Everyday Aromatherapy

This time each year we get a bit overwhelmed, therefore treating yourself to a retreat is a fabulous way to relax and find peace again. A healthy and safe alternative to cigarettes or alcohol is to have an aromatic bath everyday, unfortunately not all of us have this luxury of time, therefore once a week would be brilliant.

To begin your retreat, why not send the kids to their grandparents, send the husband on a fishing or footy trip and if you can not get a whole weekend to yourself, a whole day is just as good.  Or even set aside 20 minutes each day to enjoy one of the following treats for your body.

This time alone will help you to clear your mind of every day stresses and help you to prioritise your plans without adding extra stress.

FEET TREAT

For your tired, overworked feet follow this simple recipe:

Blend your essential oils in an amber bottle - 2mL Peppermint, 2mL Spearmint and 1mL Lavender French Population. Mix 10 drops of this blend with 100gm Magnesium Sulphate and add 0.5mL of Calendula Healing oil. For optimum results prepare this blend a week in advance and seal in an air tight container. Fill a suitable bowl or foot spa with warm water and add 10gm/one tablespoon of the foot salts and stir until dissolved.

Light a few tealight candles, put one of our new essential oil blends, Awaken, Luxury, Peace or Rest into your candle burner or vapouriser. Play soft relaxing music and sit in your comfortable chair with your feet in the foot bath. Relax and clear your mind for 20 minutes.

BATH TREAT

Run the bath adding a few drops of Awaken, Luxury, Peace or Rest Body oils.

HAIR TREAT

Mix 10ml Jojoba oil with 2 drops of Lavender French Alpine, 1 drop Sandalwood West Australian and 1 drop Rosemary Verbenone Australian. Pour a small amount in your hand and massage through your hair, concentrating on the ends, wrap a warm towel around your hair,  this will help to condition your hair as well as improve circulation in the scalp.

BODY TREAT

Your bath should be ready now; slowly sink yourself into the warm aromatic water. Relax while listening to the music, and breathing the aromas of the oils that complement your bath. Massage your body whilst in the bath - the body oil that you have added does wonders for your skin, leaving it feeling soft and silky smooth.

When you hop out of the bath there is no need to rinse off the excess oil left on your skin as this will help moisturise and hydrate you.

FACIAL TREAT

As you have treated the rest of your body your face deserves a treat too,  where the signs of every day stresses most often appear. Use our Facial Scrub mixed with the following oils depending on your skin type.

Sensitive Skin: add 2 drops of Lavender French Population to 10gm Facial Scrub or the scrub can used be on its own.

Normal/Dry Skin: add 1 drop Ylang Ylang Complete Organic, 2 drops Lavender French Alpine, 1 drop Palmarosa and 1 drop Rosewood Brazilian to 10gm Facial Scrub.

Normal/Oily Skin: add 3 drops Mandarin Australian and 1 drop Cypress Wild to 10gm Facial Scrub.

Mature Skin: add 1 drop Lavender French Alpine, 2 drops Patchouli Clear and 2 drops Sandalwood West Australian to 10gm Facial Scrub.

Massage a small amount of the blended facial scrub onto wet face, rinse with luke warm water and pat dry.

Moisten a cotton pad with a floral water depending on your skin type and use as a toner for your face.

*                Chamomile German is soothing and anti-inflammatory, particularly good for sensitive or inflamed skin

*                Chamomile Roman is soft and gentle, and suitable for all skin types

*                Lavender is suitable for use in the treatment of mildly blemished skin

*                Orange Flower is slightly astringent and helps to balance oily skin

*                Rose is cool and soothing for all skin types, including mature and sensitive

*                Witch Hazel is slightly more astringent and stimulating, making it suitable for sallow or tired skin or try one of our new fruit waters choose between Cucumber,   Passion Fruit or Watermelon.

This will leave your mind, body and spirit feeling clean, re-energised and ready to tackle the world.

