Aromatherapy Bath for Bronchitis

15 drops Atlas cedarwood essential oil
15 drops frankincense essential oil
12 drops Canadian balsam (or Scots pine) essential oil
8 drops myrrh essential oil

Put the essential oils into a small dark glass bottle, then shake well.

Whenever you take a bath, add eight drops of the concentrate to the water, four drops for children over Five years.

Aromatherapy Bath for Sunburn

To soothe mild sunburn on large areas of the body, try this healing bath formula.

250ml cider vinegar
3 drops Roman (or German) chamomile essential oil
3 drops lavender essential oil

Mix the essential oils with the vinegar, then add to a cool, preferably cold, bath and swish around to disperse. Soak for about 15 minutes. Afterwards apply this Aromatherapy sunburn cooling gel.

Aromatherapy Lotion for Scalp Ringworm

1 tablespoon cider vinegar
200ml distilled (or cool boiled) water 5 drops tea tree essential oil
2 drops peppermint essential oil
5 drops lavender essential oil

Put the cider vinegar into a dark glass bottle, add the essential oils and shake well. Top up with distilled water and shake again. Gently massage this mixture into the scalp twice a day; including after shampooing.

Aromatherapy Compress for Weepy Eczema

250ml bottled or filtered water (or cooled boiled tap water)
20 drops calendula tincture

Put the water into a bowl, add the calendula tincture and swish around to disperse. Soak a piece of clean, folded, cotton fabric in the water, wring out and apply to the affected area for 15 minutes.

Aromatherapy Compress for Bruises

600ml ice-cold water
3 drops sweet marjoram essential oil
3 drops Roman chamomile essential oil

Put the water into a bowl, then add the essential oils and swish around to disperse the oil. Soak a piece of clean, folded cotton fabric in the aromatic water, wring out and place over the bruised area. Leave in place until the fabric warms to body temperature. Reapply several times more, until pain is reduced.

Aromatherapy Treatments for Ringworm

This is special Aromatherapy ointment recipe for Ringworm

30g unperfumed skin cream
5ml calendula tincture
4 drops myrrh essential oil
8 drops lavender essential oil
4 drops lemongrass essential oil

Put the unperfumed skin cream into a little glass pot, then stir in the tincture and essential oils until thoroughly mixed. Apply three or four times daily

Aromatherapy for Cold Sores (Herpes of the Mouth)

Special Aromatherapy Recipes for Cold Sores (Herpes of the Mouth)

25g unperfumed skin cream (available from pharmacies)
5ml hypericum tincture 5ml calendula tincture

Put the unperfumed skin cream into a little glass pot, then stir in the tinctures. Apply a little of the ointment to the affected area several times a day for as long as required.

Aromatherapy Gargle for Sore Throat

1 teacupful warm water
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
1 drop lemon essential oil
1 drop eucalyptus essential oil
½ teaspoon honey

Put the cider vinegar into a teacup, then stir in the essential oils. Top up with warm water and stir in the honey. Use two or three times daily.

Aromatherapy Ointment for Athlete’s Foot

Aromatherapy Ointment for Athlete’s Foot:

25g calendula cream
3 drops myrrh essential oil
3 drops lavender essential oil
1 drop patchouli essential oil

Put the calendula cream into a glass cosmetic pot, then add the essential oils. Using the han­dle of a teaspoon, stir until thoroughly mixed. Apply two or three times a day

Aromatherapy Massage Oil for Bronchitis

Use this Recipe for Chest and Back Rub.

15 drops Atlas cedarwood essential oil
15 drops frankincense essential oil
12 drops Canadian balsam (or Scots pine) essential oil
8 drops myrrh essential oil

Put the essential oils into a small dark glass bottle, then shake well.

For adults, add 15 drops of concentrate to 25ml vegetable base oil (such as sunflower, sweet almond or olive). For children over five years, use seven drops of concentrate to 25ml base oil. Massage twice a day.

