Month: January 2012

Essential oil: White camphor essential oil – the science

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White camphor essential oil contains limonene, 1,8-cineole, camphor, linalool, piperitone, eugenol and safrole, as primary ingredients. (At what levels you can find those compounds? I’m not sure as it’s been really hard to find information! Some will contain no camphor and will be called ho-wood essential oil. Others have more!) I’ve found this document – which...

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Comment moderation

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I’m afraid that comments on all posts will have to undergo moderation until the spammer who is going through every post on my blog is finished. I promise the only comments to be deleted will be those spam comments. Sorry about this, but it has to be done until the spammer is finished bothering us...

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Newbie Tuesday – update

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If you want to play along with Newbie Tuesday and make a lotion on the 24th, here are a few substitutions you can make if your supplies aren’t in on time… Oil – Yes, you can get oils from the grocery store! (Click here for that post.) Butter – You can generally get cocoa butter...

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Essential oils: White camphor or camphor white essential oil

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The camphor essential oil we find at our suppliers tends to be white camphor or camphor white essential oil (Cinnamomum camphora). It’s steam distilled then rectified to remove the poisonous elements. It contains limonene, 1,8-cineole, camphor, linalool, piperitone, eugenol and safrole.  Piperitone is a monoterpene ketone with a minty odour. Eugenol is a phenylpropene that can be...

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Newbie Tuesday: Let’s make a lotion!

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I’m starting this series I’m calling Newbie Tuesday! It’s time to stop reading and get into your workshop and make something awesome! Think of it as a lotion-along…maybe not. I’m not happy with that compound word. I’ll find something else for future posts. Here’s how I think this is going to work. This week we’ll...

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