Do essential oils have beauty benefits?

Do essential oils have beauty benefits? How to use essential oils safely?

Answer: Essential oils refer to specific parts of plants (usually flowers, stems, leaves, fruits, roots, seeds, bark or trunks containing balsam glands) obtained by distillation, pressing, extraction, leaching or adsorption. A general term for plant essential oils with a certain fragrance.

Essential oils have a wide variety and unique functions, and are used in many aspects such as daily care and even medical care. So, what are the requirements for essential oils used as cosmetics?

First of all, the use method and application site of essential oils must conform to the definition of cosmetics. Cosmetics refers to the application of rubbing, spraying or other similar methods to the surface of the human body such as skin, hair, nails, lips, etc., for the purpose of cleaning, protecting, beautifying and modifying of daily chemical industry products.

Secondly, essential oil products can claim the functions of beauty, skin care, aroma, etc., but their claims cannot exceed the scope of the efficacy of cosmetics. If there are words such as medicinal value and disinfection effect in the propaganda of essential oil products, or the way of use is not directly on the skin surface, but through oral administration, inhalation, etc., it does not meet the scientific definition of essential oils for cosmetic use.

At present, the most common skin care essential oils on the market generally include single essential oils, compound essential oils and base oils.