Thursday, August 20, 2009

How to use rosemary essential oil?

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How to use rosemary essential oil?

I have a very itchy and sensitive scalp!
I heard that rosemary essential oil is very good for dandruff.
How can i use is? with what should i mix it! (coz it's very concentrate and i have a greasy scalp, i can't just use any oil!)

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Since rosemary essential oil mainly helps invigorate and promote hair growth, it is actually best used in combination with other essential oils that have anti-bacterial and dandruff fighting qualities - such as tea tree oil, lavender essential oil, peppermint essential oil and jojoba oil.

Here is one way they are used together:

Mix two drops each of tea tree, peppermint, and rosemary essential oils in a capful of jojoba oil to make an anti-dandruff treatment. Tea tree oil has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties, peppermint oil soothes itchiness, and rosemary essential oil invigorates and promotes hair growth. Jojoba oil resembles sebum in the skin and scalp and makes a perfect base oil because of its high absorption rate.

Pour the treatment oil into a cup and massage into scalp using fingertips. Continue to massage the scalp for five minutes, and let the treatment get thoroughly absorbed. Massaging can help reduce dandruff by encouraging circulation in the scalp.

Leave the treatment on scalp overnight and wash it in the morning using a gentle shampoo. Avoid using a conditioner. The essential oil treatment not only treats dandruff, but also acts as a natural conditioner.

You can also add a few drops of tea tree and rosemary essential oils to a shampoo to cleanse the scalp thoroughly and add a boost to the anti-dandruff essential oil treatment.

Here are some other natural remedies for dandruff:

* To clear up dandruff you need to counter the cause of the problem: your scalp's acidic pH level. To restore your scalp's natural alkaline pH level, first wash and condition your hair. Then, while still in the shower or bath, pour a cup of apple cider vinegar on your head and rinse with water.

* Aloe Vera gel . About 10-15 minutes before you wash your hair, rub a lot of aloe vera gel into your scalp. Leave it on for 10 minutes, and shampoo your hair as you normally do. Do this every day and dandruff should stay away.

* Use lime juice to wash your hair.

* Soak two tablespoons fenugreek seeds in water overnight. In the morning grind into a fine paste. Apply all over scalp and leave for ½ an hour. Wash with mild shampoo.

* Olive oil and almond oil. Mix the olive oil with the almond oil and apply to the scalp. Leave it on about 5 minutes after it starts to burn. Rinse well to clear dandruff.

* Coconut oil. Massage your hair with warm coconut oil and apply the juice of two lemons, steam your hair and leave the oil on for about two hours. Shampoo with a mild shampoo. Repeat two to three times a week.

* Neem leaves. Boil a handful of neem leaves in four teacups of water. After cooling and filtering, use for rinsing hair.

* Vinegar. Soak the scalp with vinegar, wrap a towel around your head and sleep all night. In the morning, the dandruff should be gone because the yeast bacteria should all be killed, and it should last for weeks.

* Thyme. Boil four tablespoons of the herb in two cups of water for 10 minutes, strain, and allow it to cool. Pour the mixture over clean, damp hair and massage it in.

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  • mix the Rosemary with some Jojoba oil

    Jabril

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