Aromatherapy Treatments for Athlete’s Foot

20ml cider vinegar
30ml distilled water or boiled water
3 drops lemongrass essential oil
3 drops tea tree essential oil
5 drops lavender essential oil

Funnel the cider vinegar into a dark glass bottle. Add the essential oils and shake well. Add the water and shake again. You will need to shake well each time before use to disperse the oils. Using cotton wool, or cotton bud if only a tiny area is affected, and apply three times a day

Aromatherapy Lotion for Boils

25 ml distilled witch hazel
25 ml distilled water
1 drop German chamomile essential oil
2 drops lavender essential oil

Put the essential oils into a dark gloss bottle, add the witch hazel and shake well. Top up with distilled water. Shake the bottle each time before use to disperse the oil. Apply with damp cotton wool pads. Repeat every few hours for as long as necessary.

Special Aromatherapy Powder for Athlete’s Foot

3 tablespoons sifted rice flour (or corn flour)
10 drops lavender essential oil
3 drops lemongrass essential oil
10 drops tea tree essential oil

Put the rice flour into a glass jar, add the oils and shake. Cover the jar with a tight-Fitting lid and allow the base to absorb the oils for 24 hours before apply­ing. Use daily to powder the affected areas. It is also helpful to sprinkle the powder inside shoes to help pre­vent reinfection and to deodorize the footwear.

Aromatherapy Skin Cream for Nappy Rash

30g unperfumed skin cream
10ml macerated calendula oil
10ml macerated hypericum oil

Put the unperfumed skin cream into a cosmetic pot, add the macerated oils and stir until thoroughly mixed. Apply after every nappy change until the rash has cleared. Afterwards, continue with zinc and castor oil cream as a preventative.

Aromatherapy Treatments for Stretch Marks

Aromatherapy Anti-Stretch Marks Recipes

To prevent the possibility of a skin reaction from over-use of a particular essential oil (especially if used throughout pregnancy), use the following recipes in rotation. Apply the Recipe-1 for a month, the essential oil-free Recipe-2 for the next month, then the Recipe-3 for a third month, resuming with the original formula, and so on.

Recipe -1

30ml macerated calendula oil 20ml jojoba oil
6 drops mandarin essential oil
3 drops neroli essential oil
3 drops lavender essential oil

Put the calendula and jojoba oils into a dark glass bottle, add the essential oils and shake well.

Recipe -2

30g cocoa butter
20ml sweet almond oil

Melt the cocoa butter in a heatproof bowl placed over a pan of simmering water. Stir in the sweet almond oil. Remove from the heat and pour into a small jar. The mixture will harden slightly but melts on contact with the skin.


Recipe -3

25ml rosehip seed oil
25ml sweet almond oil
Contents of 2 vitamin E capsules
6 drops rose or 5 drops geranium essential oil
3 drops lavender essential oil

Put the rosehip seed and sweet almond oils into a dark glass bottle. Pierce the vitamin E capsules with a pin, then squeeze the contents into the mixture. Add the essential oils and shake well.

Aromatherapy Treatments for Head lice – Headlice Banishing Recipes

100ml vegetable oil (for example, sunflower or olive)
10 drops eucalyptus
20 drops rosemary essential oil
20 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops geranium essential oil

Funnel the vegetable oil into a dark glass baffle, add the essential oils and shake well. Apply to wet hair(otherwise it will be difficult to shampoo out the oil) by massaging well into the scalp to reach the hair roots. Leave it on for at least one hour (preferably up to three hours) then shampoo thoroughly. Remove dead lice and nits with a regulation fine­toothed comb (essential oils destroy the lice but not the eggs). Repeat the treatment twice more at three-day intervals to ensure the infestation is completely cleared.

Aromatherapy Ointment for Boils

25g Hypercal ointment
1 drop German chamomile essential oil
2 drops rosemary essential oil

Put the Hypercal ointment into a little pot add the essential oils and stir well. Apply three times a day.

Aromatherapy Treatments for Boils

Aromatherapy Hot and Cold Compresses for Boils

Start with a hot compress: Add four drops of German chamomile to 300ml of tolerably hot water. Soak a piece of folded gauze in the aromatic water then remove and apply to the boil. Hold in place until it cools, then reapply.

