Natural Body Guru

When I get home from work, I am mainly concerned about being able to calmly sit and just enjoy the evening without having to do much of anything at all. I have been working on making this into an even more relaxing experience by getting the right items to help me relax. I have recently been trying out aromatherapy since there are different essential oils that really help with relaxation.

To make sure that I can easily diffuse the essential oils and have them spread their smell around my home, I have started to look at some different types of diffusers. I have managed to find some different ones including oil burners and other varieties of oil diffusers. I am going to test out a few different types to see which ones might work the best for me in my home.

We are continuing our blog on natural skin care recipes using the basic mask formula containing 2 ounces of green clay and 3 teaspoons of corn flour. The basic mask formula should be combined and set aside to be used with the formulas below. You can also use 1 tablespoon of the basic mask formula with enough of one of the liquid ingredients below to form a paste and add your essential oils to that.

Today’s formulas are for problem skin. Remember to blend the ingredients together and form a smooth paste. Leave the mask on the skin for fifteen minutes then rinse it off and apply a facial treatment oil like aloe vera or jojoba oil. After applying the oil, dab your face with a tissue.

Revitalizing Mask for Dehydrated Skin

• 1 tablespoon basic mask
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon Brewer’s yeast
• 1 teaspoon jojoba oil
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 drop chamomile
• 2 drops carrot oil

Combine and use 1 drop

Acne

• 1 tablespoon basic mask
• 1 teaspoon waterCombine and use 1 drop
• 1 drop chamomile
• 1 drop lavender
• 1 drop juniper
• 1 drop patchouli

Are you tired of purchasing overpriced skin care products with too many ingredients that you can’t pronounce? The face mask that you purchased from the drug store may be convenient but it was probably made in a factory under unknown conditions over a year ago. You can start your own natural skin care regimen with inexpensive products that are natural and excellent for your skin. A homemade mask takes only a few minutes to put together and once you have the basic ingredients ready in a jar or carton, you can have your own instant face mask made specifically for your particular skin requirements. If you are ready to start making your own facial mask, this blog is for you.

This is a recipe for a purifying, toning, soothing and rejuvenating mask. First, let’s just make the basic mask recipe so you can have it on hand. Since we often have areas of dry skin, oily skin and normal skin, you can use this basic mask recipe with several different facial formulas. We will be using green clay which you can purchase at your local drugstore or health food store. The recipe calls for 2 ounces of green clay and 3 teaspoons of corn flour. Mix the clay and corn flour together in a jar and keep it ready for combining into one of several different mask formulas that we will describe later. You can also use 1 tablespoon of this basic formula with enough of the other liquids needed for a particular recipe to form a paste and then add your chosen essential oils when you are ready. For each recipe, you will blend the ingredients together to form a smooth paste and leave it on your skin for fifteen minutes. Rinse it off with warm water and apply a facial treatment oil such as grapeseed or almond oil. Dab the face with a tissue after applying the oil.

Mask Formula for Normal skin

• 1 tablespoon basic mask
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon water
  Combine and use 1 drop
• 2 drops geranium essential oil
• 1 drop of rosewood essential oil

Essential oils are great for a variety of different things, but in many cases the oils themselves are a bit too strong to be used. It would only take a few drops of a pure essential oil to provide enough scent for aromatherapy in many cases. This means that in most cases, it is important to mix this oil with another variety of oil before diffusing it.

The best thing to do with strong essential oils is to make sure that they are always combined with another oil. You can buy small bottles of pure essential oils and use a couple of drops from these to combine and create a good aromatherapy oil. There are many different types of aromatherapy carrier oils that can be used to dilute the pure oils.

There are several different ways to use aromatherapy as an alternative health care method. Two of those ways, aerial diffusion and direct inhalation, are aided by the use of a diffuser. There are many different types of diffusers for you to investigate but their purpose is to get the essential oil aroma into the air.

The main difference in aromatherapy diffusers is the way in which they disperse the scent into the air.  A home diffuser uses ultrasonic technology to emit oils into the air and they cover more territory than a two or three part soapstone burner. The smaller diffusers are perfect for covering the area in a sickroom, office, bedroom, or bathroom. Some diffusers use electricity to heat the oils while others use tea light candles or a small light bulb. Whichever type you use depends on how much you want to pay for it and whether you prefer candle or electric energy.

Tea tree or melaluca oil is taken from the melaluca tree native to Australia. It is used by the aboriginal people there to treat colds and sore throats as well as skin disorders. The leaves and twigs from the melaluca tree are crushed and inhaled or sprinkled on wounds. Use of the oil did not become popular until the 1920s but its popularity died out in the 1940s when chemical antibiotics became available. Use of the natural tea tree oil became popular again in the 1970s when interest in using natural products resurfaced.

A number of essential oils fight bacteria and viruses but not many of them are also effective anti-fungals. Tea tree oil helps to control fungal infections by reducing the rate at which the fungus reproduces. It is often used as an alternative medical remedy to treat fungal infections like athlete’s foot. Tea tree oil is very versatile and should be included in your aromatherapy pharmacy to treat acne, dandruff, candidas, cold sores, mites, scabies, lice and head lice.

With plants being living organisms, it makes sense that tea tree oil can treat their fungal infections too. By just diluting 4 or 5 drops in a spray bottle of water you can treat plant fungus and mold. This treatment will also rid the plant of a variety of insects which makes tea tree oil an excellent ally for your garden as well as for us humans.

By Dr. Mercola

When I started to look into the idea of getting some different fragrances that I would be able to have wafting through my home, I was eager to find something that was a bit more natural. I didn’t want to have artificial air fresheners since I worried about their chemical content. I wanted to make sure that I would be able to get essential oils to diffuse in the rooms of my house.

To make sure that I would actually be able to diffuse these the right way, I had to find something that I could use to diffuse the oils easily. I looked at a lot of different types of diffusers to see if I could find anything that would work really well. I was able to find some different types of essential oil diffusers that I would be able to use in my house.

Stress is a part of everyone’s life in varying degrees on a scale from positive to distressful. Your soul, mind, and body will benefit greatly from the use of pure, safe, natural, and effective essential oils. Aromatherapy essential oils may be exactly what you need if you are trying to reduce the mental stress caused by giving or taking exams, distress over uncompleted jobs, unemployment, or financial worries.

There are specific essential oils that can be used for mental stress and they can be used alone or in a synergistic blend. The oils to use are geranium, lavender, sandalwood, basil, bergamot, grapefruit, cardamom, and patchouli. A specific synergistic blend to use might be geranium, lavender and bergamot but you can blend others or simply use just one of the above mentioned oils.