At all times, people use essential oils to rejuvenate the skin;They are also called incense, which have unique lingering odors and a spicy taste.
Essential oils are obtained from oilseed plants by extracting strong-smelling volatile substances from their small glands.
They have a powerful healing effect on a person, affecting health, thanks to which you can gain vigor and rejuvenate the skin.
The choice of fragrances becomes more sophisticated with age;After 45 years, women usually give preference to sweet and bright floral aromas, which, like woody and spicy ones, effectively rejuvenate the human body and, of course, the skin.Aromatic baths are made with essential oils for health and beauty.
Essential oils for skin rejuvenation.
The best anti-aging essential oils for skin are: sandalwood and neroli, frankincense and rose, fennel and grapefruit, myrrh and lime, geranium and cedarwood, lime and jasmine, patchouli and vetiver, lemon and turmeric, lavender and rosemary, sage and nutmeg, rosewood and petitgrain.
It is recommended to take not one oil, but several, for example 5-6.Essential oils must be added to the base.Neutral fatty oils, creams and lotions are used as a base.
The following oils are suitable for the base or base: wheat germ, primrose, jojoba and avocado, cedar and walnut, coconut, mango and cocoa, pistachios and peach seeds, argan and borage, apricot and grape seeds.To rejuvenate your skin you can take:
- 3 drops each of ylang-ylang, vetiver and benzoin oils;
- or 5 drops each of frankincense, sandalwood, and carrot seed oils;
- 3 drops each of neroli and myrrh oils.
Pure oil blends can only be used for normal to dry skin, while ready-made creams are more suitable for oily skin.But it is not recommended to add essential oils to ready-made, store-bought cosmetics!
When preparing mixtures and creams, fatty oils, it is also recommended to take not one, but several: 2-4 oils.
Regular care is necessary for any skin.And if you include incense in your daily skincare routine, it can become a pleasure.
Taking into account skin types, a selection has been made for the use of essential oils for skin care, based on the recommendations of generally recognized experts in the field of cosmetology and aromatherapy: D. Redford, V. Stix.
Essential oils for normal skin.
Jasmine, orange, geranium, lavender, ylang-ylang, lemon (no more than a drop), rose, neroli, chamomile.Or make this compositional combination:
- 5 drops of lavender and geranium oil, 2 drops of neroli oil, 3 drops of orange, 1-ylang-ylang;
- 2 jasmine oils, 5 drops of chamomile, 1 of rose and 3 drops of sandalwood and 3 of lavender.
Essential oils for oily skin:
Ylang-ylang, verbena, bergamot, lavender, lemongrass, camphor, rosemary, petitgrain, thyme.Or such compositional combinations:
- five drops of bergamot, three drops of petitgrain and three drops of verbena, two drops of ylang-ylang and two drops of thyme;
- five drops of lavender, rosemary and lemongrass and two drops of myrtle and thyme.
For dry skin:
Essential oils: lavender, rosewood, chamomile, palmarosa, vetiver, ylang-ylang, benzoin, neroli.From them the following compositional solutions can be developed:
- three drops of vetiver, benzoin, ylang-ylang, rosewood and five drops of palmarosa;
- or five drops of chamomile essential oil, two drops of ylang-ylang and neroli, three drops of lavender.
- another compositional combination: geranium, chamomile, petitgrain.
For sensitive skin:
Essential oils of lavender, hyssop, lemon balm, chamomile, rosemary, yarrow, sandalwood.And such compositional combinations of these oils:
- five drops of chamomile, yarrow, lemon balm, three drops of rosemary;
- five drops of chamomile, sandalwood, lavender and two drops of hyssop.
How to make anti-aging facial cream
Ingredients: 5 ml of jojoba, coconut and wheat germ oil, 5 grams of emulsifier, soy lecithin is suitable.
Stir, heat in a water bath to 60 degrees, add 70 ml of warm water and beat well.The mixture becomes like milk.Once the mixture has cooled to 40 degrees, essential oils are added.
In order for the prepared cream to be stored longer, it is necessary to add a preservative to it, which is also purchased in special stores, just like aromatic oils;Be careful, the preservative must be free of parabens.
As a preservative, you can use citrosept, purchased at the pharmacy, or use grapefruit seed extract, then the prepared cream will be stored in the refrigerator for almost a month.
From the resulting cream, you can make a rejuvenating scrub by adding olives, ground apricot seeds or bamboo powder.Just don't forget to reduce the concentration of oils or not include them in the scrub.The composition of fatty oils can be changed at your discretion, as you wish.
Some tips: When exposed to the sun, citrus essential oils can cause photodermatoses or pigment rashes, so after applying the cream to the skin, try not to go outside for two hours.
The best toner for aging skin is considered to be rose water, which is used to cleanse the skin after washing, before applying the cream.
Essential oils for skin rejuvenation are applied every night to the face, neck and décolleté.Cosmetics made from natural ingredients have a beneficial effect on the skin, unify the tone and complexion and give it luminosity, activate metabolic processes, cleanse and rejuvenate.