Posts Tagged ‘Essential oils’

postheadericon Shock treatment for damaged hair

Shock treatment for damaged hair
hair treatment
* Remember to drink plenty of water to maintain adequate hydration of the skin and hair
* Eat balanced fruits and vegetables
* Avoid repeated staining, which attack the hair
* Similarly, avoid using too repeated the hair dryer or flat iron
* Do not wash your hair too often (1 to 2 times per week maximum, and why not but more space?) And attention to the shampoo used: major brands are not always the best
* Do not use too much gel and above, choose non-alcoholic gels (see the composition)
* And then most importantly, something that we think little, but very important: Do not wash your hair with water too hot, because it breaks the hair, choose warm water or cold.

Now, let’s treatment!

Shock treatment for damaged hair: to use

* 1 egg yolk
* 2 teaspoons pure shea butter
* 2 tablespoons vegetable oil of your choice (argan, olive, castor, jojoba, sweet almond … you choose!)
* Lemon juice (optional, you can also choose to make a lemon rinse)
* Glycerin (optional)
* Essential oils (rosemary, clary sage, ylang ylang, geranium … your choice!)

Mix all ingredients together, whisk like to make a mayonnaise.
Apply to wet hair. Leave raise a minimum of 30 min, and then make a gentle shampoo.

postheadericon Insect bites: How to prevent and alleviate

Insect bites: How to prevent and alleviate

With summer, insects and their bites are topical again … How can they escape, and once bitten, how to soothe pain and itching? The natural solutions are not lacking, and among them, essential oils, vinegar and alum stone give good results.

In preventive

First, to avoid the inconvenience caused by the bites of mites and insects (mosquitoes, horseflies, bees, wasps, chiggers, ticks, spiders …), it is best to seek protection by covering clothing (long sleeves, trousers), avoid perfume (smells of flowers or fruits attract insects), and for mosquito nets to install windows and do not turn the light on at night if windows are open. Read the rest of this entry »

postheadericon Sleep of the Child: Plants to the rescue

Sleep of the Child: Plants to the rescue

Your child is nervous, agitated, bedtime is a test, he has trouble falling asleep and spend a quiet night? Try some natural solutions offered by plants: aromatherapy, herbal medicine or homeopathy, there are many who a bear fruit! Especially as the light of insomnia in adults can also be resolved through the soothing properties of some plant species.

Side of aromatherapy.

Some essential oils have proven their effectiveness for calming restless children and prepare them to sleep. Essential oils of fine lavender, mandarin orange or sweet spread in the air in the chamber, 10 to 15 minutes before bedtime, is an easy to implement (provided you have a diffuser ), and well accepted in children. You can supplement with a few drops of gasoline chosen directly on the pillow.

Alternatively, the skin applications. In a 10 ml vial, add 2 ml of HE marjoram, 2 ml of Essential Oil of lavender, 1 ml of Roman chamomile and complete with 5 ml of vegetable oil, sweet almond. Each evening, apply 3 to 4 drops of the mixture on the skin at the solar plexus, the spine, inside of wrists and arch. Massage lightly until absorbed. Read the rest of this entry »

postheadericon Mask natural shine to your hair

Mask natural shine to your hair

Natural recipe for thinning hair.

Here is a very simple recipe for rejuvenating mask with essential oils, which can restore the luster to the hair and accentuate the bright golden hair.

For a container of 70 ml, you will need:

* 2 tablespoons butter or shea butter mango
* 2 tablespoons argan oil, avocado or olive
* 1 teaspoon chamomile floral water
* 10 drops of essential oil of bergamot
* 2 drops of essential oil of cinnamon bark

Apply this mask once a week on damp hair after shampooing.

Wrap your head in a hot towel for twenty minutes. Rinse and wash them again.

Warning: It is important to see the precautions for use of essential oils before handling.

Catch up with all my little beauty recipes and an article on the various essential oils to be used by each type of hair.

postheadericon Care organic and natural hair in distress

Care organic and natural hair in distress

Hair is often strained, with many attacks they suffer. They can become fat, or dry and brittle. The cosmetic industry offers a multitude of hair products, but such care often contain chemical ingredients allergens, irritants, or debilitating for hair and scalp. The hair care products organic themselves, using plants or natural assets, as nourishing vegetable oils, butters melting, essential oils and purifying tonic, hydrolats … Love your hair, they deserve the bio!

The hair in figures

Each of us (except Alopecia) between 100,000 and 150,000 hairs, and we lose an average of 100 per day. They renew themselves constantly: the life cycle of a human hair is 3 years for men and 5 to 10 years for women. The hair grows continuously, then stops growing and dies. He fell 2 to 4 months later, when the new hair is hunted out of the hair follicle. The growth is about 0.04 inches per day or fifteen centimeters per year. Read the rest of this entry »