Finish with a cold compress: Add four drops of German chamomile to 300ml of cold water, then proceed as for a hot compress, holding in place until it warms to body temperature.

Recommended time: Once or twice daily

Special Effective Aromatherapy Recipes for Dandruff

11/2 tablespoons honey
3 teaspoons cider vinegar
3 drops lavender essential oil

Melt the honey in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Remove from the heat and then stir in the cider vinegar and lavender oil. Massage the mixture into your scalp and then comb it through every part of your hair. Cover your head with a plastic shower cap and leave it on for up to one hour before shampooing out with a mild, pH­ balanced shampoo.

Aromatherapy Treatments for Bronchitis

15 drops Atlas cedarwood essential oil
15 drops frankincense essential oil
12 drops Canadian balsam (or Scots pine) essential oil
8 drops myrrh essential oil

Put the essential oils into a small dark glass bottle, then shake well.

Add four drops of the concentrate to a bowl of almost boiling water, two drops for children over five years. Cover your head and the bowl with a towel to form a tent and inhale the aromatic vapour for five minutes. Carry out the treatment two to three times daily.

Avoid steam inhalations if you have asthma.

Aromatherapy Treatments for Dandruff (For Oily Hair)

Wash your hair with a mild, pH-balanced shampoo, then towel dry. Pour a little hair tonic (below) into the palm of your hand and massage into the scalp and through the hair. There is no need to rinse.

You may find that if you use this product three times a week, the over-secretion of sebum will be reduced. The cider vinegar helps restore the skin's natural acid mantle.

15ml cider vinegar
3 drops Atlas cedarwood essential oil
3 drops rosemary essential oil
200ml distilled water

Funnel the cider vinegar into a dark glass bottle, then add the essential oils and shake well. Top up with distilled water and shake again. This should be sufficient for several applications.

Aromatherapy Gel for Sunburn

For the more sensitive skin of the face, use half the quantity of essential oil in the recipe. You may need to make separate products for the face and body.

50ml aloe vera gel
2 drops rosemary essential oil
2 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops tea tree essential oil

Mix all essential oil with aloe vera gel.

Aromatherapy Treatments for Dandruff (Dry & Normal Hair)

Wash your hair with a mild, pH-balanced shampoo, then towel dry. Massage your scalp with half of the mixture below, paying special attention to the ends which are prone to dryness and splitting. Cover your head with a towel and leave for up to an hour before shampooing again to remove the oil. To increase the effectiveness of the treatment, add cider vinegar to the final rinsing water (about three tablespoons to every two pints).

30mI extra virgin olive oil
2 drops rosemary essential oil
1 drop Roman chamomile essential oil
2 drops lavender essential oil
Contents of 2 x 500mg evening primrose oil capsules

This formula acts as an anti-dandruff and deep conditioning treatment in one. A weekly application is usually enough to maintain a clear scalp and glossy hair. Unless your hair is very thick and long, the quantities given above should be enough for two treatments. Put the oils into a dark glass bottle. Pierce the evening primrose oil capsules with a pin and squeeze the contents into the mixture. Shake well.

Aromatherapy Treatment for Congested Skin

Facial Sauna for Congested Skin

Most skins benefit from a deep-cleansing steam treatment once or twice a week, especially congested or oily skin that is prone to spots and blackheads.

Begin by cleansing your skin in the normal way To prepare the facial sauna, fill a heatproof mixing bowl with near boiling water, then add two or three drops of any of the following essential oils: lavender, tea tree, frankincense, juniper berry. lemon­ grass, rosemary.

Hold your head over the steam and cover your head and the bowl with a towel to trap the aromatic vapours. Stay there for about five minutes.
Splash your face with tepid water.

Aromatherapy Face Pack for Dry and Flaky Skin

1 teaspoon liquid honey
2 teaspoons mashed avocado

Mix together to form a smooth paste, then apply to your face and neck. Leave on for 15 to 20 minutes, before rinsing off with tepid water.

