Friday, March 30, 2007

Essential Oils for Use in Natural Footcare Formulas

If you have found the perfect natural footcare recipes and you are wondering what would be the ideal ingredients for your skin type, according to Author Julia Meadows Natural Bodycare...Recipes for Beauty and Health, she recommends:

For swelling and fluid retention: Juniper Berry, cypress, lemon, grapefruit, petitgrain, bitter orange, chamomile, rosemary, yarrow, valerian.

For itchy, infected skin: Tea tree, rosemary, lavender, niaouli, cajeput, eucalyptus, lemon, marjoram, thyme, sage.

For sweaty, sticky skin: Peppermint, spearmint, sweet orange, mandarian, lemongrass, sandalwood, cedarwood, lemon, lavender, geranium.

To fragrance and soften skin: Neroli, lavender, rose geranium, sweet orange, mandarian, ylang-ylang, sandalwood, chamomile, patchouli, vanilla.


Source: Natural Bodycare...Recipes for health and beauty by Julia Meadows. Page 106.

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