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CARRIER OILS + ESSENTIAL OILS

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  You can use essential oils in several ways, but one of the most important ways is to use them topically with a Carrier Oil. What is a carrier oil? Carrier oils are essentially the base oils that you dilute essential oils in before applying them on your skin. Essential oils are too potent to be applied to the skin directly. The other benefit of diluting essential oils with carrier oils is that carrier oils do not evaporate from the skin surface quickly and remain fixed on the skin. Probably the reason why they are also known as carrier oils. 😄 Carrier oils are also called vegetable oils, though they are also extracted from seeds, kernels, or nuts of different plants.  How to use carrier oils? To use essential oils, you must dilute them in a carrier oil according to the dilution ratio suggested. According to experts, you must use the following dilution ratio  recommended for adults: 3% dilution – 20 drops of essential oil for one ounce of carrier oil. Types of carrier oi...

CORTISOL - 8 ways to reduce stress hormone

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  You may have heard of Cortisol, a hormone that is produced in our bodies when we experience situations that cause us stress. Of course, in today's world, we go through many stressful situations, because we have responsibilities and commitments in our daily lives. Many of us have children, families, take care of the house, and still have a career to maintain. Knowing how to deal with the daily routine is a wise activity, because we have to know how to deal with our lives, to be happy. Sometimes we become so focused on others that we don't pay attention to ourselves and our bodies. But our body is very intelligent and he give us signs that you are stressed. Some of these signs can be symptoms of anxiety, insomnia, nervousness, fear, burnout, irritability, headaches, migraines, digestive problems, back pain, and so on... When our bodies start giving us these signs, it's time to stop and take care of ourselves. When the stress hormone, Cortisol, is produced in large quantiti...