Essential Oils For Hair Loss and Shedding

**CarpeDM** · March 18th, 2011, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by In2wishin

I copied Igor's recipe from the first post. The amounts in red will fill a 2 oz bottle so I hope this will give you an idea how to adjust the recipe you are thinking of using.

Igor's Recipe

1. Thyme essential oil - 2 drops 5 drops
2. Atlas cedarwood essential oil - 2 drops 5 drops
3. Lavender essential oil -3 drops 7 drops
4. Rosemary essential oil -3 drops 7 drops
5. Jojoba oil - ½ teaspoon 1 and 1/4 tsp
6. Grapeseed oil - 4 teaspoons 10 tsp. (3 Tbl plus 1 tsp)

Someone may correct me but all I can find about evening primrose oil is that it is used more as a nutritive oil rather than a carrier oil and a maximum of 10% is recommended. I couldn't find anything about carrot oil except as an EO.

Hope this helps.

Question...is Igor's recipe based on one ounce of carrier oil, I didn't see the carrier oil amount indicated?

**ChloeDharma** · March 18th, 2011, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by CarpeDM

Question...is Igor's recipe based on one ounce of carrier oil, I didn't see the carrier oil amount indicated?

The recipe is the one used in the study done at the university of aberdeen. Joboba and grapeseed are the ones used there.

**In2wishin** · March 18th, 2011, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by CarpeDM

Question...is Igor's recipe based on one ounce of carrier oil, I didn't see the carrier oil amount indicated?

It is based on 1/2 teaspoon of jojoba and 4 teaspoons of grapeseed which is a total of 4 and 1/2 teaspoons carrier. This equals approximately 3/4 of an ounce.

**CarpeDM** · March 18th, 2011, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by In2wishin

It is based on 1/2 teaspoon of jojoba and 4 teaspoons of grapeseed which is a total of 4 and 1/2 teaspoons carrier. This equals approximately 3/4 of an ounce.

Hmmm, well I just added 5 drops of each to the 2 ounces of oil...

It seems like some of the recipes have more oil and some have less, hard to figure out the correct ratio...

**jessie58** · March 18th, 2011, 12:39 PM

Jessie58's recipe is based on 4 ounces of carrier oil and can be halved to a 2 ounce bottle of jojoba oil.

**CarpeDM** · March 18th, 2011, 12:58 PM

Hi Jessie, (PS I loved that part in the movie) I saw that recipe, but my goodness there sure are a lot of ingredients LOL. Currently I have basil, lavender, rosemary, carrot, camellia, and evening primrose oil in my herbal arsenal so I was hoping to use those ingredients before investing in some others. I'm hoping the 5 drops per 2 ounce will work for now. I remember trying something similar out before but I sort of gave up on it, I think mainly because it was irritating my head and shedding increased. However this could have been my fault because I do believe I added too many drops and didn't have the correct ratio of carrier oil. I'm going to give it another shot and see what happens...

**In2wishin** · March 18th, 2011, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by CarpeDM

Hi Jessie, (PS I loved that part in the movie) I saw that recipe, but my goodness there sure are a lot of ingredients LOL. Currently I have basil, lavender, rosemary, carrot, camellia, and evening primrose oil in my herbal arsenal so I was hoping to use those ingredients before investing in some others. I'm hoping the 5 drops per 2 ounce will work for now. I remember trying something similar out before but I sort of gave up on it, I think mainly because it was irritating my head and shedding increased. However this could have been my fault because I do believe I added too many drops and didn't have the correct ratio of carrier oil. I'm going to give it another shot and see what happens...

If this makes it easier yet: Igor's recipe (which is the same one my soapmakiing guru Zonella Gould recommends) uses 12 drops COMBINED TOTAL of essential oil per ounce of carrier which would be 24 drops TOTAL for your 2 ounces.

**CarpeDM** · March 18th, 2011, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by In2wishin

If this makes it easier yet: Igor's recipe (which is the same one my soapmakiing guru Zonella Gould recommends) uses 12 drops COMBINED TOTAL of essential oil per ounce of carrier which would be 24 drops TOTAL for your 2 ounces.

Yes that does make it easier, thanks!

**krissykins** · May 30th, 2011, 11:20 AM

So I was wondering what everyone's results are from using Nightblooming's oil? I've been massaging it into my scalp and mixing it in with my castor oil treatments. Has anyone seen good growth with it?

The oil has definitely has helped with the itchy scalp I've been getting.

**ludwig20** · January 9th, 2012, 12:07 AM

Wow, I really appreciate this thread! I've finally reached APL after years of having short hair above my shoulders. Now I'm shedding a lot, and although I suspect it's a seasonal shed, I am just not accustomed to losing this much. I think it's time I start using EOs and see how it goes.