Carrier Oils-An Essential Oils Best Friend

In aromatherapy you will hear the word carrier oils A LOT because the majority of essential oils should not be placed directly on your skin. This does not mean that essential oils are not safe to use. This just means that a carrier oil of your choice needs to be paired with the essential oil in order to dilute the concentration.

Carrier oils are extracted from kernels, seeds, nuts, and various parts of plants and typically do not smell very strong or hold as high of therapeutic properties like essential oils. But, when blended together, carrier oils and essential oils work perfectly together like PB & J! The carrier oil dilutes the essential oil without minimizing the healthy and natural benefits of the essential oil, allowing it to be placed safely on the body. The majority of pure essential oils are so potent that they have the potential to burn and irritate your skin and carrier oils remedy this problem. For example, an essential oil like orange by itself has a strong potential to cause high sensitivity and burning on the skin. Add two parts of a carrier like coconut oil and it’s now safe to use on the skin!

Common Carrier Oils Include:

·         Jojoba Oil

·         Coconut Oil

·         Olive Oil

·         Sunflower Oil

·         Hemp Oil

·         Almond Oil

·         Flaxseed Oil

·         Hazelnut Oil

·         Sesame Oil

·         Grapeseed Oil

Like essential oils, not all carrier oils are created equal. Key words you are looking for when it comes to purchasing therapeutic-grade carrier oils are “organic” and “unrefined food grade oils” that are safe for human consumption. This means that through the organic growing process the carrier oil is free of preservatives and harmful chemical additives. If you care enough to seek out organic lab grade essential oils, take the time to find quality grade carrier oils also!

When mixing your essential oil with a carrier oil, keep in mind that different oils create different consistencies.  For instance, grapeseed oil feels light and leaves a glossy-like finish on the skin. Whereas, almond oil has a heavier feel and absorbs into the skin fairly quickly. Find combinations that you like and have fun with it because carrier oils are essential oils’ best friend!

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Lemongrass Essential Oil

What is Lemongrass Essential Oil and How Does it Benefit the Body?

Lemongrass essential oil and lemon essential oil seem like they would be the same thing, but they are actually different from one another. One of the key differences is in the type of lemon trees and also what part the tree the essential oils were derived from. Lemon oil comes from the rind of the fruit of common lemon trees we often find at the grocery store. On the other hand, Lemongrass essential oil is extracted from the leaves of the Cymbopogon citratus plant which is a grass that historically traces back to India.

This lemon based essential oil is similar in smell to lemon oil, but sweeter and less sour. The emotional impact of lemongrass includes boosting self-esteem, relaxation, confidence, mental strength, and helps fight depression. One of the most common uses for lemongrass in aromatherapy is relieving muscle pain. With a carrier oil, this essential oil can be massaged onto sore muscles to help alleviate the discomfort.

Lemongrass Tea

Lemongrass can also be used for flavoring tea and soups, which improve your digestive system, reduce stomach aches, and relieve menstrual cramps. This citrus based essential oil not only helps your physical ailments, it's packed full of vitamins and minerals to keep your body healthy from the inside out. These essential vitamins include vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, folate and vitamin C. Also, it provides essential minerals such as magnesium, phosphorous, manganese, copper, potassium, calcium, zinc and iron.

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Natural Bug Spray

Lemongrass’ other natural benefits include anti-fungal, insecticidal, antiseptic, and anti-inflammatory properties. These benefits translate to reducing fevers, killing common bacteria, and even repelling bugs. A great natural way to repel mosquitoes and ants is to simply spray a small amount of our C.E.H private natural body lemongrass essential oil all over the outdoor area and/or exposed skin. Click This for a great homemade natural recipe for bug spray from Rubies & Radishes.You can even use lemongrass essential oil on your pets to kill fleas. Mix about 5 drops of lemongrass essential oil with water and spray your pet's coat. This essential oil is so versatile!

