| Aromatherapy benefits your health and beauty in | | | | Ideally, ingredients such as vegetable oils, lanolin, |
| numerous ways. Plus, aromatherapy has scents | | | | alcohol, glycerin and herbs work with essential oils to |
| appeal. Aroma is often as important as anything else | | | | enrich your skin. However, that's not all you'll find in |
| that a body-care product offers, and it plays a big | | | | the jar. Body-care products also contain waxes and |
| role in choosing what you're going to put on your | | | | other stabilizers to prevent all the ingredients from |
| body. It certainly contributes to your enjoyment as | | | | separating. Preservatives may be needed to slow |
| you use it. Watch your initial reaction the next time | | | | spoilage and additional ingredients provide a desirable |
| you buy a skin lotion or hair rinse. I bet that the first | | | | color and texture. You don't need compounds like |
| or second thing you do is to open the lid to discover | | | | these in homemade aromatherapy products because |
| how it smells. Aromatherapy benefits your skin and | | | | they don't go through all the shipping, shaking, and |
| hair, but the aromas also affect your moods. | | | | long-term shelf-sitting demanded of a commercial |
| Selecting aromatherapy products can be a lot more | | | | product. |
| complicated than selecting toothpaste. However, help | | | | Usually, these additives are manmade chemicals with |
| is here. When thinking about what you need for | | | | long names that don't just rattle off your tongue. |
| healthy skin, consider where you take your skin. | | | | Watch out for tricky wording on labels like |
| Wind, icy-cold air, dry air, sun exposure, and air | | | | phen-oxy-ethanol, which comes from the toxic |
| pollution are some of the things that take a toll on | | | | compound phenol. In either case, you end up with a |
| your complexion. So do some less obvious conditions, | | | | brand new compound that simply borrowed parts |
| such as car, airplane, or recycled air. | | | | (molecules) from the old one. This manmade process |
| You don't need lots of stuff on your skin. If you | | | | is called synthesis, so the end product is synthetic. |
| choose the best products for your skin, then a few | | | | Aromatherapy products are safe, effective and |
| items that contain simple ingredients, including | | | | enjoyable for the entire family. |
| essentials oils, is all you need. | | | | |