Best Natural Treatments for Skin Blemishes and Essential Oils to Use for Acne
The best natural treatments for skin blemishes and acne aren't necessarily the most expensive. Everyone wants a clean, clear face; free of pimples, spots, and uneven skin tone. Here are some products and recipes that have worked for me in the past, are all natural, and are dependable:
Best Burt's Bees Products Treatment for Skin Blemishes:
- Burt's Bees Herbal Blemish Stick!!! - worked wonders for me! (and I love the ingredients: SD Alcohol 40-B (from Yellow Corn), Calendula Flower Oil, Borage Seed Oil, Yarrow Oil, Parsley Seed Extract, Willowbark Extract, Lemon Oil, Fennel Oil, Water, Tea Tree Oil, Juniper Oil, and Eucalyptus Oil.)
Essential Oils Best for Treatment for Skin Blemishes & Acne:
- Tea Tree essential oil - may be used directly on the skin without carrier oil, but you may like to add coconut oil (light and good scent) or jojoba oil (healing and nourishing) for added benefits.
- Bergamot essential oil (BF or begaptene free) - best to use a carrier such as grapeseed oil as it is very light and the scent is lovely for both men and women.
- Lavender essential oil - lavendula angustifolia - maybe used undiluted directly on skin, as Lavender is a universal essential oil.
- Rosewood essential oil - depending on sensitivity may/or may not have to use carrier oil but it's always better to use one such as coconut, jojoba, grapeseed or similar.
- Clove essential oil (only for intense overnight spot treatments)- always use diluted in a carrier such as grapeseed, jojoba, coconut, etc.
Essential oils are some of my favorite ingredients to use as not only are they all natural, but have many amazing properties to heal all types of skin maladies. The best things you could use in treatment for skin blemishes are natural products. Just make sure to do a patch test to be sure you don't have allergies.
Also note that essential oils are very potent and less is always more when it comes to using them on the skin. Make sure to dilute them with a carrier oil. One of the lightest carriers is grapeseed oil, but coconut is also a great choice, and the jojoba is perfect for when you need extra healing.
My old stand-by remedy for getting rid of blemishes overnight when I was out of all my other treatments, was dabbing a bit of toothpaste on the zit, and going to sleep. Most often, it was ready to go by morning. I'd steam my face to open the pores and be rid of it. I'm not sure if that's the best advice for everyone, but for me it always worked. I wouldn't necessarily recommend that to anyone, but just had to throw it in there J.
Resources & More Reading
More on Pore-reducing Mask, an Acne Mask & Toner, and a Pore Cleansing Strip Recipe
More tips on Acne & Blemish Removers on AC/Yahoo.
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7 Comments
Post a CommentNever heard of the toothpaste trick.
hard to battle genetics.
We used to dab whole milk on the blemish - same results as toothpaste :) cheers
Great article.
I've heard good things about tea tree oil. Since it is an ingredient in that Burt's Bees stick, I might have to give that blemish stick a try. Thanks.
Thanks for this.... :o)
very helpful