Adding Lavender Essential Oil in My Skincare Regime

Lavender essential oil is one of the first 3 bottles I bought.

The reason I wanted it because of the two properties in it: anti-inflammatory and antibacterial; and also its calming quality.

I always have acne problem even at the age of 30++. For my case, it is definitely not due to food, but stress and hormonal changes. My skin was in the most terrible state earlier this year. Breakouts on both sides of my cheeks, around the temples, my forehead and a few pimples on the nose and chin, creeping down on my neck. Yes, it was that bad until I almost want to go see doctor to ask for antibiotics. I have tried it before, when I was taking antibiotics, I noticed that my skin will get better.

I am the kind of person that could not stand the rough surface on my face, I will make sure I make it "smooth" by peeling off the dead skin or extract any pimples and blackheads by using my fingers. You can imagine the wounds and scars all over my face. Ouch!

That is why I am always looking for something that have the three properties: anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and calming.

I tried tea tree oil products out there, but it does not help, I do not know why, it could be due to other ingredients in the products that trigger my pimples. I stopped using them after a while because I do not like the smell smell of tea tree in the products.

On the first day I got it, I mix a drop in my normal moisturizer and gently rub it onto my face. I can immediately see the differences on my skin the next day. It dries up the wound and calm my skin effectively. However, I also notice that my skin seems dry. I can feel that my palms are dry too due to the direct application of the lavender essential oil.

What I do then is to dilute the 5 drops of lavender essential oil in 7ml carrier oil. Drip 1-3 drops to apply on the face and follow by moisturizer. After a week, I had a facial appointment, the beautician was surprised to find my acne suddenly in control. I told her what I used and she said just to note that essential oils are very concentrated, she suggested me to dilute it further so that it wont cause my skin become dry. As I noticed the effects and less breakouts, I no longer apply the diluted lavender essential oil to my whole face and on the spots only.  After 3 weeks, I am now more confident to wear foundation without concealer to come to work. Most importantly, there is no longer feeling like volcanoes 🌋awaiting for the right time to erupt on my face. 😓 This is serious, no joke. 🙈 Lavender's calming quality really soothe my skin. Its anti-inflammatory also treats the wounds on my face and kills the bacteria due to my bad habit of touching my face every now and then.

💞 for lavender essential oil, within a month, I can see a lot of improvement it does to my skin.

Studying which essential oils to add on to my daily skincare routine and I will definitely update it here. 

By the way, if you are interested to try out, here is where I get my essential oil from. 

Getting to know about Essential Oil

It was on a very fine day that my sister-in-law called me up to check with me whether I want to join her to attend a sharing session on Young Living Essential Oils organised by our relatives.

We were like saying this: if you want to go then I can go with you, and finally, I said let's just go together.

There, I was introduced to many different essential oils and their benefits.

To be honest, I am never a aromatherapy fan because I am 'sensitive' to aroma...to be precise synthetic aroma. Living for 30+ years and I have never finish a bottle of perfume or even cologne, or u named it eau de toilette. No air refresher in car, bedroom or toilet. I always choose the skincare with lightest scent if not possible to have fragrance free. All these so-called aroma make me dizzy. That is a little bit of me and aroma.

So, surprisingly during the sharing, I get to sniff many of the essential oils directly from the uncapped bottle. And the room is filled with diffused aroma of the essential oils. My body does not resist it. However, I still mentally prepared myself that there is big possibility I will get headache that night because of all the aroma I inhaled. No, I was wrong. I did not get any headache that night.

In fact, I spent the whole afternoon learning all about essential oils. How to the essential oils to our daily life activities to make life better and fun. Seriously, I am overwhelmed by the new knowledge I learn.

After the sharing, I continue to google about essential oils and talk to people who knows and using them to get more information.

After some comparison, I decided to get myself a few bottles to try out before buying the starter kit. Who knows, my body will resist it again, right? So fine. As a smart consumer, I compare the prices between doTERRA and Young Living, there is an obvious different. Despite the fact that deep down inside, I know I want the starter kit set from Young Living, but a Taurus is always a Taurus, I always spend money wisely. After so much consideration, I decided to get the introductory set from doTERRA to start off.

That is the beginning of my essential oil journey...

About this blog

Fall in love with Essential Oils and keep on doing online readings about them....which I could never have enough of it.

It is so interesting to know that:
... each of the essential oils has its own wonderful properties to be discovered
... each of the essential oils has its own aroma
... you can mix and match the essential oils to meet your body needs in the most natural way
... recipes for essential oils treatment available online and in books
... everyone can get benefits from essential oils

This blog will capture how essential oils make changes in my life and also the useful recipe that I came across for my own reference and who knows it might benefit others who share the same passion like I do! 💖💖💖

**However, all these are not clinically proven and it is just based on my personal experience and my family usage. If you are trying to apply any of these recipe, test it and be alert to the effects, you know it best whether to continue or stop using it.