If you wish to treat dry skin with an easy to create essential oils lotion, you’ll want to try out this basic DIY recipe. It is a family hit and many friends have asked me to make them a bottle. I’ve used it as birthday gifts or simple thank-you gifts. My mother in law always keeps this in stock for herself, so I make it for her about twice per year.
What’s the secret you ask?
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Using essential oils and natural base oils combined helps your dry skin to return back to its smooth and soft state. The natural essential oils work perfectly as a natural moisturizer for your skin.
You will be surprised at how good you feel once you use this lotion. The essential oils in the blend I’ve created are extremely effective in supporting smooth skin. Best of all, you won’t have to spend a fortune on expensive skin products.
Your skin will feel great and you can be healthier and happier!
DIY Essential Oil Blend for Dry Skin
As I am studying aromatherapy, part of my course is doing case studies, where I help friends, family and acquaintances with their individual problems.
Case Study: In this particular case study, my mother-in-law was telling me about her very itchy, super dry and flaky skin on her legs. She is a smoker and spends a lot of time in the sun, golfing during summer months. She had to work very hard every day to not scratch her legs until they bled. My aromatherapy blend for her was a combination of carrier oil blending, plus using some of the oils I’ve mentioned above to create a pleasing ointment for her. She immediately loved the scent, said it was uplifting and almost peppermint-y. I agreed, it turned out to be a very uplifting smelling blend, mostly thanks to the Geranium I believe. They were visiting us for a few days and first used it at night time. The next morning, she came to me and surprisingly said: “Holy cow! My legs are already way less flaky!” She thankfully took the bottle home.
What I believe works especially well in this blend is the Hazelnut oil (carrier oil) added to the base, because it is just L O A D E D with essential fatty acids and skin-nourishing vitamins that boost collagen production.
True to my mentality of using multiple popular essential oil brands, I have used the following products. I’ve also created my dry skin blend with some of these best essential oils for dry skin conditions.
Ingredients
Use this essential oils recipe to treat dry skin.
Base (carrier oil) blend:
- 15 ml Hazelnut Oil
- 15 ml Sweet Almond Oil
- 1 oz (30 ml) Amber Glass Bottle (like these ones here)
Essential oils (add to base):
- 9 drops Frankincense Serrata
- 8 drops Geranium
- 7 drops Palmarosa
- 8 drops Lavender
Directions
- Prepare an empty 1 oz amber bottle.
- Fill the bottle half with Hazelnut oil.
- Add Sweet Almond oil until you’re about 1/4″ from the top.
- Add the essential oils to the carrier oil.
- Use the oils as natural moisturizer, for massage, to nourish some skin patches, or as a simple hand lotion.
The intention will be to put this mixture directly to the skin. After applying this lotion, your skin should begin to feel better quickly. Use it on any affected area of your body.
This DIY skin oil repairs dry, rough skin. With frequent use, it may also help to stop dry skin from recurring.
With essential oils, you can moisturize and soften your skin for the entire day.
What Do You Think?
Dry skin is a skin condition that many people have experienced. However, there is a solution to this problem.
Make my quick and easy dry skin oil recipe to treat your dry skin to some extra goodness!
If you don’t want to use chemicals to address your dry skin, then essential oils and natural carrier oils are a great solution. Switching to natural skin care products has multiple benefits.
Have you tried this recipe? What do you think of it? Please let us know in the comments below.
Sharon Johnson
Is it ok to use plain frankinsense instead of Frankincense Serrata in the mixture
Sharon Johnson
Sorry, another question about the carrier oils. I clicked on your link for the products and it takes me to Amazon. Their prices for the carrier oil is all over the place. 4 Oz is 10.95, but then there is a 12 Oz for 14.95, and so forth and so on. Does it matter which one you use?
Emma Carter
It doesn’t matter which brand of oil you use. If you can find a better deal than what I’ve been able to show, by all means, buy the oil that is a better price. Just make sure it’s still a good brand so you get a quality product.
Sharon Johnson
Can I use just Frankincense? I already have that and the Lavender and geranium?
Emma Carter
Hi Sharon, yes of course you can use the essential oils you already have at home and see how you like your lotion. The Palmarosa really adds an exquisite scent and feature to this blend though. It wouldn’t be exactly the same without it. But as a start, it’s definitely ok to experiment a bit and make do with what you have!