Essential Oils - Flower Essences - Aromatherapy, Organic & Pure

We get asked about blending oils for skin and hair care fairly often. A popular request is for recipes to reduce the appearance of scars. Interestingly, the same formulas are excellent general care for mature skin.

Anti-wrinkle and anti-scar essential oils include the following: Helichrysum italicum has a high level of regenerative ketones called italidions. These signal tissue regeneration, which helps speed skin healing.
Rosemary Verbenone is also an all around excellent oil, considered a specialty oil for skin and hair care. Pleasantly stimulating and including the regenerative Verbenone ketone.

Sea Buckthorn is a highly nutritive oil, with a deep red color that indicates a high level of anti-oxidant carotenoids. These may enhance cellular turnover, and Sea Buckthorn is recommended for virtually every skin care condition. You may also consider Lavender, Carrot Root and Calendula, each with its own unique properties. All these oils can be used at 1-3%, which is 9-27 drops per ounce of carrier.

There are also a few carrier oils frequently used for skin healing and for mature skin. These include Rosehip Seed, probably the premier oil for this purpose. In many studies, this oil has shown anti-wrinkle and skin healing effects. So yes, this is proven effective! Use at 20-50% in base.

Coconut oil is right up there with Rosehip seed for skin healing. Coconut is solid at room temperature, so you'll want to gently warm it, then blend with another carrier - it won't solidify again after that. Evening primrose and Hemp both have high levels of essential fats. Both are nutritive and anti-inflammatory. A great base formula includes these three oils in combination: Rosehip Seed, Coconut, and either Hemp or Evening Primrose, all at equal parts.

Put this together with the essential oils above at no higher than a 5% total concentration and you'll have one heck of a skin care blend!

About Therapeutic Grade Oils from Ananda Apothecary: We carry our own select line of aromatherapy essential oils under the 'Ananda Aromatherapy' banner. It's important to us when you buy oils online, you are confident about your purchase. Our products are selected by aromatherapists from sources around the world to find you some of the finest oil available. We are not simply trying to find the least expensive aromatherapy oils, or the most rare connoisseur varieties, but the best value available in world-class grade select, wildcrafted and organic therapeutic grade oils. A few wonderful examples include our French Highland Lavender oil, a lavender with a great depth of aroma - there are essential 'notes' within this oil that are not detectable in other Lavenders we've sampled - if you like lavender, this is a real treat. Our dark aged Patchouli - we've had folks that have never liked patchouli before really appreciate this oil. It's deep, essential richness is new to many people. Many organic and wildcrafted varieties are included in the collection when these have been made available at a reasonable price. Some oils have not yet been available this way that meet all our selection criteria, though we continually seek out the highest grades and most ecologically sound production methods. We invite you to sample the high quality varieties we do carry, however! Read more about our exquisite selection process here...

Ananda Aromatherapy's Collection of 100% Pure Essential Oils
Amber Oil Blend, Organic Angelica Oil, Root, CO2 Anise Seed Basil Oil, Organic Bay Laurel, Organic Bergamot Oil Birch Bark Oil Black Pepper Oil CO2 Calendula CO2 Caraway CO2 Cardamom Oil CO2 Carrot Oil Carrot Seed Oil Cedar Oil, Wildcrafted Chamomile Oil, Blue, Org. Chamomile Oil, Rom., Org. Cinnamon Bark Oil Cistus Oil, Wildcrafted Citronella Oil Clary Sage Oil, Organic Clove Oil CO2 Coriander Seed Oil	Cypress Leaf Oil Elemi Oil Eucalyptus Oil Eucalyptus Oil Radiata, Organic Fennel Oil, Sweet, Organic Fir Needle Oil, Balsam Frankincense Oil CO2, Wildcrafted Galbanum Oil CO2 Geranium Rose Oil, Organic Ginger Oil CO2 Grapefruit Oil Helichrysum Oil, Organic (Everlasting) Hyssop Oil Inula Oil Jasmine Oil Grandiflorum Jasmine Oil Sambac Juniper Berry Oil, Wildcrafted Lavender Oil, French High Elev. Lavender Oil, Spike Lavender Oil, Wildcrafted Lemon Oil, Organic Lemon Tea Tree Oil	Lemongrass Oil, Wildcrafted Lime Oil Marjoram Oil, Sweet Melissa Oil (Lemon Balm) Melissa Oil, CO2 Myrrh Oil, Wildcrafted Myrtle Oil, Wildcrafted Neroli Oil Niaouli Oil, Wildcrafted Orange Oil, Sweet, Organic Oregano Oil, Wildcrafted Palmarosa Oil, Wildcrafted Patchouli Oil, Extra Fine Patchouli Oil, Organic Dark Peppermint Oil, Organic Petitgrain Oil, Organic Pine Needle Oil, Organic Ravensara Oil, Organic Rosalina Oil Rose Oil Absolute Rose Otto, Wildcrafted Rosemary Oil, Wildcrafted	Rosemary Oil, Verbenone Rosewood Oil, Organic Sage Oil, Organic Spruce Oil, Hemlock Spruce Oil, Black Sandalwood Oil Aus, Wildcrafted Sandalwood Oil, Vanuatu Sea Buckthorn, Org. Spearmint Oil, Organic Spikenard Oil, Wildcrafted Tangerine Oil Tagetes Oil, Organic Tuberose Blue Tansy Oil, Wildcrafted Tea Tree Oil, Organic Thyme Oil, Linalool Vanilla Oil 'Total' CO2 Vetiver Oil, Wildcrafted Wintergreen Oil Ylang Ylang Oil #1 Ylang Ylang Oil Complete

The Aromatherapy Reading Room - All About Using, Choosing, and the Chemistry of Essential Oils:
We're always happy to be adding to our online information about the science and art of aromatherapy. Here are a few selections from our library; details of individual essential oils are found on their homepages, from the list above.

• The Chemistry of Essential Oils - Pure oils are each made up many, sometimes hundreds of individual chemicals...Naturally! These chemical molecules are present in the pure, steam and CO2-distilled oil. Here we explain the importance of these chemicals, and why the finest of oils have a balance of these, which gives the greatest therapeutic effect and the best aroma.

• How to Make Essential Oils - Making therapeutic grade oils is a complex process. Steam distillation is the most common method, and makes high quality oil. New technologies are emerging, like extraction with pressurized liquid carbon dioxide (CO2), and even 'super-critical' carbon dioxide (SCO2). Find out which oils benefit from these new processes, and which are still the right choice in steam distilled varieties.

• Aromatherapy Techniques - What is aromatherapy, and how are essential oils used? Natural essential aromatics are very compatible with our physiology, are easily absorbed, and have potent effects on our tissues. Learn the basic aromatherapy techniques and how to get started.

• Anti-Viral Essential Oils - Many oils have anti-viral properties; a recent study showed the oils support the immune system, not always by destroying the invader, but improving immune function on a cellular level. Oils like Ravensara, Melissa and Eucalyptus can have potent anti-viral properties. There are a great many Antibacterial essential oils aromatics as well. Other oils and individual aromatic constituents have been studied for anti-cancer effects as well—this is an especially promising area of aroma-medicine.

• Anti-Anxiety and Antidepressants in Aromatherapy - Laboratory studies have now presented evidence for the stress deducing effects of aromatherapy oils. Lavender has been shown time and again to lessen stress responses for laboratory animals. Other aromatics, particularly the citrus oils like Bergamot, Orange, Lemon and Lime instill a sense of well-being. Here's a review of the latest data regarding the anxiolytic action of aromatherapy.

Aromatherapy & Essential Oils Article Index
Anti-Viral Activity of Essential Oils: • Research Review • Influenza Prevention • Whole Oils are Best • Essential oils for HSV	Cancer Research and Essential Oils: • Research Review • Lemongrass • Pure Linalool • Sandalwood & Skin • Frankincense	Anti-Stress and Brain Health • Stress & Adolescents • Cortisol Levels • Bergamot & BP • Axiolytic Lavender • Brain Protection • Alzheimer's	Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils: • Respiratory Tract • Eucalyptus • Multiple Oils • Tea Tree Research	Wound Healing with Essential Oils • Calendula Research • MRSA Infection • Tea Tree Antiseptic • Skin Healing Review