Orange Oil - Homemade Skin Care and More

Orange oil is a yellowish orange liquid with a tangy, fruity, aroma. It is a highly concentrated essential oil with a, slightly, toxic substance called d-limonene.

HEALTH BENEFITS

Eco-friendly Pest Repellent: Ants, mites, fleas, lice, ticks

Aromatherapy Benefits: Improves mood, relaxes, reduces anxiety

Anti-spasmodic

There is controversy using orange oil for digestive problems. You should never ingest or consume orange oil without consulting your physician or trusted medical professional.

Never use large amounts of essential oils externally or internally. They must always be diluted in a carrier oil, soap, lotion, or other buffering agent. Never use them without knowing what their bioactive compounds are known to do.

SKIN CARE BENEFITS

Antiseptic: Helps clean and heal minor scrapes or scratches

Anti-inflammatory

Soothes Muscles: Reduces soreness

Improves Skin Tone and Texture: Combats Acne, Helps Get Rid of Blackheads

CAUTION! Orange oil can cause irritation to skin and increase the skin's sensitivity to light. DO NOT apply an undiluted form of this essential oil directly to skin.

USES

Orange oil has a large variety of uses. It is strong enough for commercial use and mild enough for use around the home.

Orange oil is a folded essential oil, which means it has been distilled and concentrated even further from its highly concentrated state. Most citrus oils are found in folded versions, with the most common being five-fold or ten-fold. Folded essential oils are natural, stronger and purer forms of the original essential oil.

Orange oil contains terpenes which are compounds responsible for odors. When this oil is folded, the terpenes are removed. Skin care products such as homemade lotion and homemade lip balm are leave-on skin care products, which stresses the importance of using a, folded, essential oil.

Orange oil blends orange hand soap well with spicy oils and some flowery fragrances. Try blending it with sweet orange oil, bergamot, black pepper, cinnamon, clary sage, clove, eucalyptus, lavender, lemon, nutmeg, yiang, rosewood or sandalwood yiang. You can create your very own fragrance blends that make your soaps unique and smelling wonderful! Do not use much of this oil in your homemade soap recipes. Remember, it has a strong, distinctive, tangy aroma.

Orange oil also may be used for making homemade shampoo. This essential oil helps to regulate the production of sebum, the hair's natural oil.


Orange oil is a yellowish orange liquid with a tangy, fruity, aroma. Orange oil can cause irritation to skin and increase the skin's sensitivity to light. Orange oil is a folded essential oil, which means it has been distilled and concentrated even further from its highly concentrated state. Skin care products such as homemade lotion and homemade lip balm are leave-on skin care products, which stresses the importance of using a, folded, essential oil.

Orange oil also may be used for making homemade shampoo.