The beauty benefits include adding shine to your hair, helping with cellulite, and the encouragement of the exfoliation of dead skin. Who couldn’t use all these fantastic beautification benefits in your life?!

Now knowing the many benefits of lemongrass, place a few drops in your diffuser and tea, relax, and experience the amazing health benefits of lemongrass!

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*Precautions:

Lemongrass essential oil may be irritating to sensitive skin and may promote photo-sensitivity. Always ask your doctor if ingesting an essential oil is right for you. Also, ask a veterinarian if using lemongrass is right for your pet.

Bone Broth

Here at C.E.H private natural body we strive to produce natural health and beauty products that holistically benefit you and your needs. With that said, we want you to be healthy from the inside out. That’s why we want to share Heather’s appreciation and excitement for bone broth’s health benefits. Heather is our creator and founder of private natural body and she drinks bone broth every day and absolutely loves this stuff! 

I'm sure most people have heard of broth used in foods. But, bone broth??? If you are like some of the team here at C.E.H who's never heard of bone broth, you are not alone.

So what is bone broth?

Bone broth is essentially using every part of the animal that cannot be directly consumed, and boiling it, then simmering over a long period of time. These animal parts include bones, marrow, tendons, ligaments, and feet. Included are animal products such as beef, chicken, lamb, and even fish which release nutrient-dense properties when simmered. These nutrient-dense properties include a wide range of important proteins, collagen, glucosamine, vitamins and minerals, as well as essential amino acids. When consumed, these sources of minerals and nutrients are easy for our bodies to absorb.

How this translates to benefiting your body:

·         The improvement of digestion

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·         Boosting the immune system

·         Detoxifying the body

·         Aids in maintaining a healthy metabolism

·         Protection against illness, infection and environmental toxins

·         Healing of conditions such as leaky gut syndrome and seals the gut lining

·         Helps with muscle and joint repair, specifically collagen and cartilage repair

·         Eases symptoms of cellulite

·         Promotes healthy hair growth and helps maintain youthful elasticity in the skin

·         Strengthens bones and teeth

·         Helps ease the symptoms of arthritis by easing inflammation and joint pain

When all of these benefits are put together, you are literally benefiting your body from the inside out!

Drink Bone Broth On The Go

For thousands of years cultures have been using bone broth in various traditional soups and foods. Perhaps, starting out as just a simple way to add flavor to a meal. Bone broth has now become a growing trend due to the numerous health benefits one can receive from consuming it. But this does not mean that you need to carry around a bowl of soup wherever you go. In fact, avid users of bone broth tend to skip the usual coffee, but rather drink the broth. The trend is so popular today that the term “broth-ers” was coined to describe those businesses and eateries who recognize the broth’s specific benefits for improving overall health and well being.

Bone Broth Powder

One of the easiest ways to consume bone broth is by using a pure bone broth powder. When in powder form, you can include a scoop in cold or hot water, juices, smoothies, and protein shakes. You can also add the powder to organic almond, coconut, or cashew milk. You can also find bone broth in its liquid form at your local health food store.

If you have the time, try this recipe to make your own organic bone broth to use throughout the week.

Beef Bone Broth Recipe by Dr. Axe

Total Time: 48 hours, Serves: Varies

INGREDIENTS:

4 pounds beef bones with marrow

4 carrots, chopped

4 celery stalks, chopped

2 medium onions, peel on, sliced in half lengthwise and quartered

4 garlic cloves, peel on and smashed

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon whole peppercorns

2 bay leaves

3 sprigs fresh thyme

5-6 sprigs parsley

1/4 cup ACV

18-20 cups cold water

DIRECTIONS:

Place all ingredients in a 10 quart capacity crock-pot.

Add in water.

Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce and simmer gently, skimming the fat that rises to the surface occasionally.

Simmer for 24-48 hours.

Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.

Discard solids and strain remainder in a bowl through a colander. Let stock cool to room temperature, cover and chill.

