Essential Oils

Essential oils are the pure botanical essences of plants.  They are complex plants of naturally occurring compounds that play a number of vital roles in plant life.  They are nature’s scents.

These readily evaporating oils are extracted from plants, usually by steam distillation, to produce the powerful concentrations used in aromatherapy.  Unlike synthetic fragrances, which are manufactured in laboratories, pure essential oils provide the complex, natural, and beneficial compounds for aromatherapy.

They are used in lotions, sprays, shampoos, skin, body, and hair care products.  They can be placed on cotton pads and sniffed throughout the day, placed on light bulb rings or used in diffusers to promote a healing environment, a few drops can be added to bath water, or they can be added to carrier oils such as olive, canola, sweet almond, avocado as well.  These precious gifts from nature are very potent and should not be placed directly on the skin due to the fact that some people could have a sensitive reaction.