Aromatherapy Treatments for Chopped Lips

Aromatherapy Lip Balm for Chapped Lips

This deliciously flavored lip balm takes only a few minutes to make. It will moisturize, soften and protect your lips beautifully.

1 teaspoon beeswax granules (or grated beeswax if using a block)
3 teaspoons jojoba
1 teaspoon castor oil
½ teaspoon runny honey
1 drop rose essential oil

Put the beeswax, jojoba, castor oil and honey in a heatproof basin over a pan of simmering water. Stir continuously until the beeswax has completely dissolved. Remove from the heat, add the essential oil and stir thoroughly. Pour the mixture into a little glass pot with a tight-Fitting lid.

As these products do not contain water, they have a shelf-life of three to four months. However, it's important to check regularly for signs of mould. They freeze well if stored in plastic containers and you may wish to save time by making a double quantity for long term use.

Aromatherapy Treatments for Dry Flaky Skin

Special Aromatherapy Cream for Dry Flaky Skin

7 g beeswax granules (or grated beeswax if using a block)
25ml sweet almond oil
Contents of 3 x 500mg evening primrose oil capsules
30ml rosehip seed oil
30ml distilled water or rosewater
5 drops rose essential oil

Put the beeswax and vegetable oils into a heatproof bowl placed over a pan of simmering water. Warm the distilled water in another bowl placed over another pan of simmering water. Stir the beeswax and oil mixture continuously until the beeswax has dissolved. Remove the bowl from the heat and add the evening primrose oil (pierce the capsules with a pin and squeeze the contents into the mixture) and stir well. Add the distilled water, a teaspoonful at a time, while beating with a rotary whisk or electric mixer set at the lowest speed. Keep beating until the cream begins to thicken, then stir in the essential oil. Spoon the mixture into little glass pots with tight-fitting lids.

As these creams contain water, they are vulnerable to developing mould. However, they will usually keep for two or three months if stored in a refrigerator or cool larder. To ensure maximum shelf-life, avoid dipping your fingers in the cream; use a teaspoon or cosmetic spatula instead.

Aromatherapy Skin Cream for Dry Flaky Skin

7 g beeswax granules (or grated beeswax if using a block)
15g cocoa butter
45ml sweet almond oil
35ml distilled water or orange flower water
5 drops neroli essential oil

Put the beeswax, cocoa butter and sweet almond oil into a heatproof bowl placed over a pan of simmering water. Warm the distilled water in another bowl placed over another pan of simmering water. Stir the beeswax, cocoa butter and oil mixture continuously until the beeswax has completely dissolved. Remove the bowl from the heat and slowly add the warmed distilled water, a teaspoonful at a time, while beating with a rotary whisk or electric mixer set at the lowest speed. Keep beating until the cream begins to cool and thicken, then stir in the essential oil.

As these creams contain water, they are vulnerable to developing mould. However, they will usually keep for two or three months if stored in a refrigerator or cool larder. To ensure maximum shelf-life, avoid dipping your fingers in the cream; use a teaspoon or cosmetic spatula instead.

Aromatherapy Lip Salve for Chapped Lips

1 teaspoon beeswax granules
4 teaspoons macerated calendula oil
1 ½ teaspoon runny honey
1 drop Roman chamomile essential oil

Put the beeswax, calendula oil and honey in a heat­proof basin over a pan of simmering water. Stir the mixture continuously until the beeswax has completely dissolved. Remove from the heat, add the essential oil and stir thoroughly. Pour the mixture into a little glass pot with a tight-fitting lid.

As these products do not contain water, they have a shelf-life of three to four months. However, it's important to check regularly for signs of mould. They freeze well if stored in plastic containers and you may wish to save time by making a double quantity for long term use.

Aromatherapy Treatment for Spotty Skin

Special Aromatherapy Gel Recipes for Spotty Skin

25ml aloe vera gel
1 drop tea tree
1 drop lavender

Put the aloe vera gel into a spotlessly clean cosmetic jar, then stir in the essential oils until thoroughly mixed. To ensure that the essential oils retain their maximum potency, don't be tempted to make larger quantities. The amount suggested here should be enough to last for seven to 10 days. After this time, make a fresh batch if necessary. Apply the gel two or three times a day after cleansing, for as long as required.

