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BEST FOR MATURE & BLEMISHED SKIN

Carrot seed is one of the premier essential oils for care of aging skin and skin that may be lacking vitality. Carrot seed is a premiere skin healing oil, regularly included in blends for dry and mature skin. The oil's high carotol content gives it its skin-rejuvenative properties which is great for skin healing. Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt recommends it for "dull, pallid skin, lifeless and tired from environmental stress”. Additionally, carrot seed oil is said to balance both dry and oily complexions. Small amounts go nicely in almost any skin care blend to enhance its effectiveness. You can use it on the skin in a carrier, alone, or included with other essential oils.

Excellent depurative property of carrot seed oil means that it can be used to treat eczema, psoriasis and ulcerative conditions of the skin.

INGREDIENT FEATURES

antioxidant

emollient

radiance booster

toner

BENEFITS

protecting

moisturizing

revitalizing

firming

• detoxifies

• purifies

• helps heal burns and wounds

• encourages cell regeneration

improves complexion

revitalizes dull tired skin

balances sebum production

improves:

skin tone

elasticity

moistens dry skin

deters wrinkles

dermatitis

eczema

rashes

skin discoloration

one of the strongest revitalizing

for:

dull

pallid

lifeless

tired skin

counteracts environmental stress

USES

dermatitis

eczema

psoriasis

rashes

anti-aging

wrinkles

• detoxifies

• purifies

active

fragrance

Daucus carota subsp. sativus

Carrot Seed CO2: One of the best cell regenerators, especially for mature skin. Has significant antioxidant activity and is thought to promote tone and elasticity to the skin cell tissue through its ability stimulate the formation of red blood cells

Carrot Seed oil: One of nature’s best cellular regenerators, especially for mature skin. Its high carotol content revitalizes hypodermis and improves the complexion. It is recommended for dull, tired or lifeless skin particularly from environmental stress. Has significant antioxidant activity and is thought to promote tone and elasticity to the skin cell tissue through its ability stimulate the formation of red blood cells. Its cooling effect make it ideal for soothing sensitive or inflamed cell tissue, and its moisturizing and toning properties can smooth and soften facial lines and wrinkles.

Daucus carota, the sativa seed oil of the flowering plant, is classified as an emollient and skin conditioning agent. Steam distillation is used to collect the oil from the seeds and the root of the carrot. The chemical composition of the oil contains vitamins A and D, carotenes and flavonoids. Beta-carotene is considered an antioxidant which means it protects against free radicals. It has been suggested that carrot oil can detoxify your skin of the impurities that result in acne and protect against the signs of aging.

Note Classification: Middle

Aroma: Dry, slightly sweet, earthy

Largest Producing Countries: India, France, and Hungary

Traditional Use: The roots have an affinity with the liver and gallbladder, and the seeds with the kidneys and digestive system.

Properties: Anthelminthic, antiseptic, carminative, depurative, diuretic, emmenagogue, hepatic, stimulant, tonic

Blends Well With: Cedarwood, cinnamon, citrus oils, geranium, spice oils

ABOUT THE PLANT

The wild carrot is native to Europe, Asia and North Africa. It was introduced to North America in the 1600s, and the seeds were used medicinally and for seasoning food and drink. Cultivation of this varietal for seed oil extraction mostly occurs in France today. An annual herb, it has a white, inedible root (unlike the common eating varietal) and has a distinctly branched stem with umbels of small white flowers.

Wild carrot

Queen Anne’s Lace

Bird’s nest

ABOUT THE OIL

Also known as Queen Anne's Lace, and considered by some as a common weed, our Carrot seed oil is steam distilled from the seeds of carrots wild-grown in France. The oil is pale yellow and is light and fluid in viscosity.

Distilled in France for use in perfumes. It comes from wild Queen Anne’s lace, the ancestor of the carrot.

distilled from the dried seed (fruit) of the wild carrot, Daucus carota. Production is almost entirely centered in France.

a yellow or amber-colored to pale orange-brown liquid

A carrot root oil is obtained by solvent extraction of the red fleshy root of the common edible carrot root. It has a high concentration of carotenes and is used in some sunscreens.

OF INTEREST

Being a highly nutritious plant, the seeds from the Daucus carota plant have been used in traditional Eastern and Western medical practice for centuries. The seeds contain substantial amounts of Vitamins A, B1, B2 and C.

Flavor ingredient in most major food categories, especially seasonings

Carotol

α-Pinene

Dauca-4,8-diene

β-Caryophyllene

Sabinene

Geranyl acetate

β-Bisabolene

Caryophyllene oxide

(Ε)-β-Farnesene

Geraniol

(Ε)-α-Bergamotene

Daucol

(–)-Limonene

β-Pinene

β-Myrcene

(Ζ)-α-Bergamotene

β-Selinene

beta-pinene

carotol

alpha-pinene

NUTRIENTS

vitamin A

vitamin C

vitamin B1

vitamin B2

revitalize |

• settles digestion

increases circulation

antiseptic

stimulant

tonic

vasodilatory

smooth muscle relaxant

edema

anemia

anorexia

colic

indigestion

revitalizing

SUBTLE AROMATHERAPY

rejuvenate the energy of the solar plexus and to be relieving of fatigue.

Fragrance component in soaps, detergents, cosmetics and perfumes

Used for its fatty-woody notes which blend well in chypres, Fougères oriental perfumes modern aldehydic fantasy type

This carrot seed oil has a particularly delicate and complex aroma that lends itself well to natural perfumery.

AROMA NOTES

Considered a middle note, this Carrot Seed oil has a unique warm, slightly sweet top note, a mildly earthy, woody middle note and a light, musty, herbaceous undertone.

topnote sweet and fresh

tenacious undertone and dry-out is very heavy, earthy, slightly spicy

fruity

sharp

pungent

peculiar dry-woody

somewhat root-like

earthy

initial notes are sweet and fresh

but the tenacious undertone and dryout is very heavy

earthy-fatty-oily

and slightly spicy

It blends well with Frankincense, Geranium, citrus oils such as Grapefruit or Lemon, and spice oils such as Cardamom. cedarwood Mimosa

citrus

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