With winter fully here, I’ve been working on a recipe for a dry hand balm, something to nourish and protect the skin without leaving an oily residue behind. I do love my oils. But, I also work on the computer for a good part of the day and it’s already a bit of an oily mess. So, my objective with this recipe is to create a hand balm that feels
Susan Parker
In this article, I want to share three exceptional oils for irritated skin that aren’t essential oils. Technically these three oils belong to the class of oils called carrier oils. But they do so much more than simply carry your essential oils. These three oils and there are many more, have healing active compounds that help relieve itchy, irritated skin and minor rashes. We’re going to look at:Andiroba OilBlack Seed OilHemp
Susan Parker
One of the easiest balms to make using the wide range of lipid compounds, oils, butters, and waxes are stand-alone Lotion Bars. These lotions do not need a jar or tin to hold them and are infinitely variable using a few supplies, and are simple to make. The recipe breaks the ingredients into thirds; 1/3 liquid oil1/3 plant butter1/3 beeswax Here’s a simple recipe I put together with camellia seed
Olivia Parker
Marula oil has a silky skin feel, and rose gold color and absorbs well into the skin.It is nourishing, softening, and brightening making it a wonderful facial oil.Use alone as a signature facial oil or as a base for a facial oil blend or oil serum. Fatty acid profile & INCIMarula oil is very high in oleic acid (70%). The rest of the fatty acid chart is made up of linoleic
Susan Parker
Sea Buckthorn is a powerful carrier oil rich in antioxidants and other unsaponifiables.Just looking at the intense color in these oils you can tell there is something special going on here.It has an extremely generous antioxidant carotenoid component that protects and repairs skin tissues from all kinds of damage.But simply saying seabuckthorn oil lacks an important distinction as the sea buckthorn is a plant that produces two different oils, a
Susan Parker
Botanical families are one way to sort the lipid carrier oils to understand the differences across groups, and the gourd, melon, or cucumber family is a mostly uniform group.Cucurbitaceae, the botanical family name of the cucumber group, includes gourds, pumpkins, melons, and squash; it is a rich source of lipid oils dominated by linoleic acid, with oleic acid consistently under 30%. Eight similar oils high in linoleic acid with one
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