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Carrier oils are vegetable oils extracted from the fatty portions of plants – from kernels, seeds and the nuts. Since essential oils are concentrated and if applied in undiluted form may cause severe itching or irritation. So carrier oils are mixed with concentrated essential oils to dilute them prior to application. Carrier oils are also known as base oils and they carry essential oils to the body. Essential oils are volatile.

carrier oils and aromatherapy

Carrier oils do not evaporate readily as essential oils. They are either odorless or have very faint nutty odor. There are a numbers of carrier oils and each has its own sets of therapeutic benefits. By looking at their therapeutic properties, uses and their suitability according to our needs carrier oils should have to be chosen. Effectiveness and value of an essential oil depends on the properties and proportions of carrier oils used in the blend. In Aromatherapy carrier oils used in the blend can change shelf life, texture, color and aroma of essential oils. So carrier oils play important role in Aromatherapy.

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Tips For bright and glazy skin

1. To keep your skin bright and glazy in winter, rub peels of orange lightly on your hands and feet.
2. Massage your body with a mixture prepared from equal parts of olive oil, mustard oil and til oil before taking bath. This mixed oil will help to remove blemishes of your skin.
3. Make a paste by mixing one tablespoonful of almond powder, one teaspoonful of honey and several teaspoon of milk. Apply this paste on your shoulder and throat and leave it for at least fifteen minutes. After that wash it away. Try this once in a week.

Tips for keeping hands soft and smooth

For rough and dry hand

1. Massage olive oil with salt on your palms. After massage, wash with warm water.
2. Mix a few drops of olive oil in one tablespoonful of curd. You may apply this on your face as well as on your hand.
3. Prepare a lotion by mixing almond oil and several drops lemon juice. You may apply on your hands.
4. Prepare a lotion from equal quantity of rose water, glycerin and lemon juice. Keep it in a cleaned bottle. Add a few drops of perfume. Shake the bottle before use.

To keep smooth your elbow skin

1. Use baby oil to keep away the roughness of your elbow.
2. Mix one tablespoonful milk with white portion of egg and apply this on your elbow. Leave it for one hour. Then wash with mixture of lemon and water.

There are many things about breast implants that the average woman doesn’t know. Sure, we all see them on a majority of the actresses in Hollywood, but most of us don’t take the time to research how much they can cost and how often they “malfunction”, often causing health problems. Here are a few things about them that you might not have known.

Silicon VS Saline

It used to be that all breast implants were silicon, and then it was true that they were all filled with saline. As for 2006, however, it is possible for any woman to get either silicone or saline. A woman does have to be over the age of 22 in order to get silicone gel implants, but other than that small restriction, the FDA has deemed them reasonably safe. The only problem with this is that the FDA only studied the ones that were put into women for a period of three years, and they do not yet have information about the long-term safety of silicon or saline.

Complications

Plastic surgeons that are trying to sell you will either say anything or will put a rosy color on the truth about breast implants. Studies that have been done have shown that women who have augmentation surgery are very likely to need more surgery within five years of their initial implant surgery, and are likely to need new implants before 11 years has passed. There are plenty of smaller complications that can occur, such as breast hardness, pain, and a lasting numbness in the sensitive nipple area, as well as the larger complications that can occur when and if the implant breaks.

Breast Feeding

Some plastic surgeons will go out of their way to assure their patients that there will be no problem for a woman who is getting them, should she choose to breastfeed. This is not necessarily true. There have been many women who are unable to breastfeed after getting them, and there are some that have had a lot of pain during the breastfeeding, likely due to the implants. Continue reading “A few things about Breast Implants” »