Using Oils Neat and In Soap (Was RE: Bergamot Use On The Face)

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> David Lambert

 

> [Dave:] Here's a perfect example of why EOs must be used with

> such great caution!

 

Absolutely!

 

There are only a few that are safe to

> use neat,

 

NO! None of the oils are what I would call " safe " to use neat! Every

single oil is prefereably to be diluted before use! We have at least 3

people here on this list I personally know who are totally sensitized to

lavender - one of the oils many folks say is " safe " to use neat!!!

 

In fact - I know more folks sensitized to lavender than any other

volatile oil cause that is the one they feel most safe using neat!!!!!!

 

I really can't stress this enough - even if I got a gong and went out in

the street chanting at the top of my lungs (and I am a loud Italiano New

Yawkuh) - " Hear ye, hear ye - NO essential oils are safe to use

undiluted!!! Thou shalt not believe-ith the crap-ith you've heard-ith

that lavender and tea tree oils are safe to use neat!!! "

 

and even in trace amounts people can have a

> reaction.

 

Yep, the joys of being sensitized! That is why we harp SO much here

about diluting ALL EO's .. You run a MUCH lower risk of developing a

sensitization when you dilute the stuff - and the EO's work just as well

diluted, if not better even!

 

 

Out of three dozen EOs on my shelf, there are only

> two I ever use on skin (tea tree and lavender), and less than

> a dozen that I put in soap. The rest are strictly for

> aromatherapy. There are a few though which I've never tried

> in soap and would like to: vetiver is one, and jasmine is another.

 

I'm not quite as worried about the oils in a wash off product like soap.

Obviously one would want to work within certain safety guidelines, but

I'd say to go and have some fun with those soap scents, Dave! :-D

Vetiver is wonderful, as long as you get a good Vetiver - otherwise it

just STINKS like weird burnt roots - yuck! ;-p

 

HEY, that reminds me - Anita, I have to get my Vetiver plants from you

still!!! {grinz}

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com