So please enjoy this Spring Time Indulgence

Aromatherapy Soap Making by Elizabeth Wright….

Extensively revised and improved we are all glad to have this book back on our shelves.

It contains everything you need to know to make your own Aromatherapy soaps.

Easy to understand instructions are given for soap making using basic ingredients and utensils. “You can choose from over 20 recipes with a variety of different vegetable oils as a base. The addition of essential oils and other additives is well covered, enabling you to create your own personalised unique soaps, tailor made to suit your particular needs” Great for Gifts.

SPA by Judy Chapman…

This book would be a great gift for family or friends or even to treat yourself. It is full of recipes on “creating a spa ambience in your home” leading to inner calm and wellness.

‘Spa’ is a combination of therapy for the body, mind & spirit that includes every holistic treatment.

Making Scented Candles by Rosevita Warda…

Brilliant ideas on making your own personalised candles to decorate your home or to give as gifts for teenagers, adults and grandparents alike.

It provides information on everything from the wicks and dyes you will need, to cleaning the moulds and pouring the wax. Rosevita Warda has great ideas for designs and scents for each occasion.

Aromatherapy for Women by Shirley Price…

Is a fantastic book to give as a gift for someone who enjoys treating themselves.  Aromatherapy for women is great for all ages from puberty to the golden years.  Fully illustrated with beautiful and bright photos including ‘how to’ sequences for the key techniques.

Why not make your own gift packs for Christmas, following are some ideas you could use:

Match one of our premium essential oil blends with a massage blend, along with one of our attractive metal candle burners. Place in a nice square box with rose petals scattered around the product, wrap with cellophane and a Christmas ribbon and you have a fantastic gift, with a perfect personalised touch.

Choose one of our cost effective, no water required electric vaporisers, available in a range of colours and styles. Select a summer scent like Lime, Peppermint, or one of our blends Awaken, Luxury, Rest or Peace. Wrap together and your have another great gift to give.

Select products from our Hair & Body Care Range to make up great gift packs. Why not try Shower & Bath Gel, Cleansing Lotion, Moisturiser Lotion and Facial Scrub for a great bathroom gift pack, all containing vegetable derived ingredients and no petroleum derived products.

Bergamot is a refreshing oil derived from the cold expression of the Bergamot fruit. These days the oil is extensively cultivated in Calabria in Southern Italy and along the Ivory Coast .

Bergamot essential oil contains naturally occurring bergaptens or furano-coumarins, which are known to cause skin photo toxicity. This means that skin can discolour when exposed to direct sunlight, and in some cases cause burning. Extreme care should be taken when using Bergamot on the skin, and strong sunlight should be avoided after use because of increased photo toxicity.  It is for this reason that a furocoumarin-free (FCF) or non-phototoxic version of Bergamot has been created.  To create an oil that is free of bergaptens the oil is produced through washing and steam distillation.

Once the bergaptens have been removed, the oil is no longer phototoxic and can be safely used directly on the skin. This has had obvious benefits, and is considered a much safer oil when using in a professional therapeutic                  environment, preventing the possibility of customers receiving severe reactions.   Whether to buy a total (pure) oil or a rectified oil is determined by the preference of the buyer. To the Aromatherapy purist a rectified essential oil is not considered to be as therapeutic as the ‘whole’ oil.

The choice of pure Bergamot or Non-Phototoxic will also largely depend on the intended use of the product. Auroma recommend that Bergamot Non-Phototoxic is used for all aromatherapy purposes including oil burner, massage, inhalation, and direct application. The  Bergamot Calabrian Genuine would be best suited to industrial users wishing to use the oil in flavours, fragrances, toiletries and cosmetics.

95ml Chamomile German Water

5ml Aloe Vera Concentrate

3gm Sclerotium Gum

0.5ml Grapefruitseed Extract

8 drops Sandalwood West Australian Essential Oil

4 drops Lavender French Population Essential Oil

2 drops Yarrow Essential Oil

1 drop Chamomile German Extra Blue Essential Oil

Warm the Chamomile water to 60oC in a glass jug or beaker. Add the Aloe Vera Concentrate and mix well.

