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Seven DIY essential oil projects you can make at home
Ah, the great indoors. While you're staying at home, it’s a good opportunity to work your way through the list of things you’ve left on the backburner. Or, you can relax with films and snacks - it’s entirely up to you. But if completing that to-do list is more your style, this collection of our favourite essential oil DIYs should keep you busy. Plus, you can find most of the resources in your home or garden! Customise these recipes by using oils that help you feel calm, relaxed, or uplifted. Scent is one of our strongest senses, so now’s the time...
Can essential oils fix: my skin troubles?
From baby-soft complexions to acne, and eventually the dreaded wrinkles, our skin is changing throughout our lives. And we mustn’t forget sunburn, weather damage, and pollution, which all play a part in our transforming skin. These changes to our skin can be divided into two categories - the treatment of skin problems, and the maintenance of healthy skin.
Planet and purse-friendly tips for using essential oils
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There’s certain things essential oils can’t do. They can’t drive you to work, pay your bills, or clean the house for you. But they do smell really really good, and have some wonderful therapeutic powers. Anything that involves scent - air fresheners, perfume, bathing products, you can probably find an essential oil alternative for. Check out our favourite ideas below.
Here's why we're doing skincare
We were inspired by our range of carrier oils, named because they can be used to ‘carry’ more potent essential oils through the skin barrier during massage. Obtained by cold pressing various nuts, seeds, and fruits, carrier oils contain so many of the natural fatty acids needed to maintain healthy skin. A natural source of antioxidants, they help to trap free radicals (think pollution and sun damage), and provide key vitamins A, D and E. Most importantly, they can carry nutrients deep under the skin, because their composition is so similar to our natural oils.
Inside the lab: Why extraction methods matter
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Picking the right extraction method for obtaining an essential oil is, well, essential. And since the method of extraction greatly impacts the quality of the oil produced, it's important to understand how the oils you purchase are processed.