Aromatherapy Treatment for Acne

Homemade Aromatherapy Acne Lotion
The full-srength lotion recipe is especially helpful if spots are oozing. Apply twice daily for 10 days, then, as the condition improves, reduce the quantity of essential oil by half and continue for a further 10 days. After this time, take a break from the oils and use a simple lotion such as distilled witch hazel or diluted cider vinegar (one part vinegar to eight parts water) for two to three weeks, before resuming with aromatherapy. Occasionally you may need to return to the full-strength blend for a few days to keep bacteria at bay. If you cannot obtain myrtle oil, tea tree may be substituted.

Full-Strength Lotion
10 ml cider vinegar
2 drops frankincense essential oil
4 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops myrtle essential oil
125ml distilled water

Reduced-Strength Lotion
10ml cider vinegar
1 drop frankincense essential oil
2 drops lavender essential oil
1 drop myrtle essential oil
125ml distilled water

Funnel the cider vinegar into a dark gloss bottle, then odd the essential oils and shake well to disperse the oil. Top up with distilled water and shake again. Remember to shake each time before use. Apply with damp cotton wool pods.

Aromatherapy Silken Body Powder

Body dusting powders add a luxurious finishing touch to a bath. They give your skin a silky feel and absorb excess perspiration.

1 cup arrowroot powder
1/2 cup white cosmetic clay
1/2 cup dried rose petals
25 drops lavender essential oil
15 drops sandalwood essential oil
10 drops rose essential oil

1. Powder the rose petals in a clean coffee grinder.

2. Mix the arrowroot, clay, and powdered roses together in a nonporous bowl.

3. Add lavender, sandalwood, and rose essential oils and thoroughly mix the oil into the powder with your fingertips.

4. Store in a covered tin or glass jar to prevent the essential oils from dissipating, and allow the powder to mellow for a couple of days before using.

5. Apply with a powder puff or large soft brush, or package in a spice jar with a shaker top.

Aromatherapy Body Oil

Smooth a few drops of this massage oil over your entire body imme­diately after emerging from a shower or bath while your skin is still damp. The oil seals moisture into your skin and creates a protective barrier against dryness.

2 ounces almond oil
2 ounces jojoba oil
10 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops grapefruit essential oil
10 drops frankincense essential oil
10 drops sandalwood essential oil

Combine all ingredients in a dark-glass bottle, and shake well. This oil goes a long way, especially if you are applying it to damp skin, so use only a small amount.

Relaxing Aromatherapy Mineral Bath

This bath combines minerals from the earth and sea for a concen­trated mineral soak that will relax you while softening your skin.

2 cups baking soda
1/2 cup Epsom salts
1/2 cup sea salt
5 drops lavender essential oil 5 drops marjoram essential oil

1. Fill your bathtub with comfortably warm water. Add the bak­ing soda, Epsom salts, and sea salt to the tub while the water is running to dissolve the mineral salts.

2. Add the essential oils just before entering the tub, stirring the oils into the water with your hand.

3. Relax in the tub for 15 to 20 minutes and follow with a tepid shower.

Aromatherapy Skin-Renewing Body Scrub

This luxurious body scrub removes dull, dry skin and leaves skin silky smooth. It is gentle enough for all skin types, but use a light touch if you have sensitive skin, and do not apply to burned or irri­tated skin. Use a tub mat to avoid slipping in the shower.

1/4 cup uncooked rolled oats
1/4 cup raw almonds
1/4 cup corn flour or fine corn meal
1 tablespoon almond oil or avocado oil
5 drops lavender essential oil
5 drops frankincense essential oil

1. Grind the rolled oats and almonds in separate batches into a fine meal in a blender or coffee grinder. Place in a small plas­tic bowl.

