Aromatherapy for glowing skin

Aromatherapy for glowing skin

In order to get glowing skin with aromatherapy you need to make a good skin care regimen. You can easily get clear glowing skin by mixing some aromatherapy oils into your cleansing creams and lotions. Here are some tips on how to mix aromatherapy oils in to your un-perfumed cleansing cream or milk, according to your skin type.

Recommended ratio = mix 2 drops of oil to every 4 fl oz (100 ml) of cleanser:

Normal skin type

Rose

Lavender

Sandalwood

Dry skin type

Chamomile

Rose

Ylang-ylang

Combination skin type

Lavender

Sensitive skin type

Jasmine

Rose

Chamomile

Chapped, cracked skin

Benzoin

Chamomile

Skin cleansing is one of the most important steps of any skin care routine. Therefore, it should be done twice a day i.e. in the morning and at night before going to the bed.

It is important to nourish the skin. Here are some aromatherapy skin tonic recipes for glowing skin that helps:

- To nourish the skin

- To remove the traces of cleansing milk or cream

- To restore the skin’s natural proactive mantle

Recommended ratio = 2 drops aromatherapy oil to fl oz (100 ml) of toner. For example:

For normal skin

Mix lavender, rose to rosewater or orange flower water.

For oily skin

Mix lemon, ylang-ylang, lavender or juniper to witch hazel.

For acne/ pimples

Mix rose, ylang-ylang, chamomile to rosewater.

For sensitive skin

Mix chamomile, jasmine or rose to orange flower water.

• Apply the tonic with damp cotton wool.
• Wipe all over the face and neck areas gently.