Guest guest Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 I said it before and will say it over and over again - lucky you who lives on Hawaii!! Kukuinut oil is exelent for making face creams, face oils etc. since it's " Kukui nut oil is high in linoleic and linolenic acids which are essential fatty acids vital for the metabolism of healthy skin. Vitamins A, C and E are added to stabilize the oil. Kukui nut oil is easily absorbed by the skin and therefore makes a wonderful massage oil. It soothes irritated, sunburned, or burned skin. Surveys have shown that it can help relieve itchy, dry skin due to eczema, psoriasis and rosacea. You can use up to 10% for a great bar of soap or use 5-10% in your creams, lotions, balms and scrubs. " (copied from the From Nature with Love site). When it comes to blending and making perfumes, well it's very much try and error there ;-) I have come to realize that having some good books that desrcipe the scents and what they blend with, to be essential. One of my favorite books here is Julia Lawless " The encyclopedia of Essential Oils " . I don't use it for AT knowledge though, only for perfumery. When it comes to blending and learning, I can recomend the tiny book by Mindy Green " Natural Perfumes " , then Chrissy Wildwood " Create your own perfumes " and at last " The fragrant veil " by Elisabeth Millar. Of these three, I like (and have got the most out of) Chrissie W's book. There are more books, like Mandy Aftels " Scent and Alchemy " , but that one is far too esotherical and farfetched for my taste. And if I'm brutaly honest, I didn't get very much out of it as I had hoped for. When i get the urge to try to make a new blend, I first descide what the main ingredience will be and then start reading up on it and writing down the companions that meets my fancy ;-) Then I take out the bottles and sniff - yep, Anya will have a fit here LOL, directely from the bottles. Writing down the ones I think will go together, get some scent sticks and put tiny drop of eo on them and then bunch them together and waff them under my nose in different combinations. When it's time for blending, I go by hunch and instinct more than any other way, when it comes to the amount of each ingredient I use. Here I realy go esotherical (not very much ME like I'm a true Virgo LOL) and purely rely on my higher mind (or whatever) - nothing rational there. I write down every single drop and dollop of all the ingrediences I use and mark the bottles - otherwise I would never be able to remember anything I have done. I have many small bottles of not so good blends (to be honest, some downright awful) and then some truly great ones (if I may brag a bit). I'm not familiar with if there are any online blending resources, but there is a place called http://www.perfumesraffy.com, where one can read up on what goes into the famous perfumes. Hope this helped you out in a small way. Happy Blending!! Fragrant Blessings, Ylva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Ylva ~ Mahalo for the information! You have given me lots to consider. This whole desire to concoct can be quite addicting, don't you agree!!?? Thanks again! Su (whose favorite blend right now is Vetiver & Bergamot!) - " ruby_mama2001 " <ruby_mama2001 Thursday, January 08, 2004 2:01 AM Re: Floral waxes - perfumery > I said it before and will say it over and over again - lucky you who > lives on Hawaii!! Kukuinut oil is exelent for making face creams, > face oils etc. since it's " Kukui nut oil is high in linoleic and > linolenic acids which are essential fatty acids vital for the > metabolism of healthy skin. Vitamins A, C and E are added to > stabilize the oil. Kukui nut oil is easily absorbed by the skin and > therefore makes a wonderful massage oil. It soothes irritated, > sunburned, or burned skin. Surveys have shown that it can help > relieve itchy, dry skin due to eczema, psoriasis and rosacea. You can > use up to 10% for a great bar of soap or use 5-10% in your creams, > lotions, balms and scrubs. " (copied from the From Nature with Love > site). > > When it comes to blending and making perfumes, well it's very much > try and error there ;-) I have come to realize that having some good > books that desrcipe the scents and what they blend with, to be > essential. One of my favorite books here is Julia Lawless " The > encyclopedia of Essential Oils " . I don't use it for AT knowledge > though, only for perfumery. When it comes to blending and learning, I > can recomend the tiny book by Mindy Green " Natural Perfumes " , then > Chrissy Wildwood " Create your own perfumes " and at last " The fragrant > veil " by Elisabeth Millar. Of these three, I like (and have got the > most out of) Chrissie W's book. There are more books, like Mandy > Aftels " Scent and Alchemy " , but that one is far too esotherical and > farfetched for my taste. And if I'm brutaly honest, I didn't get very > much out of it as I had hoped for. > > When i get the urge to try to make a new blend, I first descide what > the main ingredience will be and then start reading up on it and > writing down the companions that meets my fancy ;-) Then I take out > the bottles and sniff - yep, Anya will have a fit here LOL, directely > from the bottles. Writing down the ones I think will go together, get > some scent sticks and put tiny drop of eo on them and then bunch them > together and waff them under my nose in different combinations. When > it's time for blending, I go by hunch and instinct more than any > other way, when it comes to the amount of each ingredient I use. Here > I realy go esotherical (not very much ME like I'm a true Virgo LOL) > and purely rely on my higher mind (or whatever) - nothing rational > there. I write down every single drop and dollop of all the > ingrediences I use and mark the bottles - otherwise I would never be > able to remember anything I have done. I have many small bottles of > not so good blends (to be honest, some downright awful) and then some > truly great ones (if I may brag a bit). > > I'm not familiar with if there are any online blending resources, but > there is a place called http://www.perfumesraffy.com, where one can > read up on what goes into the famous perfumes. > > Hope this helped you out in a small way. Happy Blending!! > > Fragrant Blessings, > Ylva > > > > Step By Step Instructions On Making Rose Petal Preserves: http://www.av-at.com/stuff/rosejam.html > > To adjust your group settings (i.e. go no mail) see the following link: /join > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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