How To Make Essential Oils Recipe For Skin And Hair

 

How to make essential oils a recipe for hair and skin seems to have a barrier role, creating a barrier toward our surrounding environment. Sometimes, though, skin and hair can become irritated, clogged, or affected by hormonal changes, or can become damaged by the weather or by being broken. making this essential recipe for skin and hair can tone, balance, and soothe a wide range of skin and hair problems, and can also help to nourish and hydrate skin. 

 

Essential Oils Recipe For Acne

Acne is a common skin condition caused by chronic inflammation of the hair follicles and sebaceous glands. It affects many people at some point but is most common in adolescence. Ance causes spots to develop usually on the face, back, and chest. The spot can range from blackheads and whiteheads to deep, inflamed, pus-filled pustules and cysts, which can be severe and long scarring. It is really essential to keep the skin clean with a mild cleanser. Be sure not to scrub your body too hard as it can cause irritation. This skin-soothing recipe remedies can help to calm problem with the skin.

 

Lavender massage

Skin- regeneration oils help to promote healing and minimize scarring, Lavender, is antiseptic and calming the skin. Here it is combined with palmarosa, which is gently astringent and anti-inflammatory, helping to soothe inflamed skin

 

Ingredients recipe 

 Making 15ml ( ½ fl oz )

• Wheatgerm oil 1 tsp
• Rose-hip seed oil 1 tsp
• Calendula macerated oil 1 tsp 
• lavender essential oil 1 drop

1. Combine all the ingredients together in a bowl. Transfer to a sterilized dark glass bottle and seal with a cap or dropper.
2. Massage into the skin on the body or face. Allow the oil to absorb into the skin before you get dressed. store the remaining oil in a cool dark place, and keep for up to 3 months.

 

 Lemon and bergamot facial sauna

 Essential oils can help to bring acne and pimples under control by helping to clear the infection and reduce inflammation. The oils can also help mentally, reducing the stress and anxiety that can often accompany skin conditions. For a deep-pore cleanse, try this essential oil facial steam. The body-clarifying and tone benefits of lemon are mixed with the antibacterial and skin-balancing properties of a small grain and relaxing, antibacterial, and bergamot.

 

Ingredients recipe 

 

Makes 1 facial sauna

• Bergamot essential oil 3 drops
• lemon essential oil 2 drops
• Petitgrain essential oil 1 drop

1. You can pour essential oils in a bowl with hot water. Cover your head with a towel, make a tent over the bowl of hot water, and then lean forwards over the bowl.
2. Allow the steam to act on the face for 5 minutes, take a break from the steam if necessary. 
3. Wash your skin with cool water and pat dry with a clean towel.

 

Palmarosa massage

 The essential oils geranium and palmarosa have skin-balancing properties that naturally help to reduce the amount of sebum produced by the oil glands. Combining these essential oils recipe with skin-conditioning base oils helps to create a nourishing and toning massage oil that can help to calm outbreaks.

 

Ingredients recipe 

 

Making 15ml (½fl oz )

• Jojoba oil 1 tsp
• Grape-seed oil 2 tsp
• Palmarosa essential oil 3 drops
• Geranium essential oil 2 drops\

1. Combine all the ingredients together in a bowl. Transfer to a sterilized dark glass bottle and seal with a cap dropper.
2. Massage into the skin on the body or face. Allow the oil to absorb into the skin before you get dressed. store the remaining oil in a cool dark place, and keep for up to 3 months.

 

Tea tree hot compress

 Tea tree essential oil is renowned for its antiseptic properties, making it an excellent choice for treating problem skin conditions. Added to a hot compress, it can help to soothe and cleanse skin if you wish, you can also apply it neat on spots and pimples as an antiseptic.  

 

Ingredients recipe 

 

Makes 20 to 30 treatments

• Grapeseed oil 1 tbsp
• Tea tree essential oil 3 drops 
• Cajuput essential oil 2 drops 
• Lavender essential oil 1 drop

1.  Fill a bowl with warm water, now pour a couple of drops of the essential oil blend. Transfer the remaining blend to a sterilized glass jar and store it in a cool, dark place. keeps for up to 3 months.
2. Soak a flannel in the bowl, then remove the flannel and squeeze out the excess water.
3. Wrap the flannel in a towel or piece of cling film to insulate it. Place the compress on the area requiring treatment. Leave the flannel while it cool to body temperature, then repeat the process 3 times. 

 

Essential Oils Recipe For Athlete's foot 

 

Athlete's foot is caused by fungi growing on the skin. The fungi thrive warm, feet usually between the toes. The affected skin can be scratchy, red, scaly, cracked, dry, or blister. It's not usually serious, but should be treated to stop it spreading to other people,. Keep feet clean, carefully dry the feet, especially between the toes, and go barefoot when possible. Try the massage below to help combat this fungal infection.

