Acne-Fighting Essential Oil Roll-On Recipe

Skin blemishes are something nearly everyone gets at some point during their lives. Blemishes form as a result of changes in the bacterial environment of the skin. These changes can be made worse by hormonal or dietary factors. Like everyone, every now and then I do have an acne problem. I am lucky enough to don’t have an acne-prone type of skin but it is still annoying when unwanted acne occurs either during each menstrual cycle or before any important event. Ever since I discovered this acne essential oil roll-on recipe, I always keep this acne-fighting roller as my SOS oil. This acne-fighting essential oil recipe is a real-deal and it is super-efficient. The essential oils in this roller recipe help rebalance skin and reduce the appearance of redness, helping skin to look more clear and healthy.

What causes Acne?

Acne develops when sebum — an oily substance that lubricates your hair and skin — and dead skin cells plug hair follicles. Bacteria can trigger inflammation and infection resulting in more severe acne.

• too much oil is produced by follicles
• dead skin cells accumulate in pores
• bacteria build up in pores
• hormonal changes caused by puberty or pregnancy
• certain medications, such as certain birth control pills or corticosteroids
• a diet high in refined sugars or carbohydrates, such as bread and chips
• genetic

Ingredients for Acne-Fighting Essential Oil Roll-On

• Tamanu Carrier Oil is a nourishing oil and a great emollient. It has anti-bacterial and regenerating properties which could help acne-fighting efficiently
• Copaiba essential oil is full of skin-loving sesquiterpenes–heavy molecules, abundant in thick oils that act as skin protectants. It has the ability to reduce inflammation.
• Tea Tree essential oil packed with astringent properties, Tea Tree is great at balancing the skin’s natural oil levels with promoting clear skin.
• Lemon essential oil has astringent and oil-control properties. It helps control the production of sebum, an oily substance that is secreted by your sebaceous glands that help keep your skin and hair moisturized. In turn, Lemon’s ability to control over/under-production of sebum, in turn also helps to reduce breakouts.

acne-Fighting Essential oil roll-on Recipe

As usual, this table is provided as a reference to prepare a different volume of recipes. The table below is an indication of a 10ml roller recipe.

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If you don’t have all the oils above, copaiba essential oil can be replaced by lavender essential oil; lemon essential oil can be replaced by carrot seed essential oil.

DIY Tools

10 ml Empty Roller

10 ml Pipette

Acne Essential Oil Roll-On Recipe

Recipe by CalleighCourse: Beauty RecipesDifficulty: Easy

Yield

10

ml

Prep time

5

minutes

Cost

The essential oils in this roller recipe help rebalance skin and reduce the appearance of redness, helping skin to look more clear and healthy.

Ingredients

• ~10ml Tamanu Carrier Oil

• 4 drops Copaiba essential oil

• 2 drops Tea Tree essential oil

• 2 drops Lemon essential oil

Directions

• Add essential oils to the empty Roll-On then top off with Tamanu oil.
• Replace the rollerball, and gently turn from side to side to mix.
• Apply the roll-on directly to blemishes in the evening as the last step in your skincare routine. 

Notes

• To know if you are sensitive to the oils, it is preferable to run a patch test before the application of this roll-on recipe.
• If you don’t have a measuring cylinder or pipette to measure the tamanu oil, you can top it up after dropping the essential oils into the roller. Please be sure to don’t overfill the bottle. You will need to let some space for the roller cap to put back without overflowing the oils.

Patch test

Before you use it, please note that essential oil is a concentrated liquid extracted from different plants. A 100% pure essential oil is very powerful and potent, and everyone reacts to essential oils differently. To know that if you are allergic or sensitive to the oil, you have to run a patch test before you start using it in the desired area. How to run a patch test? Apply the roll-on to your inner elbow, cover with a bandage and leave on overnight. If there are no signs of irritation the following morning, the oil is considered safe to use for you.

Pre-diluted roll-on for acne & blemishes from essential oil provider

If you don’t have all the oils in the recipe or simply just don’t have time to make your own blend, here are some essential oil blends from different providers for you to tackle the acne problem. They contain only 100% pure grade essential oils and they are as efficient for the acne problem.

1. Plant therapy zit Fighter Synergy Pre-diluted ROLLER BLEND

This synergy roller from Plant Therapy contains the 100% pure essential oils of Geranium Bourbon, Grapefruit Pink, Cedarwood, Peppermint, Rosemary, Chamomile Roman, diluted to 5% in Fractionated Coconut Carrier Oil.

2. Edens Garden Tea Tree Pre-diluted Roll-On

The earth is rich with natural healing power and there may be no better example of this than Tea Tree. It purifies as it heals and is a must for any home medicine cabinet or first-aid kit. Now as an easy-to-use Roll-On, Tea Tree is easily applied. Perfect for skin irritations and blemishes.

Bottom line

If you have a serious ance-prone problem kind of skin, it is preferable for you to look for a dermatologist to check up for the cause and provide you a professional treatment. This alternative natural-aid essential oil treatment is to tackle a small acne problem. I found it useful for my mixed skin. To care of your facial skin properly, you need to:

• clean your skin daily
• shampooing your hair regularly and keeping it out of your face
• not squeezing or picking pimples, which spreads bacteria and excess oil
• not touching your face when you have acne

While there are a lot of acne treatments out there either by the professional or natural-aid treatment that can treat acne problems efficiently, but there is no 100% treatment method proven to prevent acne. Therefore, it is also important to stay stress-free, have a good diet, and a proper face cleaning routine.

Last but not least, I hope you have an acne-free clean face everyday!

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Ressources:

1. Tamanu Oil -Anti-acne, antiseptic (Phytochemistry. 2004 Oct;65(20):2789-95),
2. Silva, Ary Gomes. “Application of the Essential Oil from Copaiba (Copaifera Langsdori Desf.) for Acne Vulgaris: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial.” PubMed, Mar. 2012, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22502624.
3. Orchard, Ané, and Sandy van Vuuren. “Commercial Essential Oils as Potential Antimicrobials to Treat Skin Diseases.” Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine 2017 (2017).  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5435909

Calleigh

Hi, I am Calleigh, MEng Chemical Engineering and a process engineer, and I'm here to show you how to DIY your skincare and household products with the correct formulation and using only natural ingredients. I believe that eating good food (Yes I have cooking recipes too!) and living in a chemical-free environment are the keys to having a healthy lifestyle. And that doesn't need to be expensive.