Essential Oils

I am a total perfume abuser.  I am fully aware that I will be that stinky old lady that you sit next to on a plane that makes you choke due to the fact that she took a bath in perfume this morning.  I've accepted it.  But talking to a friend a while back made me realize how perfume, though seemingly harmless, contains chemicals and yucky stuff that you don't want on your skin, let alone absorbed into your blood stream.

So I've turned a new leaf...well the leaf is turned over about 80% of the time.  I picked up some essential oils- the real stuff not the synthetic kind- and have been using this as my perfume instead.  I put a few drops in my face lotion or on my neck and wrist.  A little goes a LONG way so make sure you use just a little or dilute it in a carrier oil or lotion.

The benefits are both physical and mental.  As your nose smells and your body absorbs the oil your brain will be stimulated, calmed, etc., depending on which essential oil you use.  Essential oils have also been used for centuries to cure an infinite list of ailments from sinusitis to nausea and everything in between.  Furthermore, you smell oh so good simply and naturally without traumatizing everyone around you.  Everybody wins:)

Scroll to the bottom of this web page for a list of ailments eased by essential oil use.
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Many-Health-Benefits-of-Essential-Oils