For that, you’ll need a carrier oil.
What is a carrier oil?
Carrier oils are a substance that can, well, carry essential oils onto your skin.
Read: They’re the fatty, rich plant oils that you probably already have in your kitchen.
Carrier oils are also important from a safety perspective.
“It’s not advisable to put essential oils directly on your skin,” Galper stresses.
How to use carrier oils.
“Carrier oils are great for all kinds of applications,” says Galper.
Types of carrier oils.
They should also be affordable enough to use in higher quantities.
Combine them with essential oils likelavenderfor a soothing massage or peppermint for a quick pick-me-up.
Doctor them up withlemon or rosemary essential oilto promote hair growth or patchouli and palmarosa to tackle dandruff.
A note before you buy.
When looking for a carrier oil, quality is key.
You’re going to be lathering the stuff on yourself, after all!
“It’s the same kind of criteria that we use for eating.
The bottom line.
Whichever carrier oil you choose, see to it it’s organic and cold-expeller pressed.
