Using Essential Oils For A Healthy Looking Hair

For oily, dry, or normal hair, it is wise to begin with an all natural shampoo which is comprised only of pure essential oils.

You may wonder why hair becomes so dry and dull anyways. Chlorine, chemicals in hair treatments, sun exposure, heat, well water or even using the wrong conditioner as well as shampoo for your hair all some of the many ways your gets extremely dull and dry.  Here is an easy cure to have healthier looking hair. Keep in mind that a poor diet, not taking a multi vitamin ever day, many medications side effects and various medical treatments can cause your hair to appear unhealthy, dry and damaged.

By adding the recommended amounts of essential oil to your baby shampoo or all natural product, you can give your hair major therapy. If you take the time to read most ingredients on a bottle of shampoo you will find the chemicals are very hard on the hair and many cannot even be pronounced.   Many companies are implementing the use of coconut products even though they don’t lather up quickly but do have excellent cleaning ability. Coconut products are less likely to have all of the added extra chemicals of most other shampoos.

Most baby shampoos are made from olive or soy oils which are very mild on the hair and skin. A baby shampoo base can be used to add essential oils to as it is already gentle for the hair and skin. By adding 40 droppers of essential oil to your shampoo, you are creating a very healthy shampoo.

For a person with dry hair, you should add 4 droppers of Ylang Ylang essential oil, 6 droppers of Geranium essential oil and 10 droppers of Rosewood essential oil to you baby shampoo. Only use pure essential oils though.

For a person who has extremely oily hair, you should add 8 droppers of patchouli essential oil, 8 droppers of lemon essential oil, and 4 droppers of lavender essential oil to your 4 ounces of tear free baby shampoo. Of course, you can use any other all natural shampoo you choose but baby shampoo is recommended for best results.

For a person who has normal hair, it is advised to add 20 drops of the combination of rosemary, geranium, cedar wood, clary sage, and rosemary to your 4 ounces of tear free baby shampoo. Keep in mind how rosemary adds body to your hair as well as a deeper shine.

If you suffer from split ends, you can add 5 droppers o rosemary, 5 droppers of ylang ylang essential oil, and 10 droppers of sandalwood essential oil to your 4 ounces of tear free baby shampoo.

With any of these shampoos, you will need to wet your hair well, gently massage 2 or 3 teaspoons of a tear free shampoo into your hair by rubbing briskly for several minutes. Leave the massaged shampoo on your head for at least an hour for optimal results.  If not, rinse as usual.

 

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Benefits Of Essential Oils

I am suffering from this on and off knee pain. My dad was born with a weak knee. He could rotate his knee-cap all by himself.  My brother has these frequent attacks of knee-cap dislocation. During extreme cold I am having difficulty in moving my knees. It was just like a heavy dull sensation on my knees.  I am worried, because I’m only 20 years old.  I thought that only elderly are getting this joint pain, every time they’re exposed to extreme cold.  Prolong sitting with my legs crossed sometimes precipitate the attacks.  I asked some medical advice, and they give these pain relievers to prevent the occurrence of attacks.  There are medications that can’t control my knee pain.  I’ve been trying some herbal remedies to treat my knee problem. However, the effectiveness is not that excellent. I was reading through the internet when I read about essential oils. It was said that these oils are extracted from some plants that may have healing capability.  These oils are used in aromatherapy. What I know that about this therapy is it relaxes the mind. I might need it, because I noticed that my pain is sometimes stressed induced. So I decided to read more articles about aromatherapy. I have this strong notion that aromatherapy and essential oils would render me comfort from this knee problems.

So I make it a point that I usually set up a bowl with a mix of essential oils, water and some petals of roses.  I positioned the bowl inside my room every bedtime.  This is a relaxing scent after a strenuous day from work. I can sleep easily despite of the stress I am over thinking after work.  The knee pains attacks became lesser in terms of intensity and frequency.  With these good effects, I decided to continue my aromatherapy with essential oils every night.  It came to a point that I was not even experiencing a knee pain for almost a month.  This is an amazing therapeutic effect from essential oils.

My mom is asking me about my knee pain, and I said to her that this might be a stress induced pain.  She was trying to ask follow up questions.  However, I find it hard answering her questions by the phone. So I just sent her a package of essential oils and aromatherapy kit. She may find the answers to her questions there.

She phoned me the moment she received the package. My mom was asking tons of questions concerning aromatherapy and essential oils. I tried my best to make a decent explanation of everything.  That same night she tried setting up the aromatherapy kit and the essential oils.  She never gave me a ring that night. I am worried what might happen to her. Exactly at 8 in the morning I received a call from her, the essential oils gave her a goodnight sleep.  Now she knows all the answers for her questions. It is all because of essential oils!

 

I write for TIR Massage Stone, the leading massage stones provider. They carry all the products needed for a  hot stone massage kit, as well as cold stone therapy.

An Overview Of Lavender Essential Oils

The production of pure lavender essential oil results from steam distillation of lavender plants. Lavandula officinalis creates a more complex and hoped essential oil, but is more costly because of the trouble in creating it. It’s easier to grow Lavandula angustifolia, but the oil it produces can not be used in as many ways. Often, lavender oil is packaged as “lavandin”, a low quality, cheap oil that one should not use at all for health purposes.

Lavender Profile

Lavender has a sweet scent of a flower. It’s classified as a middle note oil, but depending on what’s it’s mixed with it could be thought of as a top note or key. The content includes linalyl acetate, cumarin, nerol, cineol, lavandulylacetate, caryophyllene, geranial, linaloal, and fat aldehydes.

The properties are calm, comfort, and help correct conditions. It’s mild, cooling, and sterilized. Lavender is thought of to be the universal oil, and can be mixed with may other oils to gain a great deal of benefits. Aroma therapists will often say that lavender is a must have.

Physical Benefits

Lavender essential oils helps with particularly dry or acne prostrate skin. You can also rub a drop or two on the temples for stress migraine relief. The cooling, comforting and skin corrective effects are great for anti-inflammatory suntan care. It acts as a insect repellent and can drive back bugs and take the bite away from bites.

Because of the anti-redness and convulsive effects lavender has, it’s excellent to use when dealing with respiratory problems. Children can gain from the benefits of lavender essential oil too. Its humidifying and exciting effects help with dry scalp and hair shine.

Mental Effects

The pacifying and comforting effects of lavender assist neutralizing stress hormones. Lavender essential oil works also as a antidepressant and helps improve moods. If you have trouble sleeping, lavender essential oils can help you sleep better because of the mild depressant impact it has.

Precautions

When using lavender, there are some precautions you should take. The most important would be to make sure that you find high quality oils. It is one of the most usually spoilt oils. So if you find one that is cheap in price, then it’s probably one that you should stay away from as it won’t give you the benefits of real lavender essential oils.

Read More: Organic Lavender Essential Oil

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