Use within a week or freeze up to 3 months.

Let us know if you try bone broth and love it as much as Heather does!

-C.E.H private natural body

Lavender

When you go to your local store, you are most likely to find lavender-fragranced everything. From lavender scented body wash to cleaning supplies, lavender has and most likely will continue to be a dominate and well known scent. Though most of these mainstream lavender scented products are not natural and lack the organic properties of a pure lavender essential oil, the popularity of the name has remained. 

Pure lavender has been around for centuries and goes all the way back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who prized lavender. From perfume, scented soaps and baths, to relieving stiff joints and fatigue, the Greeks and Romans understood and appreciated the benefits of lavender.

Today, lavender continues to be a common favorite among holistic driven people for not only its floral smelling properties, but also for the many natural benefits. Lavender can soothe inflammation of skin and aide with disorders like eczema and psoriasis, help heal cold sores, blemishes, bruises and cuts, heal insect bites, and ease discomfort from muscular aches and spasms. Lavender can also reduce symptoms of chronic fatigue, headaches, heal burns, and boost your immunity. Emotionally, lavender can aide in reducing depression, anxiety attacks, melancholy, mood swings, fear, stress, and nervousness.

A fun fact about Lavender is this essential oil is one of the few that can be placed directly on the skin, without a carrier oil. For this reason, our SPRAY THIS Lavender Essential Oil is perfect for spraying on your pillow before bedtime to promote sleep and relaxation, which can help those battling with insomnia. Like many natural essential oils, lavender can almost be used as a jack-of-all-trades.

Lavender has the ability to regulate the oil secretions in the scalp, helping with dandruff, and also helps repair damaged and over-processed hair.  With scorching hot summer days hopefully behind us and colder fall days ahead, the weather can really take a toll on your hair.

This simple recipe for your hair can be used in addition to your weekly beauty regimen to help battle the elements. 

Natural lavender based recipe to treat dry scalp and damaged hair:

For scalp massage, mix 8-10 drops of lavender oil in 2 Tbsp of warm extra virgin olive oil or coconut oil. Work it into the scalp with your fingers. Leave it on overnight to take maximum advantage of its healing and nourishing properties. You can cover your head with a towel or shower cap when you sleep, then wash your hair in the morning.

If you try this recipe, let us know what you think!

-C.E.H private natural body

New Flannels Are In

All of our GREAT Flannels are in Mora's Antiques in Historic Downtown Lake Elsinore and Vintique Alley in Riverside on Elizabeth Street!!!! Both stores are Fantastic and you will walk out with way more than a great flannel...lol!!!!!

Aromatherapy

You will hear us talk a lot about using our C.E.H private natural body essential oils for varying uses in Aromatherapy, but what is aromatherapy? Aromatherapy has been defined as the practice of using naturally extracted essences of aromatic plants to promote health and well-being of the body, mind, and emotions.  These “essences” are pure essential oils that capture the fragrance and the natural benefits of the plants they were derived from.  This can also be described as the “heart and soul” of the plant bottled up, full of its unique and natural benefits. Essential oils can be used as topical treatments on the skin, in water, and also through inhalation.

One Of Our Favorite Diffusers-
The Sparoom AeroMist Ultrasonic Diffusing Mister

Aromatherapy may seem like a growing trend to some, but this practice has been in use since the Egyptians. In the Egyptian temples, incense burned day and night with varying natural fragrances from essential oils. Perhaps our modern day version of this concept would be the use of diffusers. Diffusers are machines that combine water and essential oils that are vaporized into a fine mist through the air. Depending on the natural healing properties of the particular essential oil chosen in your diffuser, aromatherapy can boost your mood, promote relaxation, help heal your body of illness, and in the most basic sense, diffusers can keep your home smelling amazing!

