The below recipe is one that I've been using for a few months and I have to say that it managed to actually soften my insane, psoriasis-ridden, wood-sanding elbows. This is a pretty luxurious oil blend that is a bit on the thick side but it actually absorbs pretty quickly and you can almost feel it sinking into all the layers of your skin.
Luxurious Moisturizing Recipe:
- 2 parts (20ml) jojoba oil
- 2 parts (20ml) avocado oil
- 1 part (10ml) sesame oil
- 1 part (10ml) JASON Vitamin E mix or just pure vitamin E oil
- Essential oils for scent... I use about 10 drops of lavender essential
Mix the above in store in a dark glass container and apply right after the shower or whenever you need a quick moisturizing boost. It does leave the skin a bit shiny for a little while so probably not the best thing to use right before running out the door to go to work but perfect after an evening shower.
Moisturizing Recipe 2:
- 1 part jojoba oil
- 1 part avocado oil
This would be a fairly thick but high absorptive mix.. would be great on cracked heels
Recipe 3
- 2 parts sweet almond oil
- 1 part sesame oil
A lighter mixture that really great slick feeling of oil
Recipe 4 - Healing Mixture
- Avocado Oil
- Tamanu Oil
- Calendula Oil
This would probably turn out to be pretty thick... and pretty expensive... but if you combine those oils you'll have a super healing oiling that will probably be perfect for almost any skin situation. I haven't had the ability to make something like this yet.. but I'm hoping to try in the very near future.
The list goes on forever... the beauty about oil mixtures is that you can make anything. You can use 5 ingredients (like my fave oil mix so far), or just one of them. Some oils are said to help with wrinkles and age spots.. some absorb really deep into the skin.. some just feel heavenly. There's no right or wrong mix so it all just boils down to what viscosity, texture, and desired effects that you want.
All of the above ingredients can be purchased at Mountain Rose Herbs if you want to one-stop-shop.
I can personally swear by Calendula. I had a really terrible burn on my thumb a few years back from a baking mishap. Hot metal racks, boiling oily juices, you get the picture...anyway, a client at my work gave me a tin of Calendula balm. It was just a calendula tincture mixed with beeswax and a scented oil. What would have taken at least a week to heal was nearly gone in two days. It was pretty amazing. Not even Neosporin has helped heal my wounds quicker. The only thing I can say is that Neosporin has anti-bacterial properties...and I'm not certain that the Calendula has that. But all that said, I would say without even trying it that I bet Recipe 4 works wonders!
ReplyDeleteOmg.. i'm so happy to hear that!! Calendula oil is just purely amazing. I've used it to and it's pretty damned impressive. Hard to fathom.. it's just oil from Marigolds. Which is funny because I actually remember my grandma collecting Marigold seeds and flowers where ever she went... i think she made tinctures out of it.
ReplyDeleteI just got the opportunity to spend some money, so I'm going to get some Tamanu and Calendula oil and try the healing potion. If I can make it, I'll send you a batch.
I just looked it up.. calendula (like a lot of oils it seems) has anti-bacterial/fungal properties... I think that seals it for me.. goodbye neosporin.