New with some essential oils questions-oils

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>Can I use essential oils everday in homemade lotions, cleaners

Yes, but provided you use the correct volume of essential oils and

the safe oils. To do that you must get proper safety data and not

rely on picking up snippets off the internet.

 

>Does sensitization to oils occur only through skin contact or

>through inhalation as well.

 

It can happen via inhalation, but very few cases are recorded. Those

that have become sensitised via inhalation have invariably done

stupid things like having several diffusers going all day in badly

ventilated rooms.

 

>I have read on many of the " green " sites that certain chemicals in

>cleaners, fabric softeners, etc. are dangers, i.e. linalool,

>limonene, benzyl acetate.

 

It all depends on volumes used. Most larger commercial producers

test safety very carefully because they do not want to be sued.

There is an unbelievable amount of scientific junk on the chemicals

mentioned, and here in Europe the EEC advisory committee are a bunch

of know nothing blockheads on the subject! The chemicals mentioned

tend to be skin sensitisers as they age and oxidise. Therefore, if

fresh oils are used, or the oils have effective antioxidants, then

there should be no problems. Since most commercial cosmetic products

do have effective anti oxidants then there should no be a problem.

See the article on my site over aged lavender.

 

Re synthetic versus natural see my last answer. Also, if the

chemical is natural or synthetic may make no difference to its

senstising potential.

 

Lastly, if you need more basic information there is a free file you

can download on my website in return for you supplying the necessary

information.

 

Martin Watt

http://www.aromamedical.com

 

, " susan " <ripple95 wrote:

> Hi, I'm new and would love to understand more about essential oils,

so

> here you go. I like to use them in the home for fragrance as in the

> laundry, diffusing for scent in the air and in homemade cleaning and

> beauty products.

>

> 1. Can I use essential oils everday in homemade lotions, cleaners,

etc.

> 2. Does sensitization to oils occur only through skin contact or

> through inhalation as well.

> 3. I have read on many of the " green " sites that certain chemicals

in

> cleaners, fabric softeners, etc. are dangers, i.e. linalool,

limonene,

> benzyl acetate. These are the same chemicals that make up essential

> oils. Are the ones in cleaners, etc. dangerous because they are the

> synthetic versions and the ones in essential oils OK because the

> chemicals are in their natural form?

 

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