Month: January 2012

It’s interesting how many of the studies I’ve found compare lavender and rosemary essential oils when it comes to aromatherapy. (A quick recap from this post on lavender and aromatherapy: The studies are showing that inhaling lavender essential oil can decrease anxiety and stress and the expression of same as well as increasing sleep.) In one...

Essential oils can be fantastic anti-oxidants, and we do use them in that capacity all the time in cosmetic products. ROE, rosemary essential oil, powdered rosemary extract, green tea extract, and so on – we use all these things to prevent our oils from oxidizing in our products! Although cinnamon, clove, and rosemary essential oils...

We see claims all the time that rosemary is a good anti-oxidant and anti-microbial, but does it stand up to tests of these assertions? Let’s find out! Rosemary essential oil has been used as an anti-oxidant for quite some time – we can see this in the use of ROE or rosemary oleoresin extract (I...