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Almond oil This pale yellow oil is extracted fro the almond kernel and contains glucosides, minerals, and vitamins. Rich in protein, it is great for all skin types. Helps to relieve dry skin, itching, soreness and inflammation. It is truly marvelous as an aromatherapy carrier oil or alone in skin care.
Apricot kernel oil Apricot kernel oil contains minerals and vitamins .Great for all skin types, especially prematurely aged, sensitive, inflamed,and dry skin. It is truly marvelous as an aromatherapy carrier oil or alone in skin care.
Balsam Peru Used in scabies and skin diseases, also of value in acute eczema. (Grieve, Maude )
Benzoin Externally benzoin is of great value in skin conditions where there is redness, irritation, or itching, such as dermatitis, also for skin which is cracked and dry. (Tisserand, Robert )
Borage oil Borage oil has a very high content of essential unsaturated fatty acids, which are great skin conditioners and humectants that regulate the hydration of the skin.
Borage Seed Oil Borage Seed Oil has the highest concentration of gamma linolenic acid (GLA) naturally found, higher than in any other plant source! Borage Seed Oil is known to be beneficial for both topical and internal applications. A good choice for skin disorders such as psoriasis and eczema, and sun damaged or aged skin. Regenerating and stimulating for all skin types.
Carrot seed oil A superb skin-nourishing essential oil, carrot seed helps balance both oily and dry complexions, heals damaged skin, and helps aged skin.
Chamomile oil Chamomile reduces inflammation, regenerates skin tissue, and soothes the discomfort and itching of eczema.
Evening Primrose Oil Evening Primrose Oil can be combined with other carrier oils to form an excellent base oil in formulations that treat damaged skin and skin disorders. Helps to prevent premature aging of the skin.
Geranium oil Geranium is a wonderful oil for mature and troubled skin care, brings a radiant glow( )
Grapeseed Oil Grapeseed oil is used as a carrier oil in aromatherapy and has a nice balance of oleic, linolec, palmitric and stearic acids, It's emolliating and toning.
HaselNut Oil Yellow color contains vitamins, minerals, protein slightly astringent, good for all skin types. Absorbed quickly into the skin, it has tonifying and astringent action. Good for those with slightly oily skins, dry, devitalized, or sun damaged. A lovely carrier oil for aromatherapy skin care blends.
Hemp seed oil Exceptionally rich, green oil high in essential omega fatty acids and proteins. Hemp seed oil has a pleasant nutty smell, and is widely in skin care for it's regenerative ingredients.
Jasmine oil Used in moderation, jasmine is beneficial for hot, dry, sensitive skin. It is sometimes used in dermatitis, especially when accompanied by depression.(Tisserand, Robert )
Jojoba Jojoba oil is easily refined to be odorless, colorless and oxidatively stable, and is often used in cosmetics as a moisturizer and as a carrier oil in aromatherapy skin care.
Safflower oil Pale yellow oil contains proteins, minerals, vitamins. Good for all skin types, highly moisturizing and soothing to the skin.
Sandalwood oil Sandalwood relieves inflammation and itching of dry and dehydrated skin.
Tamanu oil Tamanu oil is employed by Polynesian women for promoting healthy, clear, blemish-free skin
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Vegetable, nut and seed oils have many uses which include acting as a carrier for aromatherapy essential oil applications, healthy cooking, and as a base for your homemade cosmetics. They also work well as stand alone skin care applications. There are several hundred plants known to have oil-bearing seeds, but only a few are produced commercially.
Oils that have been extracted through expeller or cold pressed methods offer much better quality and therapeutic benefits than the oils you find lining the shelves at your local supermarket. Oils that have been processed through heat and intensive hydraulic action, or through the use of solvent, hexane or alcohol are undesirable and relatively unhealthy.