True essential oils contain zero synthetic aromatic substances. Don’t be fooled by companies who claim to use aromas derived from synthetic scents and label their product as aromatherapy.  These types of products are man-made fragrances that do not carry the true healing powers of a lab grade (pure) essential oil. All of C.E.H private natural body essential oils are lab grade and we pride ourselves in knowing our products are in the purest form; the way nature intended it.

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How can you tell the difference between pure essential oils and synthetic ones? Look at the ingredients. This clearly may not seem like a wild and out-of-the-box concept by saying that, but it is something that is so important when trying to find true natural products. If you see words like petroleum waxes, preservatives, stabilizers, and surfactants, the product is not a true essential oil. These types of chemicals ruin the integrity of the essential oil and are petrochemical derivatives that deny the effects that could be received from a natural essential oil used in aromatherapy. C.E.H private natural body lab grade essential oils are pure essential oils, without any additional ingredients added. We want the “heart and soul” of each essential oil to be intact so you get the most out of your aromatherapy experiences.

Our aromatherapy products come in many forms such as our beauty products to our SPRAY THIS essential oils. Have a little fun finding out which products work best for you and your daily needs! 

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Tea Tree Essential Oil

Tea Tree Oil is an amazing natural product that can serve as your go-to product for just about any common problem. From first-aid to skin care, Tea Tree Oil has a vast amount of practical uses. If you are trying to condense and declutter your beauty products or first aid kit, this essential oil is especially right for you.

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Tea Tree Oil is most commonly gathered from the subtropical coastal areas of northeastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland, Australia.  With over 300 varieties of Tea Trees, the most commonly used version is the Melaleuca Alternifolia Tea Tree. This is mainly due in part to the Tea Tree Oil being best used for Aromatherapy. When used in this type of therapy, Tea Tree Oil can help relieve symptoms of stress, mental fatigue, exhaustion, anxiety, and depression. This oil can also aid in respiratory ailments like asthma, bronchitis, congestion, coughs, laryngitis, sore throats, tonsillitis, and whooping cough.  Tea Tree Oil can also boost your immunity and help reduce the incidence of catching colds, fevers, and the flu.

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Australians refer to Tea Tree Oil as a “first-aid kit in a bottle” due to its wide spectrum of medicinal uses. These uses include the treatment of abscesses, bug bites, acne, burns, blisters, dandruff, and even cuts and scrapes. In dentistry, Tea Tree Oil can relieve gingivitis, toothaches, periodontal disease and mouth ulcers. In fact, during the 1920s dentists and surgeons commonly used Tea Tree oil to disinfect and treat common ailments in their patients. Also, during World War II, Australian soldiers included Tea Tree Oil in their first-aid kits and medics used the oil to disinfect and speed the healing process in wounds on the battlefield. 

Our Tea Tree And Peppermint Soap

As if the numerous practical medical uses were not enough, Tea Tree Oil can be used in your beauty routine as well. Skin problems like acne, rashes, warts, ingrown hairs, and skin irritation from shaving can all be treated with this essential oil.

Tea Tree Oil is truly a “first-aid kit in a bottle,” helping both physically and mentally. This amazing product has been used and tested throughout time, proving to be an incredible natural asset to have in your first-aid kit and in your beauty regimen.

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Orange Essential Oil

                                       

If you like the smell of citrus and enjoy being in a happy state of mind, our Orange Essential Oil is the perfect match made in heaven! Here at C.E.H private natural body this amazing essential oil is known as our “happy juice.”  This citrus smelling oil can promote relaxation and pleasant thoughts, which can be regularly used as a mood lifter and enhancer. When using the Orange Essential Oil as aromatherapy, this powerful oil has the ability to naturally help alleviate some of the symptoms associated with anxiety, anger, and depression. The smell of the Orange Essential Oil can also help you wake up to start your day in a positive way. Since this oil does promote alertness it should not be used at night. 

