Tea Tree Oil – Medicinal Uses, Interactions, Side Effects, Dosage

Tea Tree Oil
Tea tree oil, or melaleuca oil, is an essential oil from the leaves of Melaleuca altemifolia, a tree native to Australia. Uses and Benefits:
Tea tree oil is primarily used as a topical anti-infective. It is found in facial care products to treat or prevent acne, mouthwashes and toothpaste, and skin and [...]

Hair Care and the Benfits of Tea Tree Oil

One popular use of the tea tree oil medicinal properties is in shampoos to help fight dandruff and other scalp problems. Many of the major suppliers of hair care product are now offering shampoos containing tea tree oil, as the demand for organic and natural products has increased. Tea tree oil is an essential oil known [...]

Essential Oils and Making Your Own Natural Products for Your Hair

A healthy and all-natural approach to hair care is not as difficult as you might think. Some of the most expensive hair care products in the world might claim to be natural products but all too often they contain detergents, fragrances, and synthetic ingredients, truth be told the lavender shampoo you love so much is [...]

Natural Skin Care Remedy

The skin is considered to be the most important organ as it is the first and foremost layer of the human body, which protects the body from millions of microorganisms, heat, cold, dust and many other sources of infections. We all want beautyful skin for a long time. The importance of keeping the skin healthy [...]

Facial Skin Care – Renew and Replenish Your Complexion

Facial skin care begins with ensuring pores and the skin’s surface is cleaned and prepared for treatments or moisturizer.  Deep cleaning sensitive facial skin helps eliminate enlarged pores and removes bacteria, dirt and oils – the primary contributors to adult acne, rosacea, blemishes and skin rashes.

Following proper cleansing, treatments that target wrinkles, fine lines or [...]

The Best Oils for Facial Skin Care

Did you know the ultimate beauty program effectively uses at least four oils?
Great facial skin care starts by understanding the sun destroys collagen through repeated sun exposure. Skin texture naturally changes over time and can lead to dry and rough-textured skin. The environment and lifestyle choices we make can affect skin tone, causing sun and [...]

Recipes for Dry Skin Care Using Herbs and Essentials Oils

- Aloe Vera gel applied topically helps to remove dead skin cells and is soothing, healing and moisturizing.

- Calendula & comfrey with its skin softening properties are used in facial sauna.

- 4 – 5 drops of lavender oil to bath water followed by application of diluted evening primrose oil or Aloe Vera cream moistens the [...]

Acne and Natural Skin Care

A basic description of acne would be that acne is a systemic inflammatory disease that affects the skin. But what causes acne? There are several factors that may cause acne and they are:

– hormone imbalance during the teen years

– hormone changes during pregnancy, menstrual cycle and menopause

– heredity

– some drugs, including androgens, lithium, and barbiturates, [...]

A Guide to Oily Skin Care

Do you know why some products are designed specifically for oily skin care?  It’s because one of the major components in cosmetics is an ingredient called petrolatum, which clogs the pores and causes greasiness.  So, the oily skincare products from the major cosmetic companies do not contain that ingredient, but the ingredients that they do [...]

Natural Acne Products – Popular Natural Skin Care Products

Both medicated and natural acne products can help you solve your acne related problems.
You can use medicated acne products containing Benzoyl peroxide or Salicylic acid or you can very easily solve this problem using only herbs and natural oils such as: Rosewood Oil (acne treating agent), Lavender Oil (countering and preventing oil) and Tea Tree [...]

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