The trend is to make homemade cosmetics. DIY is on the rise and that's a good thing: raw material management, control over the entire manufacturing process, a return to naturalness and sensible consumption and finally, the pleasure of making things yourself. Among the flagship ingredients of home-made cosmetics, we find the essential oil of bergamot. Zoom in on its beauty virtues!
L'huile essentielle de Bergamote, présentation
The bergamot, citrus bergamia, is a small, delicate shrub that grows in southern Italy. Its small round fruits are a melt-in-the-mouth pear variety used to make confectionery, Nancy bergamots. The essential oil is extracted from the skin of the fruit. Speaking of which, did you know that the distinctive flavor of Earl Grey tea came from the bergamot? And that it was one of the most important ingredients in cologne?
Its fragrance combines with cyper, geranium, lavender, lemon, neroli, palmarosa, patchouli and ylang ylang.
Les propriétés de l'HE de Bergamote
The main active ingredient found in bergamot EO is a terpene ester: linalyl acetate at an average rate of 29% and depending on the batch.
It is therefore :
anti-infectious
anti-bacterial (streptococcus, staphilococcus, meningococcus)
antiseptic
tonic and stimulating (in low doses)
stomachic
calming and sedative
antispasmodic
La bergamote pour soulager les problèmes de peau
Bergamot EO is excellent for relieving various skin problems such as:
eczema
acne
psoriasis
scabies
vitiligo
varicose ulcers
excess sebum on the skin and scalp
It thus helps to faccelerate healing and calm inflammation. Its anti-bacterial action cleanses and purifies the skin especially in cases of acne. It also reduces itching and pain by numbing the nerves. Finally, it softens dry and irritated skin.
Tip: Add 1 to 2 drops of bergamot essential oil to your concoction for a natural cosmetic that takes care of your skin.
L'huile essentielle de bergamote pour quel type de peau ?
Bergamot EO is astringent and regulates sebum secretion. It is therefore recommended for combination skins and oily skins with a tendency to acne. For this, you can prepare a purifying synergy with propolis, burdock or green clay and matifying with alum powder for example.
It is also welcome in home-made preparations for oily hair in which the EO of lemon, cedar of the Atlas, of pamplemousseEO, clary sage or laurel will potentiate its effects. In addition, adding bergamot EO to a hair mask with ghassoul will sanitize and pleasantly perfume your hair.
Caution, do not use in the first 3 months of pregnancy.
Le parfum de l'huile essentielle de bergamote à votre service !
Bergamot HEcan be added to your homemade deodorant preparations, as it has the ability to mitigate body odor.
In a synergy against insects, its fragrance will prove to be an excellent mosquito repellent.
La bergamote et son pouvoir relaxant
Many bath or massage oils contain bergamot EO. Indeed, it is both invigorating and relaxing. It soothes nervous tension and reduces anxiety.
Tip: in an organic vegetable oil (sweet almond, sesame or jojoba), add 1 drop of bergamot EO. Apply to the chest, at the heart chakra and sternum and gently massage the mixture in while breathing deeply.
L'HE de bergamote comme fixatif
Bergamot essential oil acts as a fixative in cosmetic preparations and perfumes. It allows the final product not to "turn", to stabilize all the odorant molecules.
Précautions d'emploi de l'HE de bergamote
Bergamot essential oil may irritate some sensitive skin. It is recommended that it be diluted at a rate of 1 to 2%.
Like many other essential oils, this one is photosensitizing. It is thus necessary to avoid applying on the skin a product containing EO of bergamot before being exposed to the sun.