Re:CO2's in skincare

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>I know these are much stronger than the infused oils I am used to

>working with, and am curious about what proportions to add them to

>skincare creams/oils etc. I was thinking about .5-1% of the total

>blend. Does that sound about right? What are your experiences with

>this? Is there any place beyond Donna Maria's book that has more

>info on the use of CO2s?

 

in total honesty, I've not seen any other sources... bits of anecdotal

evidence here and there...but nothing that I can direct you to.

 

for uses... I have received some creams that contain the CO2's... and I'd

not use most of them at anything higher than 1%... if you are using several

of them...I'd keep the level down to 2% total...and even that is going to

give you a 'cream colored' cream, rather than pure white. (talking, of

course, of the orange colored ones...sea buck, rose hip, heliocarrot, etc.)

 

the german chamo CO2, in a blend with any of the orange co2's will give you

a nasty mud brown color (what happens when you mix green and orange,

unfortunately!)

 

>I also got some astonishingly _LOVELY_ german chamomile CO2 from

>Nature's Gift that blew me away. I diluted a drop with a drop of

>heli in jojoba, and have applied it to my skeeter bites - and there

>is immediate relief. I also applied it to spots, and they

>dissapeared more quickly than usual. I can't wait to incorporate

>this chamo into skincare, and maybe a perfume (yes, it's a GERMAN

>chamo, and it's THAT lovely.)

 

first of all...thank you! (and can I quote your heli and Cham co2 mix in

our newsletter?)

 

two comments on the German Cham CO2

 

1. we use it in both our rosacea synergy, and our clarifying (anti acne)

synergy...both also contain helichrysum, so you were right on track there.

 

2. I have seen the German Cham co2 in a base of Frac coconut heal a skin

ulcer that NOTHING else would touch... a year of trying every healer's

best healing salve, lavender. steam distilled german

cham...nothing. w/in less than a week of trying the co2 blend, you could

see improvement, and in probably three weeks...it was healed. (the ulcer

was caused by the skin degeneration that can accompany lymphoedema, btw.)

 

and our Debi likes to mix a wee bit of the Cham CO2 in a base of

calophyllum (tamanu? foraha? take your pick...the green, butter pecan

smelling carrier)... the two together smell divine... and leave your skin

feeling like velvet!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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>

> >I also got some astonishingly _LOVELY_ german chamomile CO2 from

> >Nature's Gift that blew me away. I diluted a drop with a drop of

> >heli in jojoba, and have applied it to my skeeter bites - and

there

> >is immediate relief. I also applied it to spots, and they

> >dissapeared more quickly than usual. I can't wait to incorporate

> >this chamo into skincare, and maybe a perfume (yes, it's a GERMAN

> >chamo, and it's THAT lovely.)

>

> first of all...thank you! (and can I quote your heli and Cham

co2 mix in

> our newsletter?)

 

 

Absolutely! This was pretty dramtic stuff.

 

 

 

>

> two comments on the German Cham CO2

>

> 1. we use it in both our rosacea synergy, and our clarifying

(anti acne)

> synergy...both also contain helichrysum, so you were right on

track there.

>

> 2. I have seen the German Cham co2 in a base of Frac coconut

heal a skin

> ulcer that NOTHING else would touch... a year of trying every

healer's

> best healing salve, lavender. steam distilled german

> cham...nothing. w/in less than a week of trying the co2 blend,

you could

> see improvement, and in probably three weeks...it was healed.

(the ulcer

> was caused by the skin degeneration that can accompany

lymphoedema, btw.)

 

Not surprising. I've also mixed it in alcohol with lavandin, black

pepper and a touch of heli for my horse's windpuffs (leg

swelling/edema) - worked great

 

> and our Debi likes to mix a wee bit of the Cham CO2 in a base of

> calophyllum (tamanu? foraha? take your pick...the green, butter

pecan

> smelling carrier)... the two together smell divine... and leave

your skin

> feeling like velvet!

 

I LOVE foraha/tamanu as well and will try her blend BUT, is it

normal to have to strain the " goo " out of foraha? Mine has quite a

bit of nut sediment in it - smells divine tho, have been mixing half

and half with other oils and running through a coffee filter.

 

Jen