Essential Oils & Lotions

[belle_noire20]

I am curious if anyone has ever tried adding essential oils to their everyday lotions, and if it had helped at all.

Any advice? Thanks in advance!

Comments

[belle_noire20]

I'm not sure-- maybe echzema, acne, etc. I'm I'm not really looking for anything specific.

[love2loveher]

I've added some lavender to a plain (inscented) lotion before. I don't remember any positive or negative effects.

[gbye_bluemonday]

I buy tee tree oil from ebay. It's much gentler than benzoyl peroxide.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/360331440718?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

If you are allergic to coconut oil, you can try jojoba oil. I've never tried it, but Dan Kern of acne.org highly recommends it. He says it moisturizes without clogging pores.

[atalanta0jess]

Jojoba is good even if you aren't allergic to coconut! Coconut oil is pore clogging, while as you say, jojoba is not. :)

[keep_up]

These days I buy unscented lotions and mix them with EOs (just shake really well and in different directions for 5 minutes) for my favourite scents (neroli and jasmine).
I never expected it to help with anything. I discovered that orange oil can be an irritant.

[starrrie]

Citrus also makes your skin more sun sensitive. Careful not to get burns!

[belle_noire20]

Awesome tip! Thanks! :)

[belle_noire20]

Really? That's pretty interesting. I'd never think that orange oil would be an irritant.

[quiet_seeds]

i've done it, but only for the scent factor.

[jennythe_reader]

I've added perfume oil (from BPAL, so it's mostly essential oils) to unscented hand lotion. One 1/32oz sample of perfume to 3oz of lotion was a little strong for my taste.

How I did it was I put some lotion into a ziplock bag, poured the oil in, and sealed it up tight and squished it all around to mix it up. To use it I cut off the corner of the bag and squeezed it into a travel bottle.

I'm not sure if this is the sort of information you want, but it's what I have.

[belle_noire20]

Neat!