Essential Hair Oils ~ Good Oils for Hair

Carrier Oils for Hair and Skin

Few oils can safely be applied directly to the skin or hair straight from the bottle, so they need to be diluted in a base, or carrier oil. The carrier oil also “fixes” an essential oil, preventing its immediate evaporation. Just a drop of neat essential oil will disappear in second when exposed to the [...]

Hair Aromatherapy

Treating your hair to an aromatic mist in the morning is a great way to enjoy the therapeutic benefits of essential oils all day long. It is also a quick and easy way to neutralize those stale odors that surface in your consciousness as you begin to wake up. When you are drowsy, on sniff [...]

Bay Essential Oil

Bay rum essential oil, Pimenta racemosa, has a sweet, spicy, balsamic aroma. It is a warming oil that helps calm the mind and relieve aches and pains from rheumatism. Bay essential oil can be used in hair care preparations to relieve scalp conditions and to act as a hair tonic. Bay blends nicely with cedarwood, [...]

Tea Tree for Hair

Tea Tree is one of the best known and most frequently used of all the essential oils, because it is a brilliant infection-fighter– from fungal infections, such as athlete’s foot, to a severe flu, infected wounds, insect bites and mouth ulcers. Tea Tree oil comes from Australia, including the off-shore state of Tasmania and was [...]

Rosemary For The Hair

Rosemary can sharpen your wits and enhance your memory. It can also help to ease aches and pains and boost circulation. Women traditionally rinse their hair with rosemary water for clean, gleaming results. The herb was used extensively by ancient Egyptians, Romans and Greeks to whom it was sacred. It also symbolized friendship and loyalty. [...]

Chamomile and Hair

Chamomile essential oil can be used to aid digestion and help with stomach upsets (particularly a nervous tummy). However it is perhaps best known for its ability to relieve period pain (both the essential oil and chamomile tea are effective), also relieves an earache and toothache. Like Lavender, chamomile brings emotional balance, dispelling anxiety. The [...]

Bergamot for Hair

Bergamot is a refreshing and an uplifting oil that helps to ease both physical and emotional tension. Like most therapeutic essential oils, it has antiseptic properties and it is also reputed to benefit the respiratory system. According to many sources, Bergamot was named after the Italian city of Bergamo in Lombardy, where it was first [...]