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Cocoa Butter

Cocoa Butter is a very emollient ingredient for your cosmetics or massage bars. The butter is quite hard, but melts into the skin as soon as it touches you. Cocoa Butter is used in hand creams, hair products, lip gloss, night creams, anti-wrinkle creams, sun protection, tanning products and of course, chocolate! Auroma’s Cocoa Butter [...]

Wheatgerm

Wheatgerm is a warming and soothing oil, it is also highly nourishing to the skin.  This makes it particularly useful for dull or extremely dry skin. Wheatgerm has naturally high levels of Vitamin E and is an excellent anti-oxidant. These two properties give it the reputation of being an excellent oil for the skin, beneficial [...]

Myrtle

Myrtle oil is becoming more and more popular as people discover the vast number of applications with adults and children. It has a gentle pleasing aroma, with an uplifting and cleansing nature. Myrtle works very well on the respiratory system, and can be chosen as a replacement to Eucalyptus for blends used in the evening, [...]

Macadamia

In skin care and cosmetic applications Macadamia Nut Oil has been relatively unexploited. It is an excellent selection for delicate skin, mature skin or where deep nourishment is desired. Mature skin loves Macadamia Nut Oil as it penetrates quckly and deeply. However, while it does penetrate quickly, it leaves a film on the skin suitable [...]

Jasmine

Jasmine Absolute has a delightfully sweet powerful aroma reminiscent of the freshly picked flowers. Jasmine Absolute is known by the botanical names Jasminum grandiflorum and J. officinale with the traditional sweet full bodied floral Jasmine aroma. There are other varieties of Jasmine such as J. sambac which has a lighter fragrance with a green floral [...]

Rose Bath Treat

A full body bath is not always environmentally friendly, especially with summer water restrictions. So, once a week give your feet a treat with a foot bath that will leave them feeling soothed, smoothed and super! Add 20 drops of Rose in Jojoba to 2 tablespoons of Dead Sea Mud. Blend well then add a [...]

Stop The Bugs!

With insects a plenty at this time of year, here are some tips to keep the little pests at bay: Ants don’t like Peppermint! If you have a trail of ants breaking into your home you can put some Peppermint Arvensis at the point of entry (menthol crystals also work really well). Use the Arvensis [...]

Shea Butter

Shea Butter Also known as Karite Butter or African Butter, Shea Butter has been used by Africans for beauty and healing. The Shea tree grows up to 12 metres in height. The butter is extracted from the large brown seeds found in the green fruit. The selection of nuts is important to produce a white [...]

Lemongrass

A native to Asia, this tall grass is now grown in Africa, the West Indies and tropical Asia. It has been used as a culinary herb, and traditionally used as a medicine for infectious diseases and fever. It is widely used by the cosmetic industry for soap and skin care products. Auroma offer two species [...]

Home Made Soap Recipes:

If you choose to use the lower end of the scale for the amount of Lye you will make a softer soap, the higher end of the scale means a harder soap. BASIC CASTILE SOAP 50 – 75gm cold water 27 – 28.5gm Caustic Soda (Lye) 100gm Palm Oil 50gm Coconut Oil 50gm Olive Oil [...]

Dinner Party Burner Blend

Appetising essential oils that open the lines of communication are excellent choices to burn when hosting a dinner party. 2mL Aniseed Essential Oil 2mL Sweet Orange Essential Oil 1mL Cinnamon Essential Oil 1mL Clove Bud Essential Oil Measure the essential oils into a 10mL dropper bottle, and add to the water in your oil burner [...]

Dreams of Sweet Neroli Refume Oil

Jojoba oil forms an excellent base to make perfume oils. Neroli, Sandalwood and Rose come together to create a tranquil, serene and peaceful scent. 5mL Jojoba Oil 4mL Neroli 3% dilution in Jojoba 6drops Sandalwood East Indian Essential Oil 6 drops Rose 3% in Jojoba Blend all the Oils together in a dark coloured 10mL [...]

Relaxing Bath Blocks

To make fragrant bath moisturising blocks, simply melt 500gm Shea butter over a very low heat, then add 1.5mL Lavender Essential Oil, 1mL Bergamot Non Phototoxic Essentail Oil and 2.5mL Marjoram majorana essential oil. Blend and pour the melted butter mixture into ice-cube trays. Once the butter has set, pop out the blocks and store [...]

Tea-tree Oil

Tea-tree  (Melaleuca alternifolia) p.o leaves, b.s. 4-terpineol – a multi-purpose essential oil perfect for detoxifying the digestive and lymphatic systems and dealing with fungal infections such as candida which comprises the body and can axacerbate cellulite.