Sprinkle the Sclerotium Gum over the water, blending well with a stick blender to remove any lumps.

Allow to cool until the gel begins to thicken and add the essential oils and Grapefruit Seed Extract. Blend well and pour into a 100gm glass jar.

LOVE SOAP

1tbsp Pink Clay

3tbsp dried Rose Petals

250gm Ecol Soap Powder

3ml (60 drops) Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

100ml Water

Your love soap can be rolled into the rose petals to make it look really appealing, do this while soaps are still very moist.

Please Note:  Rose petals may bleed colour.

CHOCOLATE SOAP BALLS

1 tbsp Cocoa Powder

250gm Ecol Soap Powder

20ml Vanilla Essence

100ml Water

Method:

1. Mix the soap base and dry additives together in a bowl

2. Stir in the water and other additives

3. Working quickly, knead the ingredients together.

4. Your soap mixture can now be formed into various shapes.

5. Leave to dry and set properly in a warm, dry, airy spot. The soap balls will dry in about two to three days. The soap pressed into moulds may take approx. a week before it can be removed from the moulds, or it can be placed in a freezer until hard then removed from the moulds and put in a place where they can dry.

These ideas will be great as gifts or for guests when they come to stay during the Christmas break.

Ylang Ylang helps to relieve irritability, nervous tension and mild anxiety in an oil burner, or diluted for massage (4 drops in 10mL of carrier oil). Beneficial to help relieve insomnia in a warm bath before bed (1drop in 2mL of vegetable oil) or 1 drop in an electric vapouriser.

Ylang Ylang is beneficial in skin care, helping  to balance sebum production. A general tonic to both hair and skin.

Helping to slow the breathing, Ylang Ylang is useful in meditation blends.

A patch test should be done on sensitive skin, and avoid use on inflamed or sun damaged skin. A little Ylang Ylang goes a long way, so use in moderation.

This facial treat leaves your skin feeling and looking radiant!

•5mL Borage Oil
•5mL Avocado Oil
•10mL Neroli 3% in Jojoba Oil

Combine in a 20mL bottle
Step 1: Cleanse your skin, and then lightly mist the skin with floral water.
Step 2: Apply 4-6 drops of oil to your skin and lightly massage in.
Step 3: Cover your eyes with cotton pads and then cover your face with a warm, damp towel.
Step 4: As the towel cools remove and then lightly spray face with floral water and wipe with damp cotton pads.
Repeat Steps 2-4 up to 5 times.
Step 5: Lightly mist skin and 2-3 drops of oil as a final moisturiser.

Refreshing and cleansing – perfect for morning and night, suitable for all skin types.

•15 drops Lemon Distilled Essential Oil
•10 drops Mandarin Essential Oil
•5 drops Bergamot Non-Phototoxic Essential Oil
•100mL Cleansing Lotion Additive Free

Add essential oils to cleansing lotion and blend thoroughly. Use twice daily to cleanse your face, avoid the eye area. Remove with damp cotton pads and follow with floral water and moisturiser/facial oil.

Discontinue use if irritation occurs.

A Hot Sports Rub designed specifically to help warm the body and muscles and can be used before or after sporting activities.

100% pure and natural essential oils have been selected to create a massage oil that warms and revives - Ginger is warming and soothing, Eucalyptus is energising, Lavender is soothing and relaxing and Wintergreen has stimulating and warming properties.

Ingredients: Soya Bean Oil, Canola Oil, Evening Primrose Oil, Ginger Oil (Zingiber officinalis), Eucalyptus Oil (Euclayptus globulus), Certified Organic Lavender Oil (Lavandula angustifolia), Wintergreen Oil (Gaultheria yunnanensis