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free skin care · Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:55 pm

I've been using Silkia Camellia Oil for a couple of months and I love it. I purchased it after I read several testimonies of it healing pitted acne scars. It made my complexion "prettier" and I even started getting compliments right after I began using it. It also made my blackheads pop out like crazy. Now I'm hearing about Rose Hip Oil and several others. What results have you had with the various oils you've tried and which one do you like the best?

free skin care · Sat Jul 29, 2006 5:13 pm

I'm a certified Aromatherapist so could talk about oils all day without tiring but of course I do have my favourites...

I absolutely love Rose Hip Oil. It's so veratile in that it helps a multitude of skin conditions and types. It works to heal the skin in so many ways and greatly helped me at a time when I had acne by lightening and reducing scarring and by improving the overall health of my skin. I also recommended it to my mom to help her with wrinkles and age spots and it worked wonders on her as well. I also love using it as a base oil for facial preparations to mix essential oils depending on my moods and needs. For example, I mix it with Rose Oil, Jasmine or Lavender etc. to create the blend I want. It's one of the best facial oils I've used.

The other oil I adore and think is a must have in your oil collection is Jojoba oil. Great at balancing skin oils and giving that healthy glow. Also a fantastic base oil for making your own personal blends or perfumes.

Another fantastic and effective oil is Evening Primrose Oil. It, like Rose Hip Oil, is high in essential fatty acids and helps to nourish and restore skin while protecting it with its high antioxidant characteristics. Using this in conjunction with Rosehip is fabulous for sensitive, dry or mature skin.

free skin care · Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:47 pm

Wow, don't I feel special now? LOL Wink

I will try to help all of you out. Here are a list of popular skin care oils for body, face and hair. Hope this helps all of you out...

Almond Oil: Rich in minerals, vitamins and proteins. Excellent as a body oil and for massage. Recommended for dry, sensitive, rough and irritated skin. One of the most useful and versatile base oils.

Apricot Oil: Recommended for aging and mature skin as well as sensitive and inflamed skin conditions as it helps soothe, nourish and restore.

Avocado Oil: High in vitamin E, beta carotene, and protein. Helps soothe irritated skin conditions such as eczema and helps promote regeneration of new skin so works well with scarred, and chapped skin. Because of its unsaturated fatty acids it works as a light ultraviolet filter as well. Recommended for dry, dull and dehydrated skin. Great hair treatment too.

Calendula Oil: Calendula is an excellent healing oil for dry, chapped, scaly or irritated skin. Helps control eczema, psoriasis and rashes by soothing and preventing future breakouts. Can be used all over the entire body. Ideal for babies as it is gentle and soothing (especially for nappy rashes).

Camellia Oil: Great for sensitive and irritated skin as it contains soothing and healing properties. Excellent for skin prone to rosacea and redness. Also recommended for dry, chapped skin or rough skin as it restores nourishment and skin elasticity.

Coconut Oil: Excellent hair and body oil. Works great as an after sun oil to help soothe skin. Great for massages and hair masks and to blend your own perfume. Not recommended for facial skin as it leaves face too oily.

Evening Primrose: One of my favourite facial oils. Rich in vitamins, minerals, GLA content and antioxidants. Excellent for a wide variety of skin conditions especially sensitive and highly sensitive skin conditions, and irritated skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis or rosacea. Perfect for dry, chapped, mature and aging skin as it is highly soothing and nourishing, and helps with skin regeneration and elasticity.

Grapeseed Oil: A popular massage oil as it penetrates easily although it does cause staining (of sheets) and tends to go rancid quickly. Works well as a base oil for blends with essential oils or with other carrier oils . Recommended for dry and mature skin.

Hazelnut/Macadamia Oil: These nutty oils maintain basically the same properties. Excellent for sun protection and for homemade sunscreens. Work well with dry and mature skin. Make great hair treatment masks as they are very nourishing and smell great.

Jojoba Oil: Another versatile carrier oil which is actually a wax. Rich in proteins and minerals and highly penetrative. Contains myrisitic acid which helps with inflammation. Jojoba resembles the skin's own sebum so helps control oil production while being moisturizing as well which makes it a great balancing oil. Great for oily and acne prone skin. Excellent for both body, hair and facial care.

Olive Oil: Excellent for hair treatments due to its highly nourishing qualities. Rich in minerals, vitamins, proteins and fatty acids. Recommended for dry and dehydrated skin. Works well to prevent stretch marks and can also be used as a natural sunscreen.

Pomegranate Oil: This oil is new to me but the skin care line I use (Primavera) contains it in the line. Very high in antioxidants so it helps heal and soothe skin. Very nourishing and restorative. Recommended for aging and mature skin. The most expensive of the base oils and one of the most difficult to find.

Rosehip Oil: Another huge favourite of mine. Rich in vitamin A and minerals. Very high in linoeic and gammalinolenic acids. Excellent facial oil for all skin types as it promotes skin regeneration and restructuring. Great for mature and aging skin as it helps cell damage and renewal. Wonderful for sensitive skin and irritated skin conditions such as rosacea as it helps soothe irritation and redness, reduces inflammation, helps heal broken capillaries and nourishes dry, chapped skin. Also works wonders in lightening and preventing scars and stretchmarks. This is my "miracle" oil.

Sesame Oil: Rich in GLAs, this is a very nourishing oil and balancing oil. Recommended for acne prone and very oily skin as well as extremely dry and dehydrated skin.

Now on to my favourite lines...

