The body shop tea tree oil review

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Tea tree oil might be the best entry-level essential oil of all time. Even if you"ve sầu don"t have sầu a clue what DoTERRA is, you"ve probably noticed the tea tree oil hàng hóa area in The Body Shop. It"s almost as big as the makeup section.

In fact, tea tree oil is so popular that The Body Shop says it sells a bottle of its $10 tea tree oil every eight seconds.

But why does this tiny green thing fly off the shelves? To find out, I recently bought my own bottle (it"s currently on sale for $8), talked lớn a certified aromatherapist & polled my friends. My personal, unprofessional conclusion: tea tree oil is MacGyver in a bottle.

The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil

What is tea tree oil?

Tea tree oil is made from steaming the leaves of the Australian tea tree. The Body Shop says it only uses leaves that are hand-picked. This fact is even more impressive when you consider that just one small bottle has the oil from more than 15,000 tea tree leaves.

According khổng lồ The Mayo Clinic, tea tree oil "might" be helpful in healing superficial skin conditions when used topically as an antibacterial treatment. According to lớn the Duchess of Sussex, it"s a "cure-all." In an interview about her best beauty tips, Meghan Markle told Allure she always carries a bottle of tea tree oil when she travels. If that"s not a royal ringing endorsement then I don"t know what is.

Piông xã a problem, any problem

Name a comtháng skin condition & there"s a great chance someone in your inner circle is currently treating it with tea tree oil. After reading that the duchess references using it for cuts, bug bites & breakouts, I decided to lớn ask my Facebook friends what they used tea tree oil for. The results ran the gamut. They also help explain why tea tree oil is one of The Body Shop"s page đầu bestsellers in its stores và online — there"s almost nothing (external) you can"t use it on.

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Katie Jackson

For starters, my friover & certified aromatherapist in the Hamptons, Jessica Bellofatto, finds it to be effective sầu for treating everything from toenail fungus to lớn ear infections. Meanwhile in Montamãng cầu, my former co-worker, Kayla, adds a few drops khổng lồ her children"s shampoo lớn keep head lice way. She also sprays it on her kids" pants to lớn prevent them from attracting ticks when they"re playing outside.

Some moms swear tea tree oil is as effective as the best insect repellents. If a bug does manage to lớn get a nibble, you can use tea tree oil lớn lessen the itch, sting or swelling. Most sources say it"s more effective sầu the sooner you apply it.

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But that"s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to lớn all the uses for tea tree oil. What does my friover Heather in Floridomain authority reach for when her hands break out in eczema? The same thing my frikết thúc Chelsea in Colorabởi reaches for when she feels a cold sore coming on.

"Oh yeah, & boils?" writes my frikết thúc Kitty from Los Angeles, "It gets rid of them instantly."

I hate that I have sầu to lớn use it, but I love sầu it already

Fortunately, I don"t currently have any boils khổng lồ demo my tea tree oil on. However, I have sầu had the chance to lớn chạy thử it on some of the monthly pimples that even the best face washes for acne-prone skin can"t prevent. Tea tree oil smells like Pine-sol to lớn me, but since I’ve cleaned with Pine-sol và know it works, I don’t mind. I just make the association that this hàng hóa will work too.

Lately, what I"ve been doing is using a few drops to spot treat my blemishes. Unlượt thích benzoyl peroxide, it doesn"t leave a White grainy residue. But lượt thích benzoyl peroxide, it appears to be working & drying out problem areas và reducing inflammation.

Katie Jackson

I"ve also taken khổng lồ using it as a pick-me-up when I travel. For example, after a 13-hour flight from San Francisteo to lớn Taiwan, where I had a layover before another long international flight, I added a few drops of tea tree oil khổng lồ my moisturizer. It was milder than applying straight astringent onkhổng lồ my face, but it definitely woke me up lượt thích a much-needed espresso shot to the face.

From now on, tea tree oil will have a coveted spot in my carry-on toiletries bag. At first I thought packing around so many leaves seemed excessive sầu. But then I considered how many potential problems this little MacGyver in a bottle can fix.

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