Skin & Hair Care Essential Oil Recipe - Green Valley Aromatherapy

Make Your Own Aromatherapy Face & Body Lotions!

Green Valley Aromatherapy carries a variety of unscented face creams and body lotions. To customize your own personal blend for gift giving follow these simple recipes. Essential Oil Body Lotion 250mls body lotion 20 total drops of essential oil Mix ingredients well and pour into appropriate container. Face Cream 60mls base cream 8 drops of essential oil Blend well and… Read more

Lemon Essential Oil Facial Mask

2 tablespoons sour cream 1 teaspoon finely ground oatmeal 1 teaspoon fresh Lemon juice 1 drop Lemon essential oil Cucumber slices (optional) Mix the sour cream, oatmeal, Lemon essential oil and lemon juice together in a bowl. To use, massage over clean face and neck skin and the rest for 10 minutes (with cucumber slices if you have… Read more

Healthy Winter Skin

Oily Skin (Cleanser or Moisturizer) 3 drops Juniper essential oil 2 drops Geranium essential oil 2 drops Patchouli essential oil 30ml Jojoba oil Combine in a 30ml plastic bottle and shake well. This oil can be used for cleansing or after cleansing to help balance the sebum levels on the skin. Normal Skin Moisturizer 2 drops Chamomile, Roman essential… Read more

Grapefruit Sugar Scrub

1-1/2 cups white table sugar 8 drops Grapefruit essential oil 2 drops red food coloring (optional) 1/4 cup Jojoba carrier oil 1/4 cup liquid Castile soap Place sugar into a large bowl and stir to break up any clumps. Add the Grapefruit essential oil. Add one or two drops of red food coloring if you’d like it pink! Mix… Read more

Glycerin Sugar Scrub

1 cup fine loose salt or loose sugar 3 teaspoons liquid Vegetable Glycerin 1 teaspoon pure honey 3-5 drops of your favorite essential oil Optional: Pinch of Lavender blossoms (available in the bulk department of good health food stores), or chamomile, or dried herbs of your choice, chopped exceedingly fine. Mix ingredients well and store in an… Read more

Facial Steam

Float one drop of each essential oil (Grapefruit essential oil and Palmarosa essential oil) on to a glass bowl of freshly boiled water. Tent your head over the bowl with a large towel and allow your freshly cleansed face to steam for 10-15 minutes. Grapefruit essential oil is antiseptic and astringent and Palmarosa essential oil is a sebum balancer that… Read more

Face oil for Dry to Normal skin

30ml Jojoba oil 10 drops Evening Primrose oil 15 drops Lavender essential oil 5 drops Sandalwood essential oil 5 drops Palmarosa essential oil 3 drops Geranium essential oil Blend essential oils and aromatherapy carrier oil (jojoba and evening primrose oil) together and shake well. This aromatherapy blend can be used as you would your usual moisturizer. *This is educational information and any opinions… Read more

Balding Aromatherapy Treatment

In her aromatherapy book, The Fragrant Pharmacy (out of print in Canada), Valerie Ann Worwood provides an aromatherapy treatment for premature balding. This essential oil blend may help prevent hair from falling out, and strengthen and possibly even make thicker the hair you still have. Some individuals have even noticed a downy return of hair that had once vanished… Read more

Aromatherapy Skin Care Treat

In a blender, place: 6-8 large strawberries 2 cups of whole milk 1 tablespoon of almonds 1 tablespoon of wheat germ 2 tablespoons of jojoba (optional) 3 drops of Lavender essential oil 3 drops of Geranium essential oil Blend all ingredients well and pour into a warm bath. This bath will help to soften and heal sensitive, irritated or… Read more