2. Add corn flour, almond or avocado oil, and lavender and frankincense essential oils. Mix well.

3. Dampen your entire body in a warm shower. Using approxi­mately 1 tablespoon at a time, massage the scrub into your skin, beginning with your calves and working your way up your body, including your neck, but avoiding your face.

4. Rinse well with warm water, and finish with a cool rinse.

Aromatherapy Nail Oil

This nail oil protects your nails from the brittleness and dryness caused by hot water, soaps, and nail-polish remover.

4 tablespoons jojoba oil
10 drops sandalwood essential oil
5 drops frankincense essential oil

1. Combine jojoba oil with sandalwood and frankincense essen­tial oils in a small dark glass bottle with a dropper. Shake well to thoroughly mix the oils.

2. Massage a few drops into nails and cuticles once a day, or more often if you wish.

Aromatherapy + Herbal Hand & Nail Soak

A warm herbal soak with fragrant essential oils softens your hands and makes it easy to shape up your nails and cuticles.

2 tablespoons calendula flowers
2 tablespoons chamomile flowers
1 teaspoon almond oil
5 drops lavender essential oil
5 drops frankincense essential oil

1. Make a strong herbal tea by pouring 4 cups boiling water over calendula and hamomile flowers. Allow to steep until com­fortably warm, and strain into a bowl large enough to hold both of your hands.

2. Add almond oil and lavender and frankincense essential oils.

3. Soak your hands in the warm bath for 10 minutes. Push back your cuticles with an orangewood stick while your hands are damp.

Aromatherapy and Herbal Foot Soak

Treat your feet to a little pampering with this softening and fragrant foot soak.

2 cups baking soda
1 teaspoon almond oil
5 drops lavender essential oil
5 drops sandalwood essential oil handful dried or fresh rose petals

1. Fill a plastic tub large enough to comfortably hold both of your feet with hot water. Add baking soda and stir to dissolve.

2. Mix lavender and sandalwood essential oils with almond oil and add to the footbath. Float dried rose petals in the bath if you like.

3. Soak your feet for 10 minutes or longer to soften calluses and cuticles.

4. While your feet are still damp, gently remove calluses with a pumice stone or callus file. Push back your cuticles with an orangewood stick.

Aromatherapy Shampoo Recipes for Hair Loss

1/4 cup unscented mild, natural shampoo
1/4 cup strong nettle tea, cooled and strained
20 drops rosemary essential oil
10 drops basil essential oil

Combine all ingredients and shake well before using.

Aromatherapy Shampoo Recipes for Problem Scalps

1/4 cup unscented mild, natural shampoo
1/4 cup strong thyme tea, cooled and strained 10 drops eucalyptus essential oil
20 drops lavender essential oil

Combine all ingredients and shake well before using.

Aromatherapy Shampoo Recipes for Normal Hair

1/4 cup unscented mild natural shampoo
1/4 cup strong lavender tea, cooled and strained
20 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops rosemary or rose essential oil

Combine all ingredients, and shake well before using.

Aromatherapy Shampoo Recipes for Oily Hair

1/4 cup unscented mild, natural shampoo
1/4 cup strong sage tea, cooled and strained
15 drops cedarwood essential oil
15 drops lavender essential oil

Combine all ingredients, and shake well before using.

Aromatherapy Shampoo Recipes for Dry Hair

1/4 cup unscented mild, natural shampoo
1/4 cup strong calendula tea, cooled and strained
15 drops sandalwood essential oil
15 drops lavender essential oil

Combine all ingredients, and shake well before using.

Aromatherapy Stimulating Scalp Treatment

The essential oils in this formula are traditionally used to stimulate hair growth. Apply this treatment to your scalp at least 1 hour before shampooing.

2 ounces jojoba oil
15 drops rosemary essential oil
10 drops lavender essential oil
5 drops cedarwood essential oil

1. Combine jojoba oil with rosemary, lavender, and cedarwood essential oils in a small dark-glass bottle. Shake well.

2. Apply 1/2 teaspoon or more to your scalp, massaging the oil into your scalp with your fingertips.

3. After 1 hour or longer (you can leave this scalp treatment on overnight) shampoo your hair as usual.

Rich Aromatherapy Skin Cream

This wonderfully rich cream is excellent as a moisturizer for dry skin anywhere on your body.

1/4 cup almond oil
2 tablespoons jojoba oil
1 tablespoon vitamin-E oil
2 tablespoons grated beeswax
3 tablespoons rosewater
10 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops sandalwood essential oil

1. Combine almond oil, jojoba oil, vitamin E, and beeswax in a small, heavy pot, and heat over low heat until beeswax melts.

2. Remove from heat, and cool to room temperature. The mixture will thicken slightly as it cools. Mix essential oil into the oil mixture after it has cooled.

3. Pour rose water into a blender, turn the blender on medium speed, and add the cooled oil slowly, blending until the mix­ture becomes thick and creamy.

4. Spoon the mixture into a glass jar and store in a cool, dark place.

Aromatherapy Facial Oil

Pure jojoba oil is an excellent facial moisturizer. Because it is simi­lar to the skin's natural oils, it is easily absorbed. Fragrant essential oils add healing and rejuvenating properties.

1 ounce jojoba oil
10 drops of essential oil appropriate for your skin type

[Here are the appropriate essential oils for your skin type:
For dry skin; chamomile, sandalwood, rose. For oily skin; cypress, cedar wood, lavender. For normal skin; lavender, geranium, rose. For mature skin; frankincense, lavender, rosemary, rose. For sensitive skin; chamomile, lavender, rose]

1. Combine essential oil (or a combination of essential oils) appropriate for your skin type with jojoba oil in a dark-glass bottle. A glass pharmacy bottle with a dropper works well for dispensing drops of oil.

2. After cleansing your skin with warm water, gently massage 3 to 4 drops of the moisturizing oil onto your damp skin with your fingertips.

Aloe-Lavender Facial Mist

Aloe Vera, lavender, and frankincense all have cell-renewing prop­erties and make a wonderfully fragrant facial mist.

6 ounces aloe vera juice
20 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops frankincense essential oil

1. Combine aloe vera juice with lavender and frankincense essen­tial oils in a 6-ounce glass spray bottle. Shake vigorously.

2. Shake well before each use and mist skin as desired.

Aromatherapy Facial Mist

Use this fragrant facial mist to refresh and hydrate your skin throughout the day. Keep the total amount of essential oil to 30 drops or less.

1 tablespoon distilled witch hazel
20 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops rose or sandalwood essential oil
filtered water

1. Combine witch hazel and essential oils in a 6-ounce glass spray bottle.

2. Shake vigorously, and fill the bottle with filtered water.

3. Shake well before using.

Aromatherapy Facial Mask

This simple mask combines the purifying benefits of clay with fra­grant essential oils. The addition of almond or jojoba oil keeps the mask from drying your skin.

1/2 teaspoon cosmetic clay
2 teaspoons plain yogurt
1/2 teaspoon almond or jojoba oil
2 drops essential oil appropriate for your skin type

[Here are the appropriate essential oils for your skin type:
For dry skin; chamomile, sandalwood, rose. For oily skin; cypress, cedar wood, lavender. For normal skin; lavender, geranium, rose. For mature skin; frankincense, lavender, rosemary, rose. For sensitive skin; chamomile, lavender, rose]

1. Combine cosmetic clay with yogurt, almond or jojoba oil, and essential oil of your choice.

2. Wash your face with warm water. Apply the mask.

3. After 15 minutes, remove the mask with a warm, wet wash­cloth and rinse thoroughly with warm water.

4. Follow with a toner and moisturizer.

Aromatherapy Lavender Facial Compress

This quick and fragrant facial compress is like a mini-sauna. It's sim­ple enough to be used as part of your regular cleansing routine.

basin of warm water.
2 drops lavender essential oil

1. Add lavender essential oil to a basin of very warm water.

2. Soak a washcloth in the scented water, wring out the cloth, and gently compress your face and neck with the cloth. Repeat sev­eral times, wringing out the cloth each time in the warm water.