Lie comfortably on your back on your bed or a mat. Apply your blended oils to your hands, and place them on your abdomen, one hand on top of the other in the area just above one of your hip bones. Make circling motions across your abdomen from one side to the other. Do this several times. The pressure should be firm and steady but not too hard.

Next make some figure-eight motions across your abdomen several times, after that knead the abdominal muscles, again working your way across from side to side. When you’ve done that two or three times make a few more strokes in a circular motion. As a finish to the abdominal massage, hold both hands over your navel and let the heat collect for a few minutes, and then remove your hands.

To work on your hips, turn onto whichever side you prefer. Make circular strokes around the area of the top hip bone and skin. Make your hands into gentle fists and lightly pummel the skin. This is really good for the circulation. Finish with more of the circular strokes, and turn on your other side and do the same procedure.

If you find your skin tone in that area to be poor, pummel harder and even use your knuckles. Oils such as fennel and juniper are great for this.

There are specific treatments to employ for enhancing and stimulating your skin. One technique is to actually brush your skin. Make sure it’s a natural bristle brush so that it won’t be too stiff. A bath brush works well because of the longer handle. You can do your whole body except for your face and neck, since that skin is more delicate. Add a couple of drops of one of the stimulating oils.

We feel that a more in-depth look at our skin and how to care for it using aromatherapy is appropriate. After all it is the largest organ of the human body, much of it visible at all times. There are thousands of products on the market and people the world over spend billions of dollars on them. We feel that the fewer chemicals the better in most things, and the skin is definitely not an exception. Following are some essential oil treatments for you to consider. Not only will you be doing your skin a favor, but in many cases you’ll be saving money as well. Essential oils can be a bit costly but such a tiny amount of oil goes such a long way, you’ll come out ahead overall. Remember that these treatments we’ll be talking about will not just clean your skin, but they will increase the circulation, take away dead cells and help it create healthy new ones. Taking excellent care of your skin can help make it younger looking as well.