The 10 Best Essential Oils for Beauty
With their rich aromas and cosmetic properties, essential oils are an incredible ally when it comes to beauty treatments.
In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the best essential oils for beauty.
Why use essential oils for beauty?
Essential oils have many healthy properties, and that’s why they’re used in the cosmetic and beauty sector. They can be useful in treating acne, cellulitis, wrinkles and even muscle cramps.
Unlike creams and lotions, they don’t have chemical substances that can cause negative health consequences.
Additionally, oils hydrate and provide nutrients to the skin, treat infections and stimulate your skin’s natural defenses.
They use them in spas, and we can also use them at home.
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The best oils for beauty treatments
Whether used to reduce wrinkles, to do a relaxing massage, or hydrate the skin, essential oils can help you look younger and more beautiful.
These are the most recommended:
1.Essential Lavender oil
Lavender is one of the most well-known and used for aesthetics. In addition, it’s also medicinal due to its properties, applications, and multi-functionality.
This is an oil that can be applied directly on the skin (it’s not necessary to dilute it). Plus, it strengthens the actions of other components when mixed.
Lavender oil has the capacity to rejuvenate your skin. As a result, it’s recommended as a treatment for acne, wrinkles, burns and wounds.
2. Essential lemon oil
Lemon oil is full of vitamin C and is a potent antioxidant.
First of all, it prevents the aging of your skin since it prevents the development of free radicals that break up skin cells.
These properties are thanks to citral. This is a chemical substance that offers not only aroma, but also other benefits like the prevention of wrinkles.
3. Essential rose oil
This is truly an ally for your beauty. Plus, it gives off a very pleasant fragrance and has healthy effects on your skin.
Rose oil treats eczema and dryness and detains premature aging. Plus, it can be used on all types of skin.
Thanks to its astringent properties, it restores harmful capillaries and repairs marks from acne and scars. It lends a better aspect to the skin in general.
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4. Musk rose essential oil
Originally from Europe, this plant is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (Omega 3 and 6) as well as antioxidant vitamins such as A, C, and E.
The oil is extracted from the seeds of the mosqueta rose and has many properties. Among the most outstanding are the fact that it:
- Stimulates the production of collagen
- Reduces wrinkles and smile lines
- Improves scars, stretch marks and blemishes
This oil is very useful after being in the sun since it hydrates your skin. It’s also good to use after surgery or after having suffered a burn.
5. Essential tea tree oil
This is another necessary oil if you like to take care of your skin.
It can be applied directly on the skin and is useful on all types of infections, including acne (it dries pimples), herpes or open sores and cuts.
6. Sage essential oil
This oil allows your to have softer and firmer skin. It’s great to use on open pores.
In addition, this oil hides wrinkles and avoids the formation of new expression lines.
7. Essential rosemary oil
Rosemary is a basic ally for both beauty and health. After all, it reduces dandruff and improves your scalp.
It can be applied directly on the roots of your hair and mixed with shampoo and conditioner.
- Rosemary oil is also good for dermatitis, eczema, acne and swelling of the face.
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8. Argan oil
This oil comes from a tree that only grows in Morocco (known there as the “tree of life”).
Its fruit contains 3 times the amount of vitamin E that olive oil contains as well as fatty acids and beta-carotene. It has the ability to repair, to nourish, and to make your hair soft and shiny.
- You can also use argon oil to reduce premature aging of the skin.
- In addition, it’s good to combat wrinkles, spots and loose skin, and improve stretch marks and marks caused by acne and chicken pox.
- Since it doesn’t clog pores, it’s suitable for oily skin and skin with a tendency to have blackheads and pimples.
- Argon oil helps your skin recover from sunburns, strengthens your nails and helps your skin maintain its elasticity.
9. Chamomile Essential oil
This is another oil that may be applied directly to the skin since it doesn’t irritate.
Chamomile essential oil has anti-inflammatory properties and therefore is recommended for dermatitis.
10. Geranium essential oil
This is one of the best essential oils for beauty, and it’s even used as a natural cosmetic. This is because it prevents and treats cellulitis.
Before using it, however, you should mix it with another oil. Almond oil is a good choice.
In addition, it also heals scars and wounds, eliminates body odor, treats oily skin, and reduces acne.
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