinars.

Much love ‘n’ smiles always …

Julie

Winter is coming and the weather is cooling, here we will take a look at some essential oils you can use through various methods of applications. Yes here I go again, if in doubt do not use or consult with a qualified Aromatherapist! Always research the contra-indications so you will know when NOT to use them.

When using essentials oils to help reduce the risk of catching a cold I highly recommend a diffuser, they are not cheap however they are very effective. You simply place neat essential oils (10-20 drops) in and turn them on for about 15 mins every 3 hours or so. Research has found that the essential oil molecules stay floating in the air for up to 4 hours. (use 3-5 oils in a blend)

Inhalations either dry or steam are very effective for clearing congestion in your sinus cavities, reducing inflammation and headaches, lowering temperature and boosting your immune.

foot baths are used for headaches, reducing tired aching muscles.

Full body baths for aching body from flu and cold symptoms, relaxing, lowering and raising body temperature, boosting the immune. oils to use in the diffuser, citrus are excellent anti-septic, rosemary, basil, sandalwood, myrtle, eucalyptus, tea tree, ravensara, lavender, peppermint, juniper, cypress, fragonia,rosewood. they are all good Bug Busters!

When using essential oils for treating many conditions it is a good idea to use them firstly as a preventative treatment, this way we can stop , slow down or reduce the symptoms.

Sore throats

Myrrh, tea tree, eucalyptus, peppermint

or

Ravensara, red myrtle, tea tree and sandalwood, 20 drops of each in 50 ml of vegetable oil. Apply 3-4 times a day.

Chest cold (congestion)

Thyme, peppermint, myrtle and ravensara

or

eucalyptus smithii *( more calming than E.globulus or radiata), tea tree, thyme and frankincense

or

red myrtle, thyme, sandalwood and fragonia

for the above recommendations use 20 drops of each in 100 ml of vegetable oil, apply over chest and back areas 3 times a day.

Tired aching muscles from cold or flu

Here you can have nice warm bath fill four bath to desired height and temperature add essential oils and agitate before stepping in. !0 -15 minutes maximum for this recommendation, the oils will aid in relaxation

German chamomile, frankincense and clary sage 3-4 drops of each-( for an adult)

Lavender, sweet Marjoram and cypress 3-4 drops of each -(for an adult)

* Eucalyptus globulus and radiata should not be used on someone with chronic recuring lung infections, they can over stimulate the bronchi and have an adverse effect.