Posts Tagged ‘Goat’s Milk’

Last night was such a momentous occasion for me! I cracked open the bottle of specially purchased, purposely obtained, essential oil and mixed a couple of drops with my goat’s milk lotion and used it on my face!

WOO HOO!!

That first step is always the scariest. Yes I have made essential oil soaps before, and even my foot balm has peppermint and tea tree essential oils in it. But this was different. This essential oil, Helichrysum italicum, was purposely sought out for it’s qualities, extensively researched for usage rates, safety levels, properties understood and more. THIS feels like the true ‘first time’ I have put my aromatherapy knowledge to the test.

So, what’s so special about Helichrysum beside it’s name?

Well, generally I take a loooong time to heal. Cuts, and scratches can sometimes take months to fully heal over depending on their depth and my ability to leave them alone (picking at them). For example, I banged my shin into the hospital bed when I was in labour with Mr D, and punctured the skin on something sticking out. Looked like someone drove a nail or similar shaped item into my leg. A small, perfectly round….hole.

While the top few layers of skin healed at a normal rate, they remained almost transparent as the lower levels of skin stayed red and visibly ‘broken’ for nearly six months after it was done. Peeking into my leg, you could see the hole was still bright red looking, appearing quite fresh even though it wasn’t. This was despite the fact that it had healed over the top and you couldn’t access the wound underneath. All very odd… just like me.

With summer approaching, and the excitement of learning about all the different essential oils fresh in my mind, I recently started looking for ones to help heal my wounds faster. Anything from a cat scratch, to a kid bite (*looks at Mr D*)… even the shameful habbit of picking at the odd pimple or bump on my chest or arms. /hangs head

Enter, Helichrysum italicum!

Kurt Schnaubelt, one of America’s leading aromatherapists notes in his quintessential guide “Advanced Aromatherapy” that Helichrysum essential oil and Rosehip seed can “heal wounds with minimal or no scarring”. Awesome!

Helichrysum, almost known as Everlasting Oil, became my first self purchased essential oil!! After sitting in the essential oil box for a couple of months while I learned and researched correct blending ratio’s and fragrance combinations, I finally busted it out last night to give it a go!

The actual reason for finally forcing myself to jump in the blending lab was the annoyingly bad habbit of finding a near invisible spot on my face last night and ‘poking it’ until it’ became an obvious red blemish. Grrr. I do this all the time. Usually when I am tired, and usually right before a noticeable spot is the last thing I want… like being in front of a camera tomorrow for Miss S’s 5th birthday party.

The goat’s milk lotion blend I have at the moment has been working absolute wonders for my skin! The psoriasis on my arms is completely gone, the scratches I had courtesy of an aggravated cat healed up in just days, and even the persistantly picked at spots on my chest are clearing up beautifully. And that’s just the lotion!!

I took a small sample of this wonder lotion and mixed in just one drop of the essential oil last night, took a deep breath and applied it to my face. Normally my super sensitive face can’t handle any sort of thick lotion (or any lotion generally), but this morning it is surprisingly calm with no signs of rosacia redness on my cheeks. Phew!

The spot I picked at last night? A mild shade between pink and red, and amazingly better than what I had expected it to be. Normally, sans essential oil and goat’s milk lotion, it would be bright red and the first thing you would see when you saw me. Sometimes it would even have that red scab like appearance on the top. But not today!! Because I was specifically looking for it, I could see it. But I did have to lean in closer to the mirror to see just how bad it wasn’t! WICKED!!!

I’ve just popped another small dose of the lotion/essential oil blend on this morning, and will do so again around lunch time and then again tonight. I’m positive that tomorrow, with a small application of make up, you won’t even be able to tell it’s there.

Right now I am one VERY happy camper and my first validation that pouring the last of my savings into this aromatherapy qualification was indeed a very good move!! I now declare the essential oil blending lab…. OPEN!

* does a little dance *