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Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha - Somalia)
Emotional Benefits: Provides the focus and strength to pull through troubled times. Replaces feelings of apathy and lack of initiative with motivation and strength.
Beauty Benefits: Soothes and softens rough, cracked or chapped skin. Stimulates regeneration of skin cells, reduces inflammation, fights infection and helps to heal wounds. Reputedly prevents premature aging of the skin. Helps heal blemishes.
Cautions: Should be avoided during pregnancy.
$12.19 (in base of coconut oil)
Patchouli (Pogostemum patchouli - Indonesia)
Emotional Benefits: Eases anxiety. Diminishes depression. Reduces mental fatigue and lethargy. In low quantities is sedative, in high quantities is stimulating. Can sharpen intelligence and improve concentration. Has aphrodisiac attributes that can increase libido.
Beauty Benefits: Tightens and tones sagging skin. Helps to fade scars and speeds healing of sores and wounds. Cools and calms inflamed skin and sunburn. Helps combat cellulite.
$8.50
Sandalwood (Mysore) (Santalum album - Mysore)
Emotional Benefits: Soothes emotions that are exhausted from a hectic lifestyle. Relieves stress, elevates the spirits. Promotes compassion, openness and understanding. Sandalwood essential oil can help an introverted person become more sociable. An aphrodisiac, sandalwood oil helps overcome frigidity and impotence.
Beauty Benefits: Moisturizes dry, dehydrated and mature skin. Softens lines and wrinkles. Balances either oily or dry skin. Relieves itching and irritation after shaving and inhibits the growth of bacteria that can cause infection of ingrown hairs. If you are feeling cold, a few drops of sandalwood essential oil in a hot bath will leave you wonderfully warm.
$21.83 (Temporarily out of stock) Although we do have Australian Sandalwood, please inquire.
10% in coconut oil - $7.50
Tea Tree Oil (Melaleuca alternifolia - Australia)
Emotional Benefits: Can restore energy depleted by everyday stress. Calming and centering.
Beauty Benefits: Effective in fighting acne. Men can prevent skin irritation from shaving and the infection of ingrown hairs by applying tea tree oil after shaving. Effective treatment for nail fungal infections.
Known as the "first aid kit in a bottle" tea tree oil cleanses and disinfects wounds and soothes and heals burns. Relieves the symptoms of asthma, bronchitis, colds, congestion, coughs, aches, fevers, laryngitis, sore throats, tonsillitis and whooping coughs. It fights fungal infections such as athlete's foot, candida infections and jock itch and helps heal cold sores and hemorrhoids. Tea tree oil also relieves the itching, redness and scaling of psoriasis, seborrhea and eczema and other types of dermatitis.
Cautions: May be irritating to sensitive skin.
$5.60
Vetivert (Vetivera zizanoides - Haiti)
Emotional Benefits: Emotionally calming and helpful in overcoming depression, insomnia and nervousness. Reduces anxiety, stress and tension.
Beauty Benefits: Helps to normalize oily skin and clear acne. Has a rejuvenating effect on mature skin. Helps heal cuts and wounds and soothes irritated and inflamed skin. Has natural deodorizing properties.
$9.20
Ylang Ylang (Cananga odorata - Madagascar)
Emotional Benefits: Subdues anxiety and stress. Reduces worrying and tension. Minimizes anger, fears and frustrations. Can provide comfort during times of change. Inspires creativity, intuition and understanding. Arouses sensuality, creates erotic and euphoric moods and induces deep relaxation.
Beauty Benefits: Balances oil production, reducing excessive oiliness. Softens and smoothes skin and stimulates new cell growth. Relaxes facial muscles and releases facial tension that can contribute to lines, wrinkles and sagging skin. Has a tonic and stimulating effect on the scalp promoting a more luxurious hair growth.
$7.60
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