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jessiaka
Joined: 07 Jan 2006
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 Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:14 am Post subject: Where to find 100% natural oils? |
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So my skin has HAD IT with the pollution here and I want to make a batch of my natural moisturizer to hopefully help calm it down...
Does anyone know where to find 100% natural oils?
Ex: tea tree oil, vitamin e oil, rose hip oil, etc, etc, etc...
Also, cocoa butter and aloe vera (not the gel and not the oil, the natural kinda liquidy stuff).
Not the Body Shop crap, the real deal with no additives whatsoever.
I know back in Canada they have shops devoted to this stuff.. just wondering if anyone knows of a place out here to find it or if I'm SOL.
I can ship it from a place in New York but shipping ALONE will cost $102.00 US and I'm not exactly into that, haha.
Thanks 
edit: Dawn pointed me in the direction of VitaminLife.com, which was exactly what I was looking for. Low shipping costs too if anyone else is looking.
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numazawa
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:25 am Post subject: |
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Wow, you even took your pic down... That must be some skin problem --retroactive even!  |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:42 am Post subject: |
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| Try The Face Shop--they claim to have 100% pure essential oils...I don't know if that's what you want, but you can check it out at www.thefaceshop.co.kr. |
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margaret
Joined: 14 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:12 am Post subject: |
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There's a store here called the Herb Mall but I don't know if you have one where you are.
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pet lover
Joined: 02 Jan 2004
Location: not in Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| pm Dawn and ask her. |
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Dawn
Joined: 06 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:53 am Post subject: |
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I order through VitaminLife.com and get products shipped via postal mail (a lot cheaper than FedEx on lighter weight packages). You're legally allowed to import six bottles of essential oils at a time, and as I recall, shipping on this quantity generally costs under $20. Want more than six bottles? No problem. Just place multiple orders.  (Yes, I had three orders of six bottles each delivered on the same day once, but the fact that they were in multiple boxes satisfied customs ...) |
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jessiaka
Joined: 07 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| numazawa wrote: |
| Wow, you even took your pic down... That must be some skin problem --retroactive even! |
HAHAHA nonono... just a lil red and pissed off..
I took my pic down cause I was getting PM's like MAD from friggin guys being dinks. Yep.
Dawn and Corpral, thank you so much! I'm definately going to look into it! |
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ChimpumCallao
Joined: 17 May 2005
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:32 am Post subject: |
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| i remember seeing a place called "lush" near lotte @ jamsil station and i heard they have natural stuff. i never been cuz i love me my chemicals and animal testing...but you should give it a go. |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| try looking in my boss's hair. He never showers. Ah.. buuuut.... i dont think its really natural oil because it is drenched in his cigarette smoke. |
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jessiaka
Joined: 07 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:22 am Post subject: |
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| ChimpumCallao wrote: |
| i remember seeing a place called "lush" near lotte @ jamsil station |
ahh yes, Lush cosmetics! I used some of their stuff back home in Canada, the bath stuff. I prefer to make my own moisturizer though 
Dawn! I just placed a big order on VitaminLife.com. GREAT site, they had all the ingredients I need. Thanks again!! |
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jjurabong
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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jessiaka,
Would you be interested in selling some of that moisturizer you're making? Do you make any other natural stuff? |
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| jessiaka wrote: |
| ChimpumCallao wrote: |
| i remember seeing a place called "lush" near lotte @ jamsil station |
ahh yes, Lush cosmetics! I used some of their stuff back home in Canada, the bath stuff. I prefer to make my own moisturizer though
Dawn! I just placed a big order on VitaminLife.com. GREAT site, they had all the ingredients I need. Thanks again!! |
I use Lush's "Imperialis" moisturiser it is great. However, it is too expensive to buy here in Korea. So, I get my sister mail me some every couple of months at a third of the price.
Ilovebdt |
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paperbag princess
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: veggie hell
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| ilovebdt wrote: |
| jessiaka wrote: |
| ChimpumCallao wrote: |
| i remember seeing a place called "lush" near lotte @ jamsil station |
ahh yes, Lush cosmetics! I used some of their stuff back home in Canada, the bath stuff. I prefer to make my own moisturizer though
Dawn! I just placed a big order on VitaminLife.com. GREAT site, they had all the ingredients I need. Thanks again!! |
I use Lush's "Imperialis" moisturiser it is great. However, it is too expensive to buy here in Korea. So, I get my sister mail me some every couple of months at a third of the price.
Ilovebdt |
dawn, you make your own moisturizer? how? i have super sensitive skin and am tired of paying a lot here.
ilovebt, yeah lush is so expensive here! you can thank the korean gov't for that. |
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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Paperbag Princess,
Why? What does the Korean government do which makes it so expensive?
Ilovebdt |
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jessiaka
Joined: 07 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:49 am Post subject: |
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dawn, you make your own moisturizer? how? i have super sensitive skin and am tired of paying a lot here.
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I make my own
I'll give you a recipe for free cause well, good skin is every gal's friend <3
Let me stress that everything has to be 100% NATURAL. No additives, nothing but the PURE ingredient.
1/4cocoa butter
1/4aloe vera
1/4hemp seed oil
1/16tea tree oil
1/16coconut oil
1/16rose petal oil
1/16vitamin a/e
To make it easier on yourself you may just want to make 1c and then use these measurements as if I was talking in cups.
Or devide all of those measurements in half to make a half cup.
Keep it in the fridge in a tightly sealed jar! If the contents start to separate, twirl them together with a toothpick.
My skin is pretty damn pissy lately (thanks weather and pollution), so this go around I'm substituting coconut oil with geranium oil, and rose petal oil with lavendar oil.
vitaminlife.com has the ingredients there, but make sure to look into the info to make sure there aren't any additives!
I just placed an order for all the ingredients and got it shipped via fedex for $100.00. W/O fedex it'd probably be around 70ish. These ingredients last quite some time too. |
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