 

Geranium foot massage

 Anti-fungal essential oils, such as tea tree and geranium, are ideal for athlete's foot. Here these oils are blended with lavender essential oil, which helps to heal the skin condition.

 

Ingredients recipe 

  

Making 30ml (½ fl oz )

• Neem oil 2 tbsp
• Geranium essential oil 4 drops
• Tea tree essential oil 4 drops
• Lavender essential oil 3 drops

1.  Combine all the ingredients together in a bowl. Transfer to a sterilized dark glass bottle and seal with a cap dropper.
2. Massage into clean, dry skin on the feet. Allow the oil to absorb into the skin before you get dressed. store the remaining oil in a cool dark place, and keep for up to 3 months.

 

Essential Oils Recipe For Bruising 

 

Bruises are bluish or purple-coloured patches. They appear on unbroken skin when tiny blood vessels under the skin, known as capillaries, breaks. The blood leaks into the tissues, causing discolouration which fades through shades of yellow or green,. Try these healing recipe remedies.

 

Cooling lavender compress   

Applying an ice-cold compress with healing oils as quickly as possible can help to reduce bruising.

 

Ingredients recipe 

Makes 1 compress

• Almond oil 1tsp
• Yarrow essential oil 3 drops
• Lavender essential oil 5 drops

1.  Fill a bowl with ice and cold water. Add the essential oil blend. to the almond oil, then add to the water
2. Soak a flannel in the bowl, then remove the flannel and squeeze out the excess water.
3. Place the compress on the area requiring treatment. Leave the flannel while it reaches body temperature, repeat 3 times.

 

Arnica massage

Arnica macerated oil, ideal for bruising is blended here with regenerative and rejuvenating helichrysum and lavender oils for a massage blend that can help to reduce the appearance of bruises.

 

Ingredients recipe 

  

 Making 30ml ( ½ fl oz )

• Arnica oil 2 tbsp
• Helichrysum essential oil 3 drops
• Lavender essential oil 3 drops 

1. Combine all the ingredients together in a bowl. Transfer to a sterilized dark glass bottle and seal with a cap dropper.
2. Gently massage the affected area. Allow the oil to absorb into the skin before getting dress. 
3. Store the remaining oil in a cool dark place, and keep for up to 3 months. 

 

Essential Oils Recipe For Body odour 

Body odour is the unpleasant smell that can occur when the body sweats. The sweat doesn't smell, but bacteria on the skin break down the sweat into acid that produces the odour . Deodorizing oils help to regulate perspiration and reduce and control unwelcome body odour.

 

Lemon deodorant 

Deodorants work to cover the smell of body odour. The essential oils grapefruit and lemon combine fantastic deodorizing properties with an appealing aroma to keep you smelling fresh throughout the day.

Ingredients recipe 

 

Makes 100ml (3½ fl oz)

• Witch hazel 90ml (3fl oz)
• Glycerine 1 tsp
• Aloe juice 1 tsp 
• Palmarosa essential oil 5 drops
• Lemon essential oil 5 drops
• Coriander essential oil 3 drops
• Grapefruit essential oil 3 drops

1. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Pour into a sterilized bottle with an atomizer.
2. Shake before use. Apply to clean underarms and use whenever it is required. 

Safe usage Do not use on freshly shaved skin.

 

Pine-fresh shower gel

The best way to avoid developing unwelcome body odour is to keep the area of your body that are prone to sweating, such as the armpits, feet, and genital area, clean and free of bacteria. Changing your clothes regularly and washing daily will also help to avoid a buildup of sweat and bacteria.

 

Ingredients recipe

 

Making 30ml ( ½ fl oz )

• Unscented shower gel  2 tbsp
• Lemongrass essential oil 7 drops
• Pine essential oil 7 drops 
• Vetiver essential oil 1 drop

1. Make a fresh and revitalizing shower gel by adding the essential oils to an unfragranced shower gel
2. Use the gel once or twice a day to keep skin clean and odour-free

 

Essential Oils Recipe For Eczema and psoriasis 

Eczema is when skin becomes itchy, red, dry.  and cracked. It is often longterm ( chronic), although it can improve, especially in young children. Atopic eczema ( "atopic means a tendency to develop a sensitivity to allergens"), also known as atopic dermatitis, is the most common type of eczema. It mainly affects children, but can affect adults, too, Its exact cause is unknown, but it often occurs in people who are prone to allergic reactions, or who have a family history of allergies, and it can be linked to stress. 

Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease that is liked to stress and diet. Sufferers develop red, crusty patches of skin, usually on the elbows, knees, scalp, and back. Soothing essential oils can be used to treat eczema and psoriasis to help control itching and reduce inflammation.

