Guest guest Posted January 2, 2002 Report Share Posted January 2, 2002 charlie_elise wrote: [snip] > my mother is an > aromatherapist and informed me allergies to essential oils were > actually very rare...but there seem to be a lot I've heard of-or is > it just too concentrated in Lush???) From absolutely everything I've read on the subject, essential oils are common causes of allergies. Some of the more commony used ones include: almond, angelica, bergamot, camphor, cinnamon, citrus (all citrus oils), clove, coriander, corn, cottonseed, eucalyptus, fennel, fir, geranium, horsetail, jojoba, lavender (also a photosensitizer), lemongrass, marjoram, papaya, sage, sandalwood, thyme, , tea tree oil, wintergreen, witch hazel, ylang ylang (source: 'The Beauty Bible', Paula Begoun, Beginning Press, 1997.) All of the above are known skin irritants, although irritation varies from person to person. As far as Lush goes, not only do the products contain large amounts of fragrance in the form of oils, the products aren't much more " natural " than any other product range. Ingredients typically include ingredients like sodium lauryl sulphate, TEA-lauryl sulphate, propylene glycol, lauramide DEA etc. Personally, I love to walk past Lush and smell - but not buy. There's no way I'm dousing myself in known skin irritants! As Charlie_elise's mother would know, using essential oils in an oil burner is a very different situation to rubbing them on your skin. Anyone who doubts that oils are very potent irritants can do this simple test - drop a few drops of clove oil in your eyes! But you might want to do this test while at a hospital, coz you're bound to need medical treatment immediately. Re: cosmetics - as I pointed out in an earlier post, stick with unfragranced, uncolored products and you're most of the way towards avoiding irritation. Leanne Daharja XXX > > > smell ya later > > Charlie xxxx > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2002 Report Share Posted January 2, 2002 ahhhh!!! patchouli!!! *screams and runs away* oh, and we don't have lush in the states *he sez in a really far away voice* fraggle " charlie_elise " <charlie_elise wrote: >Hey fraggle ;-) >Being the smelly hippy that I am, I don't think it's a good idea to >use anti-pespirants which actually stop you sweating, cause it's all >natural ain't it? but y'know, not wearing one tends to cause >unplesant odour after a while so I do use a deoderant (as in >somethin' that kills the bacteria causin' the stink so I don't smell >but still sweat freely!) wow! But I'm gonna upset people 'cause I buy >mine from Lush. I must be fortunate because I am not allergic to >anything (although I always try to claim I'm allergic to meat 'cause >I've never eaten any of that crap) (I lie...I tried fish) >I tried the crystal, did nothing for me. >Bear in mind when you roll on anti sweat stuff and then go to >something that doesn't actually stop you sweating you might want to >put it on a few times a day to start off with, just to make sure. But >my 'aromaco' sems to work good on me. (it's got patchouli oil in it >for all those who are allergic to all essential oils-my mother is an >aromatherapist and informed me allergies to essential oils were >actually very rare...but there seem to be a lot I've heard of-or is >it just too concentrated in Lush???) > >smell ya later > >Charlie xxxx > > > >To to the Digest Mode [ recommended ], send an email to: vegan-network-digest > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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