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Basic Principles of Blending Essential Oils
There are no hard and fast rules in blending essential oils for Aromatherapy, however, you may want to stick to no more than 3 or 4 essential oils at a time, and make sure that you and the person(s) you will be using the blend on are not allergic to any of the ingredients.

Selecting essential oils
Many Aromatherapists’ use a traditional concept of top, middle and base notes when preparing aromatherapy blends.  Essential oils can be categorized into one of these following categories:

• Top Notes including, but not limited to: Bergamot, Cinnamon, Clove, Grapefruit, Lemon, Lemongrass, Lime, Mandarin, Neroli, Petitgrain, Sweet Orange, Peppermint, and Thyme
• Middle Notes including, but not limited to: German Chamomile, Cardamom, Geranium, Ginger, Lavender, Sweet Marjoram, Palmarosa, Pine, Rosemary, Rosewood, and Ylang Ylang
• Base Notes including, but not limited to: Carrot Seed, Cedarwood, Cistus, Clary sage, Frankincense, Myrrh, Patchouli, Peru Balsam, Sandalwood, Spikenard, Vetiver

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What Is Aromatherapy?
Aromatherapy (also known as essential oil therapy) can be defined as the art and science of natural aromatic essences extracted from the plant balance, coordination and promotion of health of body, mind and spirit. It aimed at unifying the physical, mental and spiritual processes in order to increase individual's innate healing processes.

Brief History Of Aromatherapy
Using essential oils for treatment of mental health and ceremonial purposes can be traced to many ancient civilizations, including Chinese, Egyptian, Greece and the Romans.  They also used essential oils in cosmetics, perfumes, and medications.  Several paintings in the caves of Lascaux in the Dordogne region of France also suggested the medicinal use of plants as far back as 18000 BC.

The ancient Chinese Emperor, Shennong, also known as the Father of Chinese medicine (approximately 2700BC), published a herbal book, Shennong Bencao Jing (Herbal Classic of Shennong), which contains information on over 300 plants.

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Let's take a look at some of the benefits of the base ingredients, essential oils, and additives that we used to make Marseille Handmade Soap (With and Without Honey):

Marseille Handmade Soap with Honey

• Olive Oil: Olive Oil is useful for dehydrated, sore and inflamed skin and is also used as a remedy for arthritis when rubbed onto the affected parts.
• Coconut Oil: Coconut Oil is used for hair care, skin care, stress relief, cholesterol level maintenance, weight loss, boosted immune system, proper digestion and regulated metabolism
• Red Palm oil: Red palm oil contains the highest amounts of vitamins A and E of any plant based oil. It has long been used to treat many skin ailments and is found in many anti-aging products.
• Palm Oil: Palm oil contains the hard to find tocotrienols, which are members of the vitamin E family. It has long been used to treat many skin ailments and is found in many anti-aging products.
• Avocado Oil: Avocado oil is high in nutrients to soothe and nourish dry, damaged skin. It is also known to be anti-aging.

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Let's take a look at some of the benefits of the base ingredients, essential oils, and additives that we used to make Canola Oil Handmade Soap:     

Canola Oil Handmade Soap

• Comfrey Leaf & Powder: Comfrey helps to reduce swelling and bruising and pain associated with sprains and muscle injuries.
• Olive Oil: Olive Oil is useful for dehydrated, sore and inflamed skin and is also used as a remedy for arthritis when rubbed onto the affected parts.
• Coconut Oil: Coconut Oil is used for hair care, skin care, stress relief, cholesterol level maintenance, weight loss, boosted immune system, proper digestion and regulated metabolism
• Palm Oil: Palm oil contains the hard to find tocotrienols, which are members of the vitamin E family. It has long been used to treat many skin ailments and is found in many anti-aging products.

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Let's take a look at some of the benefits of the base ingredients, essential oils, and additives that we used to make Camellia Seed Oil Handmade Soap For Acne Skin:   

Camellia Seed Oil Handmade Soap

• Camellia Seed Oil: Camellia seed oil has been used for aging and dry skin, sun damage and scar repair, eczema, psoriasis and other skin conditions.
• Olive Oil: Olive Oil is useful for dehydrated, sore and inflamed skin and is also used as a remedy for arthritis when rubbed onto the affected parts.
• Coconut Oil: Coconut Oil is used for hair care, skin care, stress relief, cholesterol level maintenance, weight loss, boosted immune system, proper digestion and regulated metabolism.
• Palm Oil: Palm oil contains the hard to find tocotrienols, which are members of the vitamin E family. It has long been used to treat many skin ailments and is found in many anti-aging products.

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Let's take a look at some of the benefits of the base ingredients, essential oils, and additives that we used to make Aloe Vera & Avocado Moisturizing Handmade Soap:  

Aloe Vera & Avocado Handmade Soap

• Aloe Vera Gel: Aloe Vera is anti-infective, anti-inflammatory and soothing on 
• cuts and burns; it also soothes and heals wounds, bruises, muscle or joint pain, acne, and skin blemishes.
• Olive Oil: Olive Oil is useful for dehydrated, sore and inflamed skin and is also used as a remedy for arthritis when rubbed onto the affected parts.
• Coconut Oil: Coconut Oil is used for hair care, skin care, stress relief, cholesterol level maintenance, weight loss, boosted immune system, proper digestion and regulated metabolism

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Let's take a look at some of the benefits of the base ingredients, essential oils, and additives that we used to make Comfrey Moisturizing Handmade Soap:              

Comfrey Handmade Soap

• Comfrey Leaf & Powder: Comfrey helps to reduce swelling and bruising and pain associated with sprains and muscle injuries.
• Olive Oil: Olive Oil is useful for dehydrated, sore and inflamed skin and is also used as a remedy for arthritis when rubbed onto the affected parts.
• Coconut Oil: Coconut Oil is used for hair care, skin care, stress relief, cholesterol level maintenance, weight loss, boosted immune system, proper digestion and regulated metabolism
• Palm Oil: Palm oil contains the hard to find tocotrienols, which are members of the vitamin E family. It has long been used to treat many skin ailments and is found in many anti-aging products.

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