What is the difference between aromatherapy oil and skin care oil?
These words are often encountered in the purchase of essential oils: aromatherapy, aromatherapy essential oils, pure essential oils, skin care essential oils...
Aromatherapy refers to a natural therapy that uses plant aroma essential oils to relieve stress and improve physical health. It uses essential oils as the material basis and aromatherapy as the theoretical guidance.
Pure essential oils are well understood, that is, pure essential oils with no other ingredients added. What are essential oils for aromatherapy and skin care? What is the difference between aromatherapy essential oils and skin care essential oils?
Simply put, aromatherapy essential oils are used to incense, and skin care essential oils are used to maintain the skin and achieve skin care effects through smearing and massage. They can all use pure essential oils as the main material. For example, you can drop pure essential oils into the aromatherapy furnace Middle incense, you can use base oil to dilute pure essential oil and massage the skin.
Many aromatherapy essential oils and skin care essential oils in the world are all formulated. They are all diluted essential oils. The difference lies in the solvent (dispersant). Essential oils for aromatherapy usually use hydrophilic dispersants such as ethanol and isopropanol. Help essential oils diffuse in water, but because these dispersants may cause skin irritation or dryness, they should never be used for skin care;
Skin care essential oils are usually diluted in natural plant base oils. The base oils themselves also have many health functions and are very suitable for skin care. However, base oils are usually difficult to dissolve in water and have low volatility, so they are not suitable for aromatherapy.
In terms of function, aromatherapy essential oils and skin care essential oils are also very different. Pure plant essential oils have complex ingredients and have many functions. Aromatherapy essential oils usually emphasize their psychological effects, such as calming, soothing, and refreshing. Skin care essential oils Emphasize its beauty effects, such as oil control, moisturizing, and diminishing scars and fine lines.
In addition, many cheap aromatherapy essential oils of several dollars are likely to be directly synthesized with fragrances. In that case, they must not be used for skin care. As for the psychological effects, it is hard to say, because it depends more on personal subjective judgment. Therefore, it is safer and more effective to buy pure essential oils for aromatherapy. It can also be used for skin care after dilution.
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