The Õ Word | Living the Blue Lifestyle

Two for one We suppose it’s an American thing since we see it here more than anywhere else. We are so accustomed to saving time and (we think) mon...

  Let’s start with the word distillate, which are also known by many other names such as hydrosol, hydroflorate, and, flower waters and floral wat...

Although we do not like essential oils in our skin care, we do love them in natural perfume oils to be used on the wrist or neck, and they can be ...

The freshness factor How do you know if essential oils are fresh?  It's difficult to know when we buy essential oils whether they are fresh or pas...

Expression Expression is the physical process of squeezing the oil out of the plant material.  For essential oils it is only used for the Citrus O...

Distillation Essential Oils are produced by distillation. Plant material such as leaves, flowers, woods etc. are arranged on plates in a receptacle...

  We see lots of oils on the shelves called essential oils, when indeed they are not. As a perfume designer, essential oils are an important part ...

E.O. is short for essential oils.  If you are reading this, you are probably interested in natural skin care, and if you are interested in natural...

This week we are continuing our discussion of oils and will talk about the differences in squalane vs squalene.  Squalane oil is created when squal...

What is our Skin Barrier? The skin barrier or stratum corneum layer of your skin represents a brick and mortar type construction in which cells are...

   I know this is going to be hard to hear, but most face oils on the market are aging you. To understand which ones are aging vs anti-aging, you ...

     With a steady proliferation of new face oils on shelves these days due to all the natural brands who are against preservatives, one may wonde...