Summer Skin Care

                   With summer approaching comes the constant battle with your skin. Whether it's dried out from the sun, or from swimming or it's sunburned, or you get burned while camping, or you get bit by bugs. There are a number of ways to help out your skin naturally.  I wanted to tell you about a book that I  really enjoy first though that is all about natural body care.

                                     Book: Organic Body Care Recipes

          This is an amazing resource, whether you are able to use the recipes right away or not. I love to look through it and get ideas on what would be a better option for my skin and hair then maybe the more conventional products. I bought mine at Barnes and Noble Bookstore, but you can also get it on Amazon. I highly recommend this book for every skin type.

            Coconut oil is the first natural product that I am going to mention. Earlier this year I wrote an article about all the benefits of Coconut Oil and why it's such a great product, but I want to give a few ideas today on how to apply it. I use it as a moisturizer for my face and hair. Every night before I go to bed I apply a little to my face and whatever is left on my hands I put in my hair. Because Coconut Oil is so high in vitamin D, it helps your body get what it needs, and reduces your sun burn succeptiblility. Coconut Oil has a natural SPF of 4, so it can also be used as a sunscreen. It's especially wonderful when you apply it with Essential Oils that are natural sun repellents as well. Coconut Oil also helps your skin fight acne.

        Lavender Essential Oil is a wonderful oil for your skin. It helps your skin battle acne, rashes, burns, and most other skin problems. Plus it helps you relax. On top of all the other great benefits of lavender oil it is a natural sunscreen. You can add it to Coconut Oil and the two together are wonderful!  And to make it even better you can add Carrot Seed Essential oil to the mix and you have a great natural sunscreen!

       Carrot Seed Essential Oil is not only a great natural sunscreen, but it also helps with joint pain and digestive complaints.

         While Frankincense Essential Oil doesn't protect you from the sun, it helps your skin heal from sun related skin blemishes. It helps fight skin and sun spots, cysts, warts, blisters, bug bites and stretch marks. My family has first hand experience with Frankincense taking away warts. My little sister had a cold and I was giving her Frankincense with some other oils for her cold, and she had a wart on her lip. Well a couple days after her cold was gone so was her wart.

           Another great oil for summer skin problems is the blend Purification. Purification has Citronella, Lemongrass, Rosemary, Melaluca, Lavandin and Myrtle Essential Oils. It relieves bug bites, blisters, it's a bug repellent, and it helps take away skin blemishes. It definitely smells like a bug repellent because of the Citronella. 

        You don't have to wait till summer to use these oils for their healing benefits for your skin. They do the same thing all year long. If you are interested in these oils or in any other Young Living product, check out their website. If you like what you see, and would like to order click on the member sign-up button at the top of the page and enter my member number in the enroller and sponsor number slots. (My member number is 1564241.) This is the best way to order from me. Also "Like" the Facebook Page! I will be posting there some fun stuff, like oil humor, great oil deals and oil events. 

       I am getting very excited because I am leaving for my first Joni and Friends Family Retreat next week! It will be the first of 3 camps that I am going to. Do you have any fun and exciting plans for the summer? What are they? Leave it in a comment below.

Soli Deo Gloria!