 

Calming chamomile compress

Chamomile was being found to be highly useful in treating eczema known for its anti-inflammatory and calming properties, which help to relieve and soothe itchy and inflamed skin. Sandalwood and lavender are indeed soothing essential oils that really are extremely good on dry, itchy skin.

 

Ingredients recipe

 

 Make 1 compress

• Sunflower or almond oil 1 tsp
• German chamomile essential oil 1 drop
• Lavender essential oil 3 drops
• Sandalwood essential oil 3 drops

1. Fill a bowl with cold water. Add the essential oils to base oil, then add to the water
2. Soak a flannel in the bowl, then remove the flannel and squeeze out the excess water.
3. Place the compress on the area requiring treatment. Leave the flannel while it reaches body temperature, repeat 3 times.

 

Lavender bath float 

Create a relaxing bath float with this mix of skin-soothing oats and bran, dried flowers, and uplifting oils. Helichrysum is calming on itchy breakouts, and cistus is mildly astringent, helping to tone skin.

 

Ingredients recipe

 

Making 45ml ( 1½ oz )

• Organic jumbo oats 1 tbsp
• Bran 1 tbsp
• Dried lavender flowers 1 tbsp
• Helichrysum 4 drops
• Lavender  essential oil 4 drops
• Cistus essential oil 1 drop

1. Make herb bag using a muslin cloth. Lay the cloth out and place 1 tablespoon each of organic jumbo oats, bran, and dried lavender flowers on the cloth. Add the essential oils.
2. Gather the cloth around the bath mix and tie a ribbon around the corners to keep all the ingredients together.
3. Place the float in a warm bath and dab on the skin to soothe affected areas.

 

Stress-busting diffusion

Aromatherapy is especially effective in reducing stress and anxiety, making it helpful for dealing with stress-related cases of psoriasis and eczema. The calming oils in this diffusion will help to soothe the anxiety that can be caused by and exacerbate skin conditions.

Ingredients recipe

 

Making 1 diffusion

• Cedarwood essential oil 4 drops
• Frankincense essential oil 3 drops
• Geranium essential oil 2 drops

1. Add the essential oils blend to a diffuser, vaporizer, or oil burner
2. Gently fragrance of your chosen environment.

For more and reducing stress and anxiety also read How to Mix Essential Oils For Good Mind And Wellbeing.

 

Eczema ointment 

Chamomile and balance skin. Combine with an unscented base they can be applied to affected areas to take the heat out of itchy skin.

 

Ingredients recipe

 

Making 15ml ( ½ fl oz )

• Unfragrance lotion 1 tbsp
• Roman chamomile essential oil 3 drops
• Rose absolute essential oil 2 drops

1. Mix the essential oils into lotion or ointment.
2. Dab on to the affected area of skin. 

 

Essential Oils Recipe For Stretch marks 

 

Stretch marks are caused by excessive and rapid weight gain, for example during pregnancy, which over-stretches skin and causes the fibres in the deeper layers to tear. This leaver wavy reddish stripes that gradually turn white. The marks usually appear on the thighs, breasts, abdomen, and buttocks. Massage tones skin, which may limit the effected and severity of stretch marks. However, once they appear are permanent, although they do fade over time.

 

Skin-toning massage 

A massage with nourishing oils improves skin tone, encourages the renewal of skin cells, and makes skin look and feel smoother. Here,  moisturizing base oils are blended with toning frankincense and skin-cell regenerating mandarin and neroli essential oils.

 

Ingredients recipe

 

Making 30ml ( ½ fl oz )

• Almond oil 1 tbsp
• Wheatgerm oil 1 tsp
• Avocado oil 1 tsp
• Frankincense essential oil 7 drops
• Mandarin essential oil 5 drops
• Neroli essential oil 3 drops

1. Combine all the ingredients together in a bowl. Transfer to a sterilized dark glass bottle and seal with a cap dropper.
2. Gently massage the affected area. Allow the oil to absorb into the skin before getting dress. 
3. Store the remaining oil in a cool dark place, and keep for up to 3 months. 

 

Essential Oils Recipe For Sunburn

Sunburn occurs when the skin is damaged by the sun's ultraviolet rays. Skin becomes red, sore, warm, tender, and occasionally, itchy, and starts to flake and peel after a few days. It is extremely important to try to avoid getting sunburnt in the first place as damaging the skin in this way increases the chances of developing serious health problems later on, for example, skin cancer.  If the skin does become burnt, try to keep the affected area cool and moist. Essential oil recipe remedies that are calming and cooling are ideal.

 

Cooling lavender compress 

Skin-healing oils, such as lavender and chamomile essential oils, and cooling peppermint essential oil are combined here to make a cooling compress that can be applied to help bring relief to tender, sunburn skin.

