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...

I covered rosemary extract and hydrosol almost two years ago, but it’s time to take a look at the oil soluble components of the plant, which we find in the essential oil. (I also promised a post on the essential was forthcoming…oops, sorry for taking so long!)   Rosemary essential oil contains the oil soluble...