Essential Oils for the Different Types of Skin

Your skin is a reflection of your inner vitality. For your skin to be the best it can be, it needs natural nutrients to stimulate cellular activity and to protect against external aggressors. By eating right, getting appropriate fresh air and exercise and using natural ingredients for your skin, you will not only look beautiful, but feel great too!Essential Oils for Types of SkinSKINCARE (General) Lavender, rose, rosemary camphor, cypress, geranium, chamomiles, rosewood, geranium essential oils and hydrosolsACNE: Tea tree, Manuka, Helichrysum,...

A Helpful Glossary of Aromatherapy Terms

How many times have you come across a description of a specific essential oil you are interested in only to find that the language used to describe its effects are just as foreign as its uses.I've compiled a list that should help decipher any of those terms you should come across.Enjoy!Glossary of Aromatherapy TermsABORTIFACIENT: Induces childbirth or premature labor.AEROPHAGY. An excess of air in the alimentary canal that is relieved through burping or flatulence.ALTERATIVE: Gradually improves the nutritional state of the body.ANALGESIC: Relieves...

What Are Essential Oils?

The term Essential Oil comes from the Latin word "essentia" meaning "essence" and are volatile, meaning "to fly" because they are a liquid that quickly becomes gaseous. Essential Oils are highly concentrated and potent oils extracted from plants, trees, shrubs, flowers and leaves or any other natural component. Aromatherapy is the process of diffusing pure essential oils, and thus plant essences, which then are absorbed through inhalation and our sense of smell. Smell has an effect on our perceptions and how we react physically, emotionally,...

History of Aromatherapy

HISTORY OF AROMATHERAPY With origins dating back over 5000 years, Aromatherapy is truly one of the oldest methods of holistic healing. In the Beginning: Ancient man was dependent on his surroundings for everything from food, to shelter and clothing. Being so keenly aware of everything around him, and how it could be used for survival, he quickly discovered methods to preserve food and treat ailments through herbs and aromatics. Aromatherapy, as it is practiced today, began with the Egyptians, who used the method of infusion to extract the oils...

What Is Aromatherapy?

What is Aromatherapy? Aromatherapy is the science and art of using naturally extracted aromatic essences from Essential Oils which are highly concentrated and potent extracts in their purest, most condensed state from plants, trees, shrubs, flowers and leaves, seeds, resins, roots, bark, etc. They are like the life-force or life-blood of the plant. They can be extracted by steam distillation, cold pressed or CO2 extracted, they are the plant’s ‘soul’. Essential oils are used to balance the natural harmony in your body, and promote the health of...