Ingredients recipe

 

Makes 1 compress

• Aloe vera juice 1 tbsp
• Lavender essential oil 4 drops
• German chamomile essential oil 2 drops

1. Fill a bowl with cold water. Add the essential oils to base oil, then add to the water
2. Soak a flannel in the bowl, then remove the flannel and squeeze out the excess water.
3. Place the compress on the area requiring treatment. Leave the flannel while it reaches body temperature, repeat 3 times. 

 

Essential Oils Recipe For Cradle cap

 

Cradle cap, also known as seborrhoeic dermatitis, is a condition that causes greasy, yellow scaly patches on babies scalps. It's a harmless condition that doesn't usually itch or cause any discomfort. Most cases clear up on their own over a period of weeks or months. The cause of cradle cap is unknown. but maybe linked to an excess of sebum.  Essential oil blended with base oils, or with and un- fragranced baby shampoo, can help it to clear.

Recipe For Scalp massage    

Massaging almond or olive into the scalp at night loosens crusts. Patchouli is astringent and tones skin; palmarosa is skin-balancing, and lavender heals and soothes skin if crusts peel off, This blend is suitable for infants over 12 months, and for babies 3-12 months, use just one drop of lavender oil, under 3 months just the base oil.

 

Ingredients recipe

 

Making 30ml ( ½ fl oz )

• Olive oil 2 tbsp
• Lavender essential oil 1 drop
• Palmarosa essential oil 1 drop
• Patchouli essential oil 1 drop

1. Combine all the ingredients together in a bowl. Transfer to a sterilized dark glass bottle and seal with a cap dropper.
2. Gently massage into your baby's scalp.  Leave the oil overnight, then use a soft-bristled baby brush to gently remove loose flakes in the morning before washing with baby shampoo. Don't be tempted to pick at or remover flakes that aren't already lose as this could damage skin and lead to infection.
3. Store the oil in a cool. dark place. Keep for up to 3 months.  

 

Lavender shampoo 

Gently washing your baby's hair and scalp with a mild shampoo can help prevent a build-up of scales. In addition to its skin-healing properties, lavender is a gentle oil to use on your bays scalp.

 

Ingredients recipe

 

Makes 2 applications

• Unscented baby shampoo 1 tbsp
• Lavender essential oil 3 drops

1. Mix 2 drops of lavender essential oil in an unfragranced shampoo.
2. Gently wash your baby's hair, taking care, not to remover flakes that aren't already loose. Rinse with just warm water.

 

Essential Oils Recipe For Dandruff 

Then the body continually sheds dead skin cells as new cells are formed. In most cases, this is a gradual process that goes unnoticed. However, if the process speeds up, it can produce a buildup of dead skin cells that appear prominent and feel unsightly. Dandruff is a common health problem that occurs when dry white or grey flakes of skin cells are showing on the scalp or in the hair. The scalp may feel dry and itchy,. It's not always clear why this happens, but possible cause includes seborrhoeic dermatitis, which is a common skin condition that causes oily skin. Certain factors can make dandruff worse, for example. overuse of hair products, emotional stress, and washing hair too much or too little. The following treatments can help to condition the scalp.

 

Invigorating scalp massage

The stimulating action of scalp massage can be used with essential oils to create an effective dandruff treatment. Thyme essential oil has an anti-fungal action that is useful for treating conditions such as dandruff, while tea tree helps to balance oils and keep the scalp healthy.

 

Ingredients recipe

  

Makes 2 applications

• Coconut oil solid 1 tbsp
• Tea tree essential oil 3 drops
• Lavender essential oil 2 drops
• Thyme essential oil 2 drops 

1. Meth the coconut oil solid in a bain-marie, then add the essential oils and pour the blend into a sterilized glass jar. Massage half the oil blend into the scalp. Do this before bed, then cover the pillow with a towel to avoid staining the pillowcase.
2. Leave the oil on overnight and then rinse it out in the morning, applying shampoo before wetting and rinsing the hair.

 

Peppermint hair rinse

 

Combining essential oils with dried herbs creates a natural hair tonic that can add shine and help to tone and balance oils on the scalp and control flaky dandruff. Adding soothing peppermint to stimulating rosemary can help to condition the scalp and combat dandruff.

 

Ingredients recipe 

 

 Making 45ml ( 1½ fl oz )

• Dried peppermint 1 tbsp
• Dried rosemary herb 1 tbsp
• Cider vinegar 1 tbsp
• Rosemary essential oil 1 drop 
• Peppermint essential oil 2 drops
  

1.  To make the infusion, place the dried herbs in a teapot and add 200ml (7fl oz) boiling water. Leave to infuse for around 10 minutes then strain the water.
2. Add the essential oils to the cider vinegar, then to the herbal infusion.
3. Use the infusion as a final hair rinse after shampooing. Finish with a final rinse of warm water only.