Comments on: Homemade body scrub recipes http://going-well.com/2009/06/16/homemade-body-scrub-recipes/ On the Journey to Wellness Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:52:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Nasie http://going-well.com/2009/06/16/homemade-body-scrub-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-2137 Nasie Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:51:52 +0000 http://going-well.com/?p=823#comment-2137 Thanks a lot!!! I can't wait to get the ingredients together and try it out. This may just be my Christmas present to all! Nasie Thanks a lot!!! I can’t wait to get the ingredients together and try it out. This may just be my Christmas present to all!

Nasie

]]> By: Natalia Golubkoff http://going-well.com/2009/06/16/homemade-body-scrub-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-2129 Natalia Golubkoff Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:50:02 +0000 http://going-well.com/?p=823#comment-2129 Hi Nasie, You are right, fragrance oils do not offer the same botanical properties that are found with essential oils, moreover, some of them contain chemicals that might be hazardous to health! I love essential oils, and often use them in my homemade cosmetics. However, be careful with essential oils as well - just because something is natural doesn't mean it's safe to put in or on your body. All essential oils have their proper uses, cautions and advantages. Ginger essential oil is sought after due to its antiseptic, analgesic, anti inflammatory, stimulating and aphrodisiac properties. It helps a great deal in toning the body. Nutmeg has a number of properties including being analgesic, anti-septic, stimulant, tonic and anti-oxidant. In a massage blend it is gently warming and that, coupled with its anti-inflammatory characteristics make it useful in treating sore joints and muscles. Evening Primrose essential oil is considered as the best panacea for the people suffering from skin sensations, including eczema. It can revitalize and glow your skin. As for the sugar scrub, I would choose Rose essential oil - it is one of the best oils which can give you a shining, fresh and youthful skin. The health benefits of Rose essential oil can be attributed to its properties like anti-depressant, anti-septic, anti-viral, aphrodisiac, bactericidal, etc. You might also like this post about carrier and essential oils: http://going-well.com/2009/06/19/how-to-choose-carrier-and-essential-oils-for-homemade-cosmetics/ Cheers! Hi Nasie,

You are right, fragrance oils do not offer the same botanical properties that are found with essential oils, moreover, some of them contain chemicals that might be hazardous to health!

I love essential oils, and often use them in my homemade cosmetics. However, be careful with essential oils as well – just because something is natural doesn’t mean it’s safe to put in or on your body. All essential oils have their proper uses, cautions and advantages.

Ginger essential oil is sought after due to its antiseptic, analgesic, anti inflammatory, stimulating and aphrodisiac properties. It helps a great deal in toning the body.

Nutmeg has a number of properties including being analgesic, anti-septic, stimulant, tonic and anti-oxidant. In a massage blend it is gently warming and that, coupled with its anti-inflammatory characteristics make it useful in treating sore joints and muscles.

Evening Primrose essential oil is considered as the best panacea for the people suffering from skin sensations, including eczema. It can revitalize and glow your skin.

As for the sugar scrub, I would choose Rose essential oil – it is one of the best oils which can give you a shining, fresh and youthful skin. The health benefits of Rose essential oil can be attributed to its properties like anti-depressant, anti-septic, anti-viral, aphrodisiac, bactericidal, etc.

You might also like this post about carrier and essential oils: http://going-well.com/2009/06/19/how-to-choose-carrier-and-essential-oils-for-homemade-cosmetics/

Cheers!

]]> By: Nasie http://going-well.com/2009/06/16/homemade-body-scrub-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-2128 Nasie Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:18:22 +0000 http://going-well.com/?p=823#comment-2128 I love recipe #6. I am curious though.. Can I add oils that will scent this scrub, or essential oils? I am thinking of four fragrances-ginger, nutmeg, rose and evening primrose. I know that essential oils and fragrance oils are different and you can't use fragrance oils on skin, but can I add essential oils to this particular recipe, or any sugar scrub recipe for that matter? Thanks! I love recipe #6. I am curious though.. Can I add oils that will scent this scrub, or essential oils? I am thinking of four fragrances-ginger, nutmeg, rose and evening primrose.

I know that essential oils and fragrance oils are different and you can’t use fragrance oils on skin, but can I add essential oils to this particular recipe, or any sugar scrub recipe for that matter?
Thanks!

]]> By: Natalia Golubkoff http://going-well.com/2009/06/16/homemade-body-scrub-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Natalia Golubkoff Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:04:45 +0000 http://going-well.com/?p=823#comment-283 Hi Ing, keep it in a fridge and use in a week or so. Hi Ing, keep it in a fridge and use in a week or so.

]]> By: Ing http://going-well.com/2009/06/16/homemade-body-scrub-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Ing Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:35:33 +0000 http://going-well.com/?p=823#comment-282 Great recipe! I would lie t make alot of it but wonder how long it can last??? Great recipe! I would lie t make alot of it but wonder how long it can last???

]]> By: Natalia Golubkoff http://going-well.com/2009/06/16/homemade-body-scrub-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Natalia Golubkoff Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:38:54 +0000 http://going-well.com/?p=823#comment-96 Hi Angela, Certainly, I will. Please, check back tomorrow! And I'm glad that you enjoyed the scrab :) Hi Angela,
Certainly, I will. Please, check back tomorrow!
And I’m glad that you enjoyed the scrab :)

]]> By: Angela http://going-well.com/2009/06/16/homemade-body-scrub-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Angela Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:29:26 +0000 http://going-well.com/?p=823#comment-95 Hi Natalia, Your recipe with strawberries is fabulous! Thank you! Could you please write more on how to choose carrier and essential oils? Hi Natalia,
Your recipe with strawberries is fabulous! Thank you! Could you please write more on how to choose carrier and essential oils?

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