I have searched and searched for years to find my favourite essential oil supplier and have finally found a few that I always recommend. I use only certified organic, biodynamic, wildcrafted and ethically cultivated oils that are grown in the best environments possible. In fact I've become quite the aromatherapy snob which I've been told happens to all professional aromatherapists. LOL Wink

My favourite base and essential oil supplier would have to be Primavera (German line). They have one of the most complete and superior lines I have ever found and their environmental practices and company philosophies are humbling and inspiring. To find out where to buy check out their site: http://www.primaveralife.com/ I rave about them all the time and can't recommend them enough.

My other favourite essential oil distributor, who I've used ever since becoming a professional aromatherapist, is Acqua Vita. http://www.acqua-vita.com/ They are a small Canadian company in my hometown of Toronto that deal directly with farmers and distillers around the world. They may not have the most elaborate line of oils but what they do have is of excellent quality. They do however, have the best line of hydrosols I've ever found and the owner, Suzanne Catty is the author of an excellent book called Hydrosols which outlines the therapeutic values and uses of hydrosols/floral waters for those who want to delve into aromatherapy a little more deeply.

Another great line which I've used in the past is The Aromatherapist, another German line. They have a good selection of carrier and essential oils.

As for skin care addicts questions about Aura Cacia and Young Oils I would have to say not so great IMO. Aura Cacia was one of the companies that first introduced me to aromatherapy as they are a highly commercial line. Because they focus on marketing and getting their line in so many health food stores and retailers, I find their quality lacking. They seem to focus on quantity rather than quality. I've noticed that they have in recent years also come out with an "organic" line but I kind of question the authenticity of it. I found that their oils were not the purest and may be stretched with lesser quality oils or other types of oils (for ex Lavender mixed with Spiked Lavender or Lavendin) to make the oils cheaper and more affordable to the public. As for Young Living, I know how popular they are in the US. Although his philosophies and practices are admirable I have a problem with plants/oils being harvested in one specific environment as I find that the best quality oils come from so many specific parts of the world where soils, climate, altitude, environmental patterns etc. are taken into consideration to produce the best, most supreme oil you can find, hence my preference to companies who source oils from various geographical areas.

I know this one was lengthy and boy did it take me some time to write, but hopefully I've helped all of you out.

free skin care · Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:32 pm

Kirstin wrote:

Wildflower,
You mentioned way early on in this thread that if you are oily you should only use Rosehip oil every other day with Jojoba on a daily basis. Why is that?

If Rosehip oil is a good balancing oil shouldn't I use it regularly?

Hi Kirstin. I wouldn't really consider Rosehip Oil a "balancing oil". It's deeply nourishing and highly effective for dry and mature skin as well as those who suffer from rosacea, eczema and other skin disorders. It also works great with scarring. Some people find rosehip oil too heavy for their skin so I would suggest alternating with Jojoba for those people, or possibly also creating a blend of one part rosehip to 2 parts jojoba.

free skin care · Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:25 pm

FaithTruth wrote:

I've been using the Clarins range of face oils (Blue Orchid and Lotus) with GREAT success. Here's a couple of questions for those familiar with oils for facial use :

1. Do all oils have fatty acids/barrier rebuilding properties? For example, an essential oil like rosemary vs emu?

2. When you initally get great results with essential oils on the face, will they stop working after awhile? Emu worked wonderfully for me at first, but now not so much.

3. Am I right to say using oils "neat" and pure without mixing with other oils, ie. 100% jojoba oil, is more likely to cause breakouts than an oil blend like the Clarins/Decleor oils?

4. If Camellia broke me out, should I bother with trying jojoba or argan neat?

5. It sounds like the Decleor oils are stronger/more concentrated than the Clarins, is this right?

Hi FaithTruth! I think you are getting confused with the difference between essential oils and carrier oils. The oils you mentioned like Rosemary and Lotus are essential oils. Lotus is an extremely expensive EO - one of the most expensive in fact and is used in extremely small quantities in preparations. Oils like Jojoba, Emu, etc are carrier oils. Companies like Clarins and Decleor make oil blends that contain a blend of carrier oils and some essential oils. EOs should not be applied neat to the skin unless you are educated in the use of aromatherapy and know exactly what you are doing, or you are guided by a professional certified Aromatherapist. If they are applied neat it should be done rarely as they are sensitizing and highly irritating. Carrier oils can be used directly however, as they are milder and they can also be used to dilute a few drops of your EOs to make a facial or body blend. If you want to learn more about oils both essential and carrier, I would suggest getting a really good book which will really help you out. It would be a great start. I have a thread here on EDS that outlines some great books. You can find the thread by doing a search. Hope that makes things a little clearer for you.

free skin care · Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:12 pm

Schnee wrote:

Wildflower, what can I use apricot oil for? I ended up with a bottle when I ctually wanted some almond oil and Weleda stuff.. Embarassed

Apricot oil is a great oil to work with. It makes for a great facial oil and works well with other suitable oils to make a very effective moisturizer. It's perfect for dry, mature or sensitive skin and skin prone to irritation and inflammation. I find this to be much better than Almond oil for facial skin care so maybe it's a good thing you got this instead of the Almond Oil. Blend it with a bit of Rosehip and some Jojoba to make a nice night blend to be applied before bed if you have those oils as well or just use it on its own.

free skin care · Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:24 pm

Thank you Wildflower, maybe I will give it a go on my crazy hormonal skin. Wink

It seems to be a nice oil, but it smell like marzipan! Laughing

I get craving every time I open that bottle..

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