Friday, March 30, 2007

Herbs & Essential Oils for Facial Steaming, By Skin Type

If you are interested in what herbs or essential oils are you can use for your particular skin type during a facial steaming are as follows:

Dry, sensitive skin: Lavender, chamomile, rose geranium, melissa, jasmine, orange blossom, elder flower, parsley, meadowsweet, patchouli.

Normal Skin: Lavender, rosemary, rose gernium, melissa, chamomile, rose, peppermint, marigold, sweet orange, sandlewood, comfrey.

Oily, overactive skin: Rosemary, eucalyptus, sweet basil, peppermint, marjoram, thyme, lemon verbena, cedarwood, lemongrass, petitgrain, sage

Blemished, acneic skin: Eucalyptus, thyme, tea tree, juniper, cypress, yarrow, pine, lemon, niaouli, cajeput.


Source: Natural Bodycare...Recipes for Health and Beauty by Julia Meadows. Page 54.

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