Grape seed oil
Grape seed oil vitis vinifera is pressed from the seeds of grapes once the juice for food and wine is harvested, its pale green to colorless depending on the degree of refining, its finely textured, smooth and flows freely, high in linoleic acid a poly unsaturated...
Rose hip seed Oil
Rose hip seed oil, Rosa rubiginosa is pressed from the seeds of wild rose hips grown mostly in Chile, unlike Rose oil which is extracted from rose petals, rose hip oil is loaded with vitamins A, E and C and essential fatty acids, it also contains phenols that have...
Avocado Oil
Avocado oil Persea gratissima is highly nutritious and therapeutic for skin and hair care, its pressed from the soft flesh that surrounds the seed and is used for cooking, skin care, hair care and cosmetics, less popular is the oil pressed from the hard pit, which...
Argan Oil
Aragn oil Argania spinosa, is pressed from the nuts of the indigenous argan tree a native to Morocco were it is a traditional food and oil, argan trees grow in harsh dry conditions and the oil from the nuts perform similar protective functions to the skin protecting...
Neem oil for skin conditions
Neem oil Azadirachta indica is one of the original medicines native to India, having been used for over 4,000 years and is used today in local pharmacy’s in towns and villages. All parts of the tree are used, including the leaves and twigs for tea and the seeds...
Carrier oils
At the moment every were I look are essential oils and their benefits and rightly so but today I would like to focus on the good old vegetable oil,base oil, plant oil or carrier oil as they are called, mostly used to dilute and carry the essential oils as a medium but...
Baby & Toddler Reflex
Baby & Toddler Reflexology For thousands of years Reflexology has been recognised as a valuable and natural complementary therapy. Baby Reflex is a gentle form of reflexology created especially for babies, infants and toddlers from one month to three years (and...
What is Aromatherapy
The term Aromatherapy is used to describe a particular branch of herbal medicine, it is coined from two words, aroma meaning a pleasant smell and therapy meaning a treatment that aims to cure a physical or mental condition, literally it means treatment using sent. The...
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