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Frankincense Face Oil
Jojoba, a few drops of frankincense, and vitamin E. A night oil for an adult face. Not the eye balm, and not a promise about wrinkles.
This is how our household cooks, washes, and thinks. It is not medical advice, and it is not a substitute for a midwife or a doctor.
5 minutes · About 1 ounce
“Every good and perfect gift is from above.”
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp jojoba oil, or olive oil if that is what you have
- 4 drops frankincense essential oil
- 2 drops vitamin E oil
Method
- 1
Pour the jojoba into a small dropper bottle that holds about an ounce. Add the frankincense and the vitamin E. Cap it and shake.
- 2
At night, pat a damp face dry and press 2 or 3 drops over the cheeks and forehead. Keep it off the eyelids and out of the eyes. The plain tallow eye balm is the jar for that skin, and it has no essential oil in it.
- 3
Wash your hands. If the skin stings, turns red, or itches, wash the oil off and do not use it again.
From the kitchen
- This bottle is for adult skin. Not in pregnancy, not for a child, and not on broken skin.
- Four drops in two tablespoons is a light face dilution. Do not add more because the bottle looks plain. Frankincense is strong on a face.
- Vitamin E is there so the oil keeps. It is not a treatment.
My note
Kept on this device, beside the recipe, for the next time you cook it.
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