topic Re: Essential Oils in Beauty

Essential Oils

Rachb — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 13:08:20 GMT

I started a thread separate from the Young Living thread since some people might be confused about the the subject line on that one and might not click on it. And because some of us are asking about oils in general, and not necessarily a specific brand. If you use essential oils, please share what oils you use and how you use them. I'm intrigued and I'd like to start incorporating them into my routine. I may also post in the health and wellness board as well for a different audience. So if you browse both, I apologize. Thanks!

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suzyQ3 — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:13:44 GMT

I didn't read your other thread.

Just for clarification, are you talking about essential oils (e.g., lavender oil) or carrier oils (e.g., argan oil, marula oil, etc.)?

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taginsc2016 — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:26:43 GMT

I started using E.O.'s back in the summer. And after trying them on my pets, I decided to try to use them for everything. I now have about 50+. I think my most used oil is Lavender. Simply amazing how many cures Lavender has!!! Tea Tree also but I hate the smell of it.lol

I use Peppermint for aches & pains.

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Rachb — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 19:43:06 GMT

@suzyQ3 essential oils

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Moon Child — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 19:51:00 GMT

I tried a few EOs after I had completed cancer treatments which left me a shadow of my former self. I tried a couple of different sources but was most impressed with those from Original Swiss Aromatics. I can't remember exactly what I started using -- I no longer use the EOs, at least very rarely use them. There was one EO mix that you could use after the shower -- blended for boosting immunity -- and that one I liked using very much as I didn't have to mix it with a carrier oil. But the upside of using EOs wasn't really worth it to me. I received a very small benefit. But maybe a professional aroma therapist would have been more help had I sought their counsel.

I believe it is German chamomille that has a very hypnotic frangrance and I would like to have incorporated it in my life somehow but in the scheme of things I haven't been compelled to do so.

I hope you find the perfect oil(s) for you and good luck to you !

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Toppers — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 02:29:36 GMT

@Rachb wrote:
I started a thread separate from the Young Living thread since some people might be confused about the the subject line on that one and might not click on it. And because some of us are asking about oils in general, and not necessarily a specific brand. If you use essential oils, please share what oils you use and how you use them. I'm intrigued and I'd like to start incorporating them into my routine. I may also post in the health and wellness board as well for a different audience. So if you browse both, I apologize. Thanks!

I really like using essential oils.

Right now I am using Lavender mixed with Ylang ylang. I love that combo. It smells really good together.

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Rachb — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 22:35:18 GMT

Do you diffuse it? Or dab a little between your nose and lip?

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Toppers — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 22:44:12 GMT

@Rachb wrote:
Do you diffuse it? Or dab a little between your nose and lip?

You can certainly diffuse them if you want to.

However, I am using them on my skin. They are already mixed together in a spray.

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Tigriss — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 23:54:59 GMT

I use lavender, peppermint, and frankinscence. I use them for tons of stuff. I have an Essential Oils book of recipes for various things called The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy by Valerie Worwood. IT has tons of recipes for various issues. It is organized by issue, so you just look it up and there it is.

Mine started with Young Living since that is what the specialist uses. There is a local nurse practitioner that has a small office where she does scans of your body and recommends various herbs, vitamins, and EOs to deal with them, sort of an herbalist.It has helped my fibro a great deal and I sleep better. I got my diffusers at TJ Maxx for super cheap, $30, compared to those on the YL. My mother is a distributer. I also use Plant Therapy oils because they are great and much cheaper than YL.

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goldensrbest — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:55:47 GMT

I want to know what you all do with them? I have found that the smell kind of disappears quickly.

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BellaCarro — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 07:40:28 GMT

@Toppers wrote:
@Rachb wrote:
Do you diffuse it? Or dab a little between your nose and lip?
You can certainly diffuse them if you want to.

However, I am using them on my skin. They are already mixed together in a spray.

EO's are really not so great for skin especially long term and in high percentage.

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Debra Nugent — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 08:08:24 GMT

Again not all oils are created equally. I would not trust another brand of oils except for young living as they can not guarantee where the oils came from or what is truly in them. As for using a pure 100% oil on your skin, you most certainly can. I use them daily on my whole family and we are all healthier for it.

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Toppers — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:01:28 GMT

@BellaCarro wrote:
@Toppers wrote:
@Rachb wrote:
Do you diffuse it? Or dab a little between your nose and lip?
You can certainly diffuse them if you want to.

However, I am using them on my skin. They are already mixed together in a spray.
EO's are really not so great for skin especially long term and in high percentage.

I don't understand your post, and what you are saying? Oils are very concentrated. You don't need a large amount to work with, as it is. When you use them on your skin, they are mixed with a carrier oil.

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Barbara-QVC — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:19:10 GMT

This post has been removed by QVC because it is baiting.

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Rachb — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 13:30:52 GMT

Couple of questions....where can I buy rollerballs? Can I use Argan oil as a carrier oil? I see the comment about fractionated coconut oil, but isn't that hard?

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Debra Nugent — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 07:05:03 GMT

Seedtoseal.com is all about how the plants are grown and distilled.

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Debra Nugent — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 07:08:15 GMT

@Rachb roller balls can be bought lots of places. Amazon sells then, the vitamin shop, sprouts farmers market. Most health food stores carry the . Avoid plastic roller balls as citrus oils pull the toxins out of plastic. Metal is best. You can use argon oils. Fractionated coconut oil is always in a liquid state. Never gets hard.

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jewelsluvsbeauty — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 07:38:12 GMT

I started using doTERRA essential oils in August and am loving them. I am now sharing/selling them to friends and family. Great for uplifting mood, imunne support, aches and pains. I am truely amazed. Love their supplements, vitamins. Great company! And like others have said not all essential oils are created equally. the grocery stores say, not for internal use. Most of doTERRAs oils can be used internally as well as topically & aromatically, because they are pure essential oils. (grocery stores oils say they are 100% pure, but they are NOT, if they were pure, you could ingest them)

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BellaCarro — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 07:56:45 GMT

@Rachb, Unlike regular coconut oil, FCO is not solid at 76 degrees. The long chain fatty acid molecules have been removed. Following is a link that sums it pretty well. They are, however, incorrect in stating it will not go rancid. It will. It just has a much longer shelf life.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-fractionated-coconut-oil.htm

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BellaCarro — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 09:53:07 GMT

@jewelsluvsbeauty wrote:
I started using doTERRA essential oils in August and am loving them. I am now sharing/selling them to friends and family. Great for uplifting mood, imunne support, aches and pains. I am truely amazed. Love their supplements, vitamins. Great company! And like others have said not all essential oils are created equally. the grocery stores say, not for internal use. Most of doTERRAs oils can be used internally as well as topically & aromatically, because they are pure essential oils. (grocery stores oils say they are 100% pure, but they are NOT, if they were pure, you could ingest them)

Which EO would you recommend to ingest and for what benefit?

How can "pure" be determined exactly? Doesn't the FDA require proper INCI names be listed on EO's? If my EO states Anthemis nobilis and only Anthemis nobilis how can that not contain only Roman Chamomile? I think the IRFA has a similar requirement. I hear they are really sticklers. Not sure I'd want to explain myself to either group if I was not disclosing all ingredients. Not to mention some of the EO review sites. Have you read about the co. that did, in fact, mistake their Blue Tansy? Some of the EO review groups take random co. samples of random EOs and send them to labs. It's the kiss of death to a supplier if one comes back misrepresented within the EO community.