I was thinking earlier today about all of the amazing things essential oils are used for. They can calm, energize, uplift, heal and scent, and they do it beautifully and all-naturally.

If you don't mind my being a presumptious newbie, I would like to make this the official essential oils thread where we can talk about our favorite essential oils and how we use them.

I'll start with my all-time favorite: Tea Tree Oil. I put a few drops in everything - shampoo, conditioner, face wash, and foot lotion. It soothes my scalp, kills fungus and bacteria, and works really well. I also love rosemary and lavendar for their conditioning properties and uplifting scents. I put them in my hendigo, my leave-in conditioner, my jojoba, and anything else that catches my fancy.

You beat me to it....i was going to start an EO's thread but kept thinking "in a minute" :p

Here is a study into alopecia areata using essential oils as a treatment. Though it's worth noting that a man with Androgenic Alopecia also had regrowth

http://healthlibrary.epnet.com/GetContent.aspx?token=e0498803-7f62-4563-8d47-5fe33da65dd4&chunkiid=21376

Great topic!

I just bought a book on aromatherapy, and have stocked up on my EOs. I love to add some to my bath water (I usually use eucalyptus, camomille and camphor) with a generous splash of grapeseed oil for moisturizing properties.

And I love love love my TTO! I use it on spots, cuts and also put it in my OCM-mix.

You beat me to it....i was going to start an EO's thread but kept thinking "in a minute" :p

Here is a study into alopecia areata using essential oils as a treatment. Though it's worth noting that a man with Androgenic Alopecia also had regrowth

http://healthlibrary.epnet.com/GetContent.aspx?token=e0498803-7f62-4563-8d47-5fe33da65dd4&chunkiid=21376

Oh that's really neat. I wonder if doing the same thing would encourage hair growth. It makes sense that it would, by increasing circulation to the scalp by mildly irritating it with essential oils. You would probably have to use a fairly strong mix to do this I would think.

Before LHC went down there were 2 really long threads on Essential Oils for growth, one was based on that study and another i think was using Chrome Dome.....it seemed like loads of people got good results with it.

I have way too many essential oils.
Eucalyptus I use for breathing problems as my respiratory system gives up on me in the winter.
Sweet Orange oil I use for skin things time to time.
Pennyroyal - used very carefully diluted for bad cramps.
My mother adds Citronella to the cleaning water whenever we get even a hint of moth infestation and just periodically. My mother also has Lemongrass and one more that I forgot.

For hair, I put these in my scalp mix:
Jatamansi (Spikenard) - good for scalp care, hair growth and condition.
Texas cedarwood - hair growth, scalp
Bay Laurel - scalp problems, hair growth
Rosemary - scalp probelms
Lavander - scalp problems, hair condition
Tea Tree - skin problems, anti- fungal

Not in my scalp mix but used in hair and skin mixes:
Ylang ylang - nice one overall
Clove - for henna mixes, nicely overpowers henna smell too.

I've banned myself from buying any more for now. Way too much as is.

I message chamomile, lavender and spearmint oils into my scalp and hair all the time. Not only do they smell great but I have fewer ichties and much softer hair when I use them.:D catfish

I've just picked up some clove and am using it in my Aloe Vera jell for scent... I love it, and it seems like it's gonna last forever!

I use eo's mostly because of the scent. I have
lavender
rosemary
eucalyptus
mint
orange
rose

When the archives are up and running I'll repost my shortened version of the Essential Oils for hair loss and thinning article here. It had loads of great info without the hundreds of replies to wade through.

I've got a biscuit box full of EOs, and I use them in face serums, scalp oils, hair and body butters and massage oils!

My favourite EO in terms of effectiveness is undoubtedly lavender; it soothes, heals, calms and rejuvenates the skin. Based on scent alone, I prefer sweet orange, ylang ylang and vanilla.

Jel, I have yet to smell or use ylang ylang, is it floral?

When the archives are up and running I'll repost my shortened version of the Essential Oils for hair loss and thinning article here. It had loads of great info without the hundreds of replies to wade through.

Oh great. I can't wait to see that.

Oh great. I can't wait to see that.

It's making me really antsy to get the archives back. Believe it or not, I don't even have my own essential oil recipe written down anywhere except the archives. Luckily I have all the essential oils that I use in one place and I think I remember how many drops of each goes in. I hope.

My frav EO at the moment is Rosewood. Love it. I use it in my henna as it is super high in mono terpines and it makes the henna smell lovely.

Jel, I have yet to smell or use ylang ylang, is it floral?

It is floral, but sweet and exotic. It reminds me of lily of the valley, but darker... I blend it with orange and a drop of patchouli for my body massage oil, for example.

It is floral, but sweet and exotic. It reminds me of lily of the valley, but darker... I blend it with orange and a drop of patchouli for my body massage oil, for example.


Jel now you've really got me wanting to try it. I love lily of the valley and just about the only scent I like is patchouli with orange being a tolerable fruity scent to me. I would like that combination myself. I'm going to try the ylang ylang next time I go to my health store. Thanks for the info.

Jel now you've really got me wanting to try it. I love lily of the valley and just about the only scent I like is patchouli with orange being a tolerable fruity scent to me. I would like that combination myself. I'm going to try the ylang ylang next time I go to my health store. Thanks for the info.

I love ylang ylang too. I've been meaning to get some but I'm trying to hold off on buying too many. It smells exotic and mysterious but floral at the same time. I like it paired with citrus scents like lime. The freshness of citruses tend to make it a bit less heavy. Orange sounds like it would be really nice too.

My favourite has to be lavender, I put a few drops into my diffuser at night, it fills my bedroom with such a lovely, calming scent.

I only use the healing essential oils from my best friend. She's an alchemist. She created several blends.For all. They are highest quality.

One bit of info I'll add until the archives get back.

The four ingredients common to almost all hair growth formulas were lavender, rosemary, clary sage, and thyme. These four have been shown to have the greatest affect on hair growth.

Here is jessie58's recipe http://archive.longhaircommunity.com/showpost.php?p=892139&postcount=311

And the entirety of the old thread: http://archive.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=23598

And I just submitted the article I had written (jessie58's is probably more succinct, but I had mine saved so I thought it'd be of help) so that should be up soon! (When the articles in the archives become available, we can condense the two or something of that sort, or decide which one is more useful to leave up)

Thanks for posting this Freznow. I wish I had all these oils, especially sage and thyme. I'll try anything that works for Jessie58. She has amazing hair!

I currently own:
White Grapefruit
Sweet Orange
Lavender
Tea Tree
Eucalyptus

I use them mostly for scent and love them :inlove:

This may have been mentioned before, but what type of raw oil is used to make scented essential oil? I was looking at recipes for making lavender water with fresh dried lavender, and they call for unscented essential oil.

*I just looked it up, the oils ARE the distilled result of each plant. Duh!:shrug:

One bit of info I'll add until the archives get back.

The four ingredients common to almost all hair growth formulas were lavender, rosemary, clary sage, and thyme. These four have been shown to have the greatest affect on hair growth.

Here is jessie58's recipe http://archive.longhaircommunity.com/showpost.php?p=892139&postcount=311

And the entirety of the old thread: http://archive.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=23598

And I just submitted the article I had written (jessie58's is probably more succinct, but I had mine saved so I thought it'd be of help) so that should be up soon! (When the articles in the archives become available, we can condense the two or something of that sort, or decide which one is more useful to leave up)

Thank you so much Freznow. :)