Orange Essential Oil has the ability to help your body and mind “think happy thoughts”, and who couldn’t use more of that kind of positivity in your life? While uplifting your mood, The Orange Essential Oil Spray can also be used around your home as a cleaner and a deodorizer that helps freshen the air, leaving your home smelling amazing!

When used in a soap, lotion or scrub, the Orange Essential Oil can stimulate the skin and muscles, and relieve inflammation. Whether the inflammation comes from muscle aches or acne on the skin, this essential oil will help alleviate your symptoms.

Also, the Orange Essential Oil can help keep the metabolic system in proper shape and boost your immunity. When consumed as a diuretic, the Orange Oil can help rid your body of toxins, fats, and pollutants, and can even help with constipation. Just one drop of Orange essential Oil in at least 4 ounces of water can help naturally detoxify your body. 

The Orange Essential Oil is yet another example of how versatile a C.E.H private natural body essential oil can be. This oil is more than just a beauty product, it is “happy juice” in a bottle!

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*We do have a few words of caution when using Orange Essential Oil. This powerful essential oil should never be put directly on the skin without the use of a carrier oil. A carrier oil example is Sweet Almond Oil, Jojoba Oil, or Coconut Oil. Just use a drop of the essential oil mixed with 2 parts carrier oil to make it safe to use directly on your skin. Please avoid contact with eyes, inner ears, and sensitive areas. Also, this oil may promote photo-sensitivity, so avoid sunlight and UV rays for up to 12 hours after applying the product. You should not consume Orange Essential Oil if you are pregnant or nursing. You should consult your physician to see if consuming this essential oil is right for you. 

The French Green Clay Mask

Well, we're in the thick of summer here in California, which is also known as ... trying to survive a lengthy heat wave. For most of us this means lots of swimming, outdoor barbecues, and just plain old fun in the sun. Many of these fun days of summer also mean battling dry skin, clogged pores, and acne. C.E.H private natural body’s new French Green Clay Mask is here to help with many of your summer skin care needs.

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French Green Clay is one of the strongest natural antiseptics. It has the ability to deep clean and draw out impurities in your skin, while speeding up the process of cellular regeneration, as well as reducing inflammation. These natural benefits and versatile remedies include the stimulation of blood circulation, the tightening of pores, toning of the skin, removal of impurities, exfoliation of dead skin cells, reduced inflammation in acne, and even helps with dry skin. This amazing "wonder-in-a-jar" can be used for various skin conditions that include pimples, eczema, rashes, bruises, minor skin allergies and bug bites. You can even use this clay on sunburns!

Our French Green Clay Mask

The French Green Clay Mask can be used a couple times a week, or as needed, and can even be worn overnight. If a blemish appears, just dab a little clay on the area before bed and experience the anti-inflammatory benefits. Easy!

Try C.E.H private natural body’s new French Green Clay Mask and take the worry out of summer’s most common unexpected and inconvenient skin conditions.

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C.E.H private natural body blog

Here at C.E.H private natural body we thrive on providing only the best natural based products to our customers. Some of our products include soaps, scrubs, perfumes, lotions, and essential oils that are each hand made by creator and founder of C.E.H private natural body, Heather Smith.

We recently launched C.E.H private clothing, which includes t-shirts, tank tops, and dresses for women. And in the coming weeks ahead we will fully launch C.E.H private clothing for kids. All our C.E.H private natural body products and our C.E.H private clothing will soon be available to purchase on our future website. 

Our hope for this C.E.H private natural body blog is to inform our readers about the many benefits that come from using natural based ingredient products and how they can make a difference in your day to day life. We want you to get the most out of using these items and see for yourself the amazing power of a C.E.H private natural body beauty product. But most importantly, we want to be connected to you and hear about your experiences with our products!

On this blog we will also keep you updated on items for skin care, essential oils, and all the newest designs for C.E.H private clothing and C.E.H private clothing for kids.

So welcome to our C.E.H private natural body blog!

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