Carrier oils – what are they?

Carrier oils are usually overlooked because they don’t contain the therapeutic constituents of other essential oils, but they can play an indispensable companion of topically applied oils. Carrier oils are naturally derived from vegetarian sources and have a neutral smell. They aren’t volatile like essential oils, which makes them an excellent medium for dilution and application. Vegetable shortening, butter, and margarine …

Tips for Kissable, soft Lipps

1) Just a little care and know-how can help make your lips kissably smooth. Start your lip care routine with an exfoliating lip scrub, which can help by removing dead skin cells from lips. Not only does this reveal softer-feeling skin cells, but it can also help prepare lips for the smooth application of lip balm.   Exfoliating Lip Scrub …

Juniper – Cleansing

Juniper – ready to cleanse and care for your oily, hydrated or sluggish skin! The berries of the juniper bush which grows throrugh our europe are distilled to obtain the clear, thin liquid called juniper oil or juniper berry oil. If you visit Young Living farm in Mona/UTAH, you’ll find huge pils of Juniper trees waiting to be distilled for …

Wintergreen

Wintergreen has always been a very dear plant to native americans. They used to chewe wintergreen when running long distances to increase endurance and respiratory capacity. Wintergreen has cooling and soothing properties,  specially soothing for head tension and in massages and muscles after exercising Mentally wintergreen is stimulating and increases attentiveness. It is interesting that this plant associates with many …

Golden Touch – free yourself with the golden touch of essential oils

Life can take a toll on your body and emotions. Too many people don’t understand this connection. Instead of releasing emotions and healing, individuals continue to push their emotions deeper and deeper. Left unchecked, negative feelings like anger, pain, and fear can move into the stomach, kidney, liver, heart, or other vital systems—essentially taking over the body and mind. In …

Chemistry of essential oils – made simple

Aromatic plants and trees produce essential oils for protection against other plants, herbaceous insects and mammals, to signal other plants and animals (communication), and to attract insects for pollination. Essential oils are natural – not man-made. When essential oils are properly distilled from aromatic plants they are bioactive and pure. Each essential oil is composed of 100-300 unique molecules – …

The science behind high quality essential Oils

Gary Young learned GC-MS (gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy) analysis techniques from Dr. Herve Casabianca, who works for CNRS in France. Dr. Casabianca is well-known in the field of essential oil GC-MS analysis in Europe. Along with Dr. Casabianca, Young Living has two GC-MS instruments, one at the Young Living Ecuador Farm and the other at the Young Living Global Headquarters in …

First helichrysum has been distilled…

The time has come – fist helichrysum oil has been deskilled at our new farm in Croatia. Why would you want to have helichrysum essential oil? Helichrysum (Helichrysum italicum) is known for its restorative properties and provides excellent support to the skin, liver, and nervous system. Uses: Helichrysum has been studied by European researchers for regenerating tissue and nerves and …