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Essential Oils Beauty Secrets Reloaded: How To Make Beauty Products At Home for Skin, Hair & Body Care -A Step by Step Guide & 70 Simple Recipes for Any Skin Type and Hair Type
Până la Janet Evans
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Essential Oils Beauty Secrets Reloaded: How To Make Beauty Products At Home for Skin, Hair & Body Care -A Step by Step Guide & 70 Simple Recipes for Any Skin Type and Hair Type
Până la Janet Evans
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- Editor:
- Speedy Publishing LLC
- Lansat:
- Sep 5, 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781630220990
- Format:
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Essential Oils Beauty Secrets Reloaded - Janet Evans
Essential Oils Beauty Secrets Reloaded: How To Make Beauty Products At Home for Skin, Hair & Body Care Step by Step Guide
70 Simple Recipes for Any Skin Type and Hair Type
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Essential Oils
What Are Essential Oils?
Essential Oils through Time
Characteristics of Essential Oils
Chapter 2: Benefits Gained from Essential Oils
How would Essential Oils Benefit You?
What can Essential Oils do for your Hair?
Why are Essential Oils Good for Your Skin?
Chapter 3: Most Effective and Commonly Used Essential Oils
Bergamot (Citrus bergamia)
Jasmine [Jasminum gradiflora (synonym officinale)]
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
Lemon (Citrus limon)
Determining Your Skin Type
How to Determine Your Skin Type
Skin Type # 1: Normal Skin
Skin Type # 2: Dry Skin
Skin Type # 3: Oily Skin
Skin Type # 4: Combination Skin
Skin Type # 5: Sensitive Skin
Basics for All Skin Types
Determining Your Hair Type
Ways to Determine Your Hair Type
Which Hair Type Do You Have?
Chapter 5: Essential Oil Recipes for Various Needs
Essential Oils vs. Carrier Oils
Recipes for Anti-Aging and Skin Care
Facial Serums and Body Scrubs
Face wash, toner and mask
Recipes for Dark Circles under the Eyes
Recipes for Body Massage
Lip Balm Recipes
Hair Care Recipes
Nail Care Recipes
Chapter 6: Essential Oil Kits
Essential Oils at Home
Essential Oils in the Office
Essential Oils Needed for Traveling
Chapter 1: Introduction to Essential Oils
What Are Essential Oils?
Essential oils are concentrated hydrophobic liquids with volatile aroma compounds derived from plants. These oils are natural aromatic compounds taken from different parts of plants namely the bark, seeds, stems, flowers, and roots. These oils are also known as ethereal oils, volatile oils, and aetherolea.
The extracted oil is important because it carries both a unique scent as well as the essence of the plant. Essential oils can be both powerfully and beautifully fragrant, and in addition to their distinctive scent, these oils provide plants their needed protection against diseases and plant-eating animals. They also play a role in plants’ pollination.
Volatile aromatic compounds that are non-water based phytochemicals make up essential oils. These oils may be soluble to fat but they don’t include acids or fatty lipids found in animal or vegetable oils. They are clean, almost crisp, and are absorbent. Unadulterated and pure essential oils are translucent, and their colors vary from crystal clear to deep blue.
Essential Oils through Time
Essential oils are also a part of history. It was said that the Egyptians first used aromatic essential oils for beauty treatments, medical practice, food preparation, and religious ceremonies. They also traded oils such as sandalwood and frankincense in exchange for gold; the oils were considered as valuable cargo during those times.
Aside from the Egyptians, the Greeks also used essential oils. They used those oils for the practice of aromatherapy and therapeutic massage. The Romans used aromatic oils as well for personal hygiene and health purposes. Persians on the other hand started to use distillation methods to extract oils from aromatic plants. In Europe, oil extracts were utilized throughout the dark ages for fragrant and anti-bacterial properties.
Modern times have rediscovered the healing properties of essential oils through a French chemist named Rene-Maurice Gattefosse. What he did was to treat