Essential Oils for Face and Skin Care

Essential oils for skin care have healing properties that can aid exfoliation. This process involves removing dead skin cells from the outer layer of your skin. Further, they encourage cell regeneration, can act as anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, & anti-bacterial agents.
This is all the more important because our skin is the largest tissue organ of our bodies. It separating us from the outer environment, nature and elements. No wonder, therefore, that this skin system is the victim of abbraisons, inflammations, cuts and wounds.
In blending essential oils for skin care, 10ml of the carrier oil such as aloe vera, jojoba or fractionated coconut should be mixed with atleast 1ml (20 drops) of essential oils blend. Mix the ingredients in a small bottle and your serum is ready to use. Its best to use a cleanser on your face before applying the serum/toner blend. Cleanser should be suitable for your skin type.
Skin Types
Our skin types present as dry, oily or normal. A fourth type is described as combination, which has characteristics of two of the first three types. The underlying factor is the balance of oil and water. Water denotes dryness quality and oiliness is the level of sebum production. The type is considered normal when the skin is not too oily or too dry.
Dry skin is a skin type that is dull or rough and flakey. Oily skin has lots of sebum production which makes it look and feel shiny and greasy. Combination skin is the kind where patches exist, and the skin in the patch has characteristics of an of the skin types, different from the rest of the skin.
In other instances, sensitivities exist which make the skin have itchy, dry, and burning sensations. Even though sensitive skin can be any of the other skin types, it reacts to underlying factors could be allergens which irritate the skin.

Oily skin
(reduce oil production)
- Rosemary – 5 drops and Geranium or Rose – drops;
OR
- Frankincense – 5 drops; Clary Sage – 5 drops; Neroli – 5 drops
Acne relief
- Peppermint – 15 drops
- Lavender – 12 drops
- Cypress – 12 drops
- Clary Sage – 15 drops
- Bergamot – 12 drops
- Juniper/ or Basil – 12 drops
Dry skin
(restore oil and supple skin)
- Lavender – 5 drops
- Chamomile – 5 drops
- Cedarwood – 5 drops
- Turmeric – 5 drops
- Sandalwood – 5 drops
Anti Aging
(suppress wrinkles)
- Bamboo – 10 drops
- Frankincense – 10 drops
- Lavender – 10 drops
OR
- Ylang Ylang – 5 drops
- Sandalwood – 5 drops
Blemishes
(scars, psoriasis )
- Lavender – 15 drops
- Tea tree – 10 drops
OR
- Rose Oil – 10 drops
- Geranium – 10 drops
Fractionated coconut oil is recommended as most ideal carrier oil for psoriasis sufferers