Rose Essential Oil

What Is Rose Essential Oil?

The smell of a rose is one of those experiences that can ignite fond memories of young love and backyard gardens. But did you know that roses are more than a pretty smell? These beautiful flowers also hold incredible health boosting benefits! Rose Essential Oil has been used to treat health conditions and used in natural beauty treatments for thousands of years.

What is rose oil good for? Research and personal experiences tell us that rose oil can improve acne, balance hormones, relieve anxiety, improve depression, reduce rosacea and naturally increase libido. Traditionally, rose oil has been used for grief, nervous tension, coughs, wound healing and general skin health, allergies, headaches and as a general anti-inflammatory.

Rose Oil Benefits

1. Helps Depression and Anxiety

One of the top benefits of rose oil is definitely its mood-boosting abilities. As our ancestors battled situations where their mental status was dampened, or otherwise impaired, they would have been naturally drawn to the pleasant sights and smells of the flowers that surrounded them. For example, it is hard to take a whiff of a powerful rose and not smile.

2. Fights Acne

There are many qualities of rose essential oil that make it a great natural remedy for the skin. The antimicrobial and aromatherapy benefits alone are great reasons to put a few drops in your DIY lotions and creams.

3. Anti-Aging

It`s no surprise that rose oil typically makes the list of top anti-aging essential oils. Why can rose essential oil boost skin health and possibly slow down the aging process? There are several reasons.

First, it has potent anti-inflammatory effects. In addition, it contains antioxidants that fight off free radicals which encourage skin damage and skin aging. Free radicals can cause damage to skin tissue, which results in wrinkles, lines and dehydration.

4. Boosts Libido

Because it acts as an anti-anxiety agent, rose essential oil can greatly help men with sexual dysfunction related to performance anxiety and strress It may also help to balance sex hormones, which can contribute to increased sex drive.

5. Improves Dysmenorrhea (Painful Period)

A clinical study published in 2016 took a look at the effects of rose essential oil on women with primary dysmenorrhea. The medical definition of primary dysmenorrhea is cramping pain in the lower abdomen occurring just before or during menstruation, in the absence of other diseases being present such as endometriosis.

6. Incredible Natural Perfume

The fragrance industry commonly used rose oil to create perfumes and to scent a variety of cosmetic products. With its sweet floral yet slightly spicy scent, rose essential oil can be used all by itself as a natural perfume. It only takes a drop or two and you can avoid all the fragrances on the market today that are loaded with dangerous synthetic scents

How Use Rose Essential Oil

How do you use rose essential oil? There are several main ways including:

• Aromatically: You can diffuse the oil in your home using a diffuser or inhale the oil directly. To make a natural room freshener, put a few drops of oil along with water into a spritz bottle.
• Topically: It has many skin benefits when used topically and it can be used undiluted. However, it`s always a good idea to dilute essential oils with a Carrier Oil like coconut or jojoba in a 1:1 ratio before applying it topically. After diluting the oil, perform a small patch test first before using the oil on larger areas. Once you know you that you don`t have a negative reaction then you can add a few drops of essential oil to a face serum, warm bath, lotion or body wash. If you`re using rose absolute, there is no need for dilution because it is already diluted.

More specific ways to use rose oil for various health benefits:

• Depression and anxiety: Combine rose oil with Lavender Oil and diffuse it, or apply 1 to 2 drops topically to your wrists and the back of your neck.
• Acne: If you suffer from acne, try dabbing one drop of pure rose essential oil on blemishes three times a day. Make sure you use a sterile cotton swab; if the antimicrobial power is too much for you, dilute it slightly with some coconut oil
• Libido: Diffuse it, or apply 2 to 3 drops topically to your neck and chest. Combine rose oil with a carrier oil like jojoba, coconut or olive for a libido-boosting therapeutic massage.
• PMS: Diffuse it, or apply it diluted with a carrier oil topically to your abdomen.
• Skin health: Apply it topically or add to face wash, body wash or lotion.
• Fragrant natural perfume: Simply dab 1 to 2 drops behind your ears or on your wrists.