by Andrea on August 17, 2010
Creating body butters and essential oil blends with carrier oils has always brought me–and my skin–great pleasure! When creating an essential oil blend in a carrier, getting creative is a good thing! Choose from a wide variety of butters and oils. When deciding, think about consistency, the therapeutic properties of the carrier, and your intention [...]
by Andrea Butje on July 26, 2010
There are many wonderful carrier oils for burns that nourish the skin and speed its healing. Baobab oil, shea butter and tamanu oil are three of my current favorites. Baobab: The oil is made by cold-pressing the seeds of the fruit of the baobab tree (Adansonia digitata). Baobab oil is highly penetrating, deeply nourishing and [...]
by Andrea on July 14, 2008
Baobab Seed Oil Adansonia digitata It’s hard to find a store-bought beauty product that doesn’t claim to have one of the more popular, commonly known carrier oils in it, like shea butter or coconut oil. Baobab seed oil, on the other hand, isn’t on the tip of the average beauty consumer’s